(15 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ulster County, New York – 13 November 2024
1. Ashokan Reservoir at Dividing Weir Bridge view toward bridge
2. Western part of Ashokan Reservoir
3. Ashokan Reservoir at Dividing Weir Bridge view away from bridge
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alanna Medlock, New York Resident:
“I’ve never seen it this low. It’s definitely very low.”
5. Ashokan Reservoir at Dividing Weir Bridge
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Pamela Martin, New York Resident:
“You can see a lot of the basin of the Ashokan Reservoir, which you can’t usually see.”
7. Ashokan Reservoir western shore
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gilboa, New York – 13 November 2024
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Rush, NYC Department of Environmental Protection:
“Over my shoulder here is Schoharie Reservoir. Its capacity is 19 billion gallons. Today we’re about 27% of capacity. It’s down about 36 feet.”
9. Stored boat on edge of Schoharie Reservoir
10. Wide shot of low reservoir
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Rush, NYC Department of Environmental Protection:
“Having this reservoir that low isn’t as concerning. The system overall is something that we are concerned about. The system, the New York City system, is at 63% capacity right now. Normally it would be about 79% capacity. But inflows coming into the reservoir system are near record lows.”
12. Driftwood in mud
13. Paul Rush near water’s edge
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Rush, NYC Department of Environmental Protection:
“So the key ingredient to having a water supply is having water, which here comes in the form of rain or snow melt. And what’s happened is after a pretty wet summer in July and August, things have turned very, very dry. Since September, the New York City watershed, the watershed area that provides…fills the reservoirs, that gets water to the people in New York City for drinking and to our upstate customers, normally we’d have from September until now about ten inches of rain. And we’ve only received about 2.5 inches of rain. And that’s resulted in less water flowing into the streams that fill the reservoirs.”
15. Water at Schoharie Reservoir
16. Various of muddy shore at Schoharie Reservoir
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Rush, NYC Department of Environmental Protection:
“It’s a possibility we may stop and get the Delaware Aqueduct turned back on to restore full access and entire supply given these, you know, very, very dry conditions.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ulster County, New York – 13 November 2024
18. Ashokan Reservoir western side
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gilboa, New York – November 13 2024
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Rush, NYC Department of Environmental Protection:
“We really need a significant shot of rain to turn things around and turn the curve.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ulster County, New York – 13 November 2024
20. Various of Ashokan Reservoir at western part
21. Ashokan Reservoir at Dividing Weir Bridge
STORYLINE:
The Ashokan (pronounced uh-SHOKE-uhn) Reservoir in Ulster County, New York, looked noticeably lower this week.
“I’ve never seen it this low. It’s definitely very low,” said Alanna Medlock, who lives near the reservoir and regularly takes walks with friends along reservoir walkways.
Pamela Martin also frequents the recreation areas of the reservoir.
“You can see a lot of the basin of the Ashokan Reservoir, which you can’t usually see,” said Martin.
New York City officials say the reservoir is part of a system that usually provides about 40% of New York City’s 1.1 billion gallon daily water supply.
The lack of rain is a big problem.
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