What Makes New York's Water System One-Of-A-Kind - NYC Revealed

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Getting water from upstate reservoirs to the taps of over 8.5 million people in New York City is no easy feat. From purification, through thousands of miles of underground tunnels, this is how New York City gets its water.
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@johnjingleheimersmith9259 2 года назад

Reminds me of programs I'd see on the History Channel or TLC before moronic reality TV style shows took over every network.

@alex626ification 2 года назад

There is no mention of Aliens.

@chdreturns 2 года назад

@@alex626ification Exactly.

@JJRoelant 2 года назад

They hired the old voiceover guy from those shows

@TravisWalden 2 года назад

Except I still don't know why they have a million little water towers and no other city does.

@adrianrosario6457 2 года назад

Ever seen Aerial America ?

@Jared-C 2 года назад

I grew up near the Neversink, which is one that supplies NYC and our local area, and it is by far the best water I've ever drank, showered with, everything. No one in my area growing up needed water softening systems. Only when I moved away did I realize how good I had it, and how bad the water is in other areas.

@KawaiiSoulB42 11 месяцев назад

if the water pipes are not copper u gonna have lead in it. XD Drink up!

@FinancialShinanigan 2 года назад

Background music being as loud as the voices lol takes me back to 2000s

@jasonreed7522 2 года назад

Its a highly distracting production mistake.

@CharChar2121 2 года назад

Yeah, they fucked up

@NoThrottle 2 года назад

I would complain, but the voice over is perfectly centered, and the music is removed from the "center". It works well with stereo headphones. It's produced like the average pop/jazz music.

@davidkindred2440 2 года назад

Good video, but I was hoping to learn more about the way the wooden rooftop tanks work. How do they get filled up? Are they just gravity drained? What happens in the Really Tall skyscrapers? ANd so forth...

@joermnyc 2 года назад

Water gets pumped up to the tanks, and then it gravity feeds the building… it’s a smoother operation than just using pumps.

@shifterdude 2 года назад

They usually use pelican birds that drop water to New Yorkers everyday. It's pretty neat

@cheddar 2 года назад

You're in luck! We have a video on that topic specifically. Search: Why New York City Still Uses Wooden Water Towers

@RichieD_21 2 года назад

Only people living in tall buildings have tanks. Vast majority of people in nyc get their water straight from the system

@bum4evr 2 года назад

Why are tanks even needed? Does the system not have enough pressure to provide water to tall buildings the normal way?

@elelias5627 2 года назад

Minute 2:50 , dude gets wood smacked behind the head 👷🏽‍♂️🤣

@miloa.2684 2 года назад

I live about 15-20 minutes away from croton dam and during the summer sometimes large amounts of water splashes out from those tunnel things and the mist flows onto you feeling soooo refreshing

@tomstestkitchen 2 года назад

I owned one of those houses relocated to Kingston NY from the Ashokan reservoir, it was 150 years old and we loved it. NY definitely has some of the best water in the world.

@bueno1905 2 года назад

The water tower building guy seems sooo nice 😄😄😄

@christopherescott6787 2 года назад

NY is my bucket list city. There is so much about it that fascinates me. This being but one aspect. Cheddar ,you make learning a blast. A pity your slots are short as they are.Your content is outstanding.

@mkkm945 2 года назад

I live in NYC. You must visit. This city is amazing in its extremes. We have some truly amazing things and some truly awful things. It's always an experience, that is for sure.

@realkilju 2 года назад

So many rats running around too

@immortaltrevorish8158 2 года назад

dont go to brownsville or some parts of the bronx

@buba_Dukz 2 года назад

@@immortaltrevorish8158 what’s up with the Bronx ?,

@neyedol 2 года назад

NY is a bucket. Fill it with your wildest imaginations. Mine is filled with the hopes and dreams of all the rats who traveled through hell to make it big.

@frankjones5770 2 года назад

I swear I love my city. And thank whomever!

@MrKarmapolice97 Год назад

I love CJ’s attitude and outlook on his life!

@redbird415hann5 5 месяцев назад

Incredible. Thank you water system workers.

