West Branch Reservoir (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The West Branch Reservoir, formed by impounding about one quarter of the West Branch of the Croton River, is located in Putnam County, New York, United States, in the towns of Kent, New York, and Carmel, New York, and is only about 45 miles (72 km) north of New York City's Central Park Reservoir.The West Branch is the second northernmost reservoir in the Croton Watershed, and is one of 12 reservoirs in the watershed. Its drainage basin is about 20 square miles (32 km ), and it can hold up to 8 billion US gallons (30,000,000 m3) of water at full capacity. The West Branch consists of two basins, separated by State Route 301. It was put into service in 1895 as part of New York City's Croton Water Supply System.