Delaware Aqueduct

CEG - Wed September 04, 2024

New York City Set to Repair Delaware Aqueduct Tunnel Leaks Starting in October

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is set to begin essential repairs on Oct. 1 to the Delaware Aqueduct in the Hudson River Valley by temporarily shutting down the Rondout to West Branch Tunnel (RWBT) until June 2025....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 20, 2018

Repairing the Longest Tunnel in the World

Considered the largest and most complex repair project in the 176-year history of New York City's drinking water supply, a $1 billion effort is under way to repair two areas of leakage within the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct....

Michael Hill - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon June 25, 2018

Fixing Massive NYC Plumbing Leak, 55 Stories Underground

NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) New York City is in the midst of a plumbing repair job of monumental proportions. Hard-hat workers are toiling deep underground, 55 stories beneath the Hudson River, to eliminate gushing leaks in an aging tunnel that carries half the city's water supply more than 85 mi....

Mon September 18, 2017

Meet 'Nora': DEP Begins $1B Aqueduct Repair Project

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was joined by federal, state and local representatives, honored guests and dozens of construction workers to mark the start of tunneling for the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel — the largest repair project in the 175-year history of New York City's drinking water supply....