@pdee886 Год назад

Sacandaga Reservoir is another that supplies water to NYC. It's about 45 minutes north of where I am. Many awesome memories on that lake. Very clean and warm water. It had a town that was flooded as well. There aren't many remnants of the town left but there was all kinds of property that got submerged. They used to do diving tours of the area, although I'm not sure if they still do. You can tell when the water is low during the later months, where there are tons of exposed sandbars and you can walk out in waste deep water quite far. Thanks for sharing this, it's very interesting and educational. 👍👍

@Acemechanicalservices 3 месяца назад

I did the plumbing and sprinkler system in an apartment that was built in place of the old water tank at the top of a famous building on Central Park West. The sprinkler system I installed was exposed and made of copper, and it encircles the circumference of the structure, as it is round like the water tower. It has a spiral iron staircase which goes up the middle of it. In the top floor is a recording studio. The owner is the recording artist Moby.

@TKO-NY 8 месяцев назад

You're wecome. -From Upstate NY.

@najrenchelf2751 2 года назад

Cheddar is turning into a water management showcase channel, and I am so here for it! :D

@Xhadp 2 года назад

I want to see Cheddar talk about water systems in the US and the world. Portland, Oregon does not add fluoride to their tap water which drastically changes how the water tastes and I think making a video about that would be really awesome.

@andrewquigley8938 2 года назад

You guys have nothing on the east coast

@bluessi2378 Год назад

@@andrewquigley8938 and you guys have nothing on finland

@lustatus Год назад

Finally someone is thinking....fluoride is rate poison and it block the pineaglan for making us dummer

@munzurharck368 Год назад

In Germany we don't add fluoride in water either. It is unimaginable!

@moufbreava 10 месяцев назад

@bluessi2378 I'm sure the reason why Portland doesn't add fluoride to its water is because their source water has adequate amounts in it. I'm sure the same can be said for Germany but I wouldn't know.

@calboy2 2 года назад

Fascinating! I liked the UV treatment plant, had no idea

@johntodd1086 2 года назад

To be honest, I really like Cheddar news. I love these topics. But come on Cheddar. These videos need to be at least an hour long!

@IunaIia 2 года назад

While a long video would be great, given this platform, six ten minute videos would be more fiscally successful than an hour long one so I doubt Cheddar will deviate from what they are doing now

@thatdude123 2 года назад

They'd loose tons of subscribers if they did an hour long video. Maybe check out there pateron

@cheddar 2 года назад

Yeah, a lot to squeeze in! Luckily, we made a 24 minute version of this episode and all from this series. You can find them on CuriosityStream.

@btms9197 2 года назад

Same thing happened here in Canada to create to Saint Lawrence river. We call them “The Lost Villages” because they were submerged and flooded to extend the river more inland

@ghettomist1575 Год назад

Bro New York water is elite. Straight from the tap it tasted like bottled water. When we moved to jersey, we needed to get the big water jugs for our home, the water in our shower makes hair fall out… it’s a disaster. Definitely miss the water in NY.

@PerthTowne Год назад

Not all of New Jersey, and not every town gets its water from the same source.

@wingn3849 2 года назад

Many thanks to these great men and women

@jacquelinealbin7712 2 года назад

*many tanks

@Hoondaju 2 года назад

one thing i love about nyc water is that as an aquarium hobbyist, i dont have to treat the water before using it.

@quik478 Год назад

Thank you for including acrhive materials, thos old construction sites are amazing! Really makes you remember that people and engineering weren't as undeveloped back then up to Roman empire and Egypt as we usually think.

@jimhill4725 2 года назад

Great video - I'm not surprised that you are so proud of such a beautiful, efficient and technological advanced water system.

@kevinhoward9593 2 года назад

The Croton Dam is amazing. i love that spill-over.

@LauRoot892 Год назад

Hey o

@Avazq153 2 года назад

I live right over tunnel number 2. There was work being done recently to improve water flow. I had no clue up until now that I live directly above these pipes.

@kwamekante407 2 года назад

I just got back from New York and I tell you I have never had water that tastes so good and clean seriously the best water system.

@jamaly77 Год назад

Maybe the best in the US which doesn't say a lot. It has multiple chemicals in it. We use untreated water here. What a joke.

@VONNDREY 2 года назад

Big up To All My Guyanese, We always gotta Represent‼️🇬🇾🙏🏽

@randomplanet001 2 года назад

Thank you Cheddar! Two questions - why wooden tanks? And, how is the water untreated if it has fluoride and chlorine in it? Thanks :D

@shigekax 2 года назад

It's unfiltered !

@cheddar 2 года назад

We have a whole video on New York's water tanks! Search: Why New York City Still Uses Wooden Water Towers

@randomplanet001 2 года назад

@@cheddar Thanks! It's true, the wooden tanks do look better than metal ones.

@randomplanet001 2 года назад

@@shigekax Thanks Yuri - you're right - I misheard when he said unfiltered.🤐

@LeemeSeeYaJAZZhands 2 года назад

The wooden tanks last 50-100 years. It’s also cheaper to get individual pieces up to the roof than to hire a crane and get Street permits. The wooden design is pretty simple and the two companies that monopolized the roof tank business in NYC can usually build them in a single day, which means less downtime to the occupants.

@michaelsieber98 2 года назад

is it really the best water if you have to add Chlorine? here in Germany it is normal to have unfiltered water. tap water is cleaner than bought mineral Water here

@PerthTowne Год назад

New York City has very good quality water. I'm constantly impressed with the engineering that brings drinking water to so many of our large cities, especially those in the Southwest.

@LauRoot892 Год назад

Michael 🧐

@igirsvsberuvsbellion7550 2 года назад

These gentlemen need to come to Norway! The best Water you can find on the planet even though water is everywhere the quality can't be matched. I salute your profession and entusiasme but Norway is just different breed to you all. No disrespect to New Yorks or USA for the matter but We the best and cleanest in the world. I might give you 5 slot behind Belgium.

@DaemonTargaryen13 6 месяцев назад

Y’all can say what you want about New York City but their water is top tier. Cleanest I’ve ever drank

@tezy0193 Год назад

its such a cool city, maybe i see it in person one day..

@daveotuwa5596 Год назад

I used to drink store-bought water until some contractors fix the water system at my house.

@LauRoot892 Год назад

Hmm 🤔

@rwmorey71 2 года назад

I'd like to learn more about the people / towns displaced by imminent domain to create the reservoirs. I had no idea that even happened.

@kaveman_4242 2 года назад

Your mom happened.

@LauRoot892 Год назад

Richard 😚

@AndisweatherCenter 2 года назад

when I saw photos from the 1900s and saw the water towers. I thought that's how water used to be stored, but I now know some buildings still store water that way via a pump as gravity powered water didn't have the energy to go to taller buildings.

@vilstef6988 2 года назад

The pressure tunnels are engineering marvels!

@nycwastemanagment2741 2 года назад

So True. We do take advantage of the water system daily. I am greatful to all those who are responsible for the clean water NYC flows with every single day. Thank you !! I love my NYC Tap water.

@benfarber9738 2 года назад

that dam is very peaceful at night. I hear the spillway from my house.

@koharumi1 2 года назад

I was hoping for a full map of the system. Which parts are open to the the air or in tunnels. Over bridge or dams. Etc.

@kiddream5749 Год назад

Thank you to everyone who makes sure it got water 🚿

@GaryRichards813 2 года назад

Yeah that Flouride water be hittin different for real. I also love the other chemicals in the water like Chloramine, Chloroform, bromodichloromethane, Haloacetic acid, Tthm & Nitrate. Keep up the good work guys 🙏❤️

@LauRoot892 Год назад

Gary 😑

@jakesoros2376 Год назад

You know it! 😂

@NoThrottle 2 года назад

The water tank owner guy is much much less awkward than he was when he showed up in Vox.

@neyedol 2 года назад

Was having Deja Vu the whole ep. Good catch.

@jjbarajas5341 2 года назад

Not his first rodeo anymore I think

@teebzr5975 Год назад

These infrastructure workers are so essential and they need to be paid more than some insignificant ball player artist or a social media influencer

@brianrivera2247 Месяц назад

I love how they show two guys sitting on the water tank building it and one guy hits the other in the head with a piece of wood. right at 2:50.

@jo-um7yf 2 года назад

Great video! These folks do amazing work. And yes, as a "New Yawka", I took this for granted. No more though.

@cleverusername9369 2 года назад

Not to burst the guy's bubble but I really doubt that "wooden water towers" would make a top 10 list of anyone's "iconic New York City landmarks."

@Dave-dh7rt 2 года назад

It definitely does!

@GtKuBz 2 года назад

Coming from a land of nothing but rainforest to the big concrete jungle of NYC. The view he gets is not like anyone else's who visits here.

@entertainme202 2 года назад

Kinda happy my fellow Guyanese does such an ironic job in the USA.

@ocsrc Год назад

When I was a kid I used to drink the water straight from the Scoharie Creek. The source of the water for NYC. Back then most of the creeks and rivers were the water supply for town, no treatment at all. It was really awesome. I miss those days. And Saratoga had natural springs and the water was so good. It had a sulphur taste to it and lithium in it. You felt really great after drinking it, especially if you were a kid. The amount of lithium was high for a kid to ingest.

@BFRIZZLE909 Год назад

That sounds really awesome, nature is beautiful .

@johnpetty3574 2 года назад

In the mid 1990's, while in a nightclub in lower Manhattan, i drank water from the faucet. And it tasted really really good.

@ImDopeinreallife 2 года назад

Dope VID CHEDDAR 👍🏼

@rahmanr112 2 года назад

This is awesome!

@daveotuwa5596 Год назад

The Big Apple's water tastes delicious thanks to the light that kills the bacteria. It still does not tastes as good as the water from an Oceanian island.

@justinfay3011 2 года назад

This could’ve and probably should’ve been longer. I would’ve watched it all.

@agamemmedov9833 Год назад

Hello, this system is really an ecologically clean system, and I appreciate the people of America for that.

@user-yh7kz9lo5s 8 месяцев назад

Doesnt matter how clean it would be at the begin of the pipe. The question is: how clean it is at the end of the pipe.

@saucyhighlights5534 2 года назад

@2:50 guy gets hit with wood on his head 🤣

@propheticanomaly866 2 года назад

We thank you for the water! - from the Bronx/Harlem

@mennayouseff6386 2 года назад

As a native NYer, who has travelled across the US and lived in a few states; nothing is like NYC water. Seriously, it just tastes better! I've had transplants ask me why we don't have filtered water stations all over like other cities, especially in the south. Well, because we drink from the tap! Hell, I would even drink from the hose in NY. When I lived in Florida you couldn't pay me to drink from the tap, let alone the hose... Lol.

@michaelmayhem350 2 года назад

But did you try the water in Flint MI

@collan580 2 года назад

I tried NYC water and i am so privileged to drink Hungarian water, you can taste chlorine in the NY tapwater especially if you put it into a water bottle and drink from it an hour later. I never experienced this with our water though i might add that our water comes from 500meter ~1500feet below ground so it doesnt really need to be treated.

@thetimelapseguy8 2 года назад

@@collan580 yeah in Europe, drinking water from a tap is completely normal, even in rural areas.

@rainingwings449 2 года назад

@@collan580 Tasting chlorine is pretty common in most places in the US. I’d rather taste a bit of chlorine than get cholera lel

@collan580 2 года назад

@@rainingwings449 Just because you dont use chlorine that doesnt mean you will get cholera. They use UV for killing viruses and bacteria and they have to use chlorine because their pipe system is in bad condition

@vernefits1953 11 месяцев назад

good job NYC

@danieldelacruz7305 Год назад

Nice video, cover bridges and bridge workers next

@oneflowerninjamagic1912 Год назад

at 10:24 "You turn that dap - The water has been there every single day since 1842. We take a lot of pride in that. AS YOU SHOULD. OUTSTANDiNG JOB ! 👌👏🌹I❤NY

@KeyserSoze23 2 года назад

Is this Cheddar or the New York City channel? I'm not complaining by the way great vids!

@facubeladiro5009 2 года назад

2:49 LMAOOOOOOOOOO

@thecool307 2 года назад

The world cleanest water is Zemzem water source in Saudi Arabia. Go check it out you'll be amazed

@Brandonbasdeo 2 года назад

Guyanese happy to hear that

@yateswebb 2 года назад

i really miss NYC

@josuardgonzalesmedia 2 года назад

Make lots of NYC content , TY

@gelaciofarias1397 2 года назад

Very interesting

@kwanyeecheng 2 года назад

Lived there for 3 years and I would say NYC water is by far the best.

@kartierglory 2 года назад

Cheddar = the New York channel 😂

@ruiipintoo Год назад

Europe have a lot of countries with 100% clean water. Capted from the mountains and underground channels. Nothing it's used, from the nature to our homes.

@mrpeel3239 2 года назад

Awesome!

@bbrenddon 2 года назад

Great example. Now do it in flint Michigan

@dimitrygornomelikov3146 2 года назад

I want a tour of this

@thebizzle413 2 года назад

I proudly grew up right next to the Amawalk resevior.

@rhowell1978 Год назад

Why are you proud? It’s just a place.

@ichiban81 2 года назад

good video i never knew where my water came from

@killergaming2112 2 года назад

Yo u from Guyana 🇬🇾 shout out bro big up

@Bowlnmike 2 года назад

So much potential, but it seems they cut way too much content. What about those tanks? How does water get there?

@andrewismyusername 2 года назад

Pumps. Water towers can be thought of almost as a battery that stores pressure. Without a water tank, all water pressure in tall buildings would be supplied by pump and the building would loose pressure if the pump stopped at all or too many people had their taps on at once. Water tanks allow some time where pumps can be off without losing pressure and can be drawn down to provide excess flow when the pumps alone are insufficient. They basically allow you to utilize a smaller more efficient pump by storing excess water during low usage times and allowing it to flow back downhill during high usage times to pick up the slack.

@cheddar 2 года назад

We have a whole video on the water tanks specifically. Search: Why New York City Still Uses Wooden Water Towers

@l0gical974 Год назад

"we're proud to have unfiltered water" then goes on to list the chemicals they put in the water lmao

@morrisonmeister 2 года назад

You should check out the Paris water treatment plant.

@marcelinoguarnero8023 Год назад

supride even using Phosphoric Acid in drinking water. same crap in soda. Excessive intake of phosphoric acid changes calcium/phosphorus ratio and imbalance of not only the calcium and phosphorus ratio but also the acid-base in the body, resulting in decreased bone density and even osteoporosis and fractures. phosphoric acid great for rust removeal.

@jakesoros2376 Год назад

Wow, I didn't know this.

@BestStockStrategy 2 года назад

Except NYC puts fluoride in their water.... Even so, the water from the Catskills and Delaware River is extremely clean (naturally).

@ilovechika1 2 года назад

"...aound the world for being some of the best water" I have never heard that in my life and I live where you get Voss water from the tap

@rhowell1978 Год назад

Same here, never heard of New York’s supposed special water and I come from an area where the water is naturally filtered through rocks into an aquifer.

@andellusay2508 2 года назад

Guyana 🇬🇾 in the building

@eaglescout1984 Год назад

Lake Mead: _Driying up_ NYC water board: "Yeah, water flows over the spillway, that's what happens when you get more water than you need."

@cryptic8389 Год назад

So does the whole tunnel full up with water are is just a part of it like the big yellow tubes hanging from the top of the tunnel?? Would love to know

@LegendOfTheFLame393 Год назад

Some are steam pipes or are waste pipes the big tunnels are for when rain, floods , storms to prevent flooding in the streets or damages

@cryptic8389 Год назад

@@LegendOfTheFLame393 that’s amazing thank you

@Ganymede1001 2 года назад

Do enjoy the commentator, such nostalgia!!

@Someone-cd7yi 2 года назад

0:00 lead

@rdlplays9472 2 года назад

The city of Chicago used to have water towers like this on almost all buildings until they were not used anymore and many were torn down

@At-M 2 года назад

After visiting NYC, i'm sorry to say the water's not really as good as they portray. Maybe it's the best in the US, but comparing it to Germany? Nah. But interesting video!