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City Water Supply

1941/10 min 40 sec/62 shots

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City Water Supply explains how New York City obtains, stores, transports, treats, and protects its drinking water. Beginning with rainfall and surface and underground sources, the film follows the expansion from local supplies to the Catskill and Delaware watersheds, reservoirs, and aqueducts. It also addresses pollution, water waste, filtration, aeration, chlorination, public health, firefighting, and sanitation.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: ERPI Classroom Films
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: City Water Supply
Date: 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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