Addressing Climate Challenges to Agriculture