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New York City Department of Environmental Protection: Croton Filtration Plant JANUARY 10 www. bus- ex. com 191 New York City's new Croton Filtration Plant will use modern technology to filter and treat hundreds of thousands of gallons of water every day. Keith Regan learns how the long- planned project will help the city meet a federal mandate with minimal impact on the community hosting the facility is now in the midst of a $ 2.2 billion construction project that will meet federal mandates and provide up to 290 million gallons of clean and filtered water to the City once completed in early 2012. . In times of peak drought, the Croton system- fed by reservoirs in Westchester County- can account for up to 30 percent of the City's water needs. The water has long been disinfected with chlorine, but agreements with regulators now require filtration as well, according to New York City Department of Environmental Protection ( DEP) executive construction manager Bernard Daly, P. E. The project includes not only $ 2.1 billion worth of O n an average day, the residents, businesses and infrastructure of the City of New York demand more than 1 billion gallons of water. On the hottest summer days, the metropolis can demand twice that amount. Quenching the city's thirst are three water sources: the Croton, Catskill and Delaware systems. By volume, the Croton water system is now the smallest and by age it's the oldest, with the water traveling to the city via aqueducts completed toward the end of the 19th century. After years of regulatory action and delays, the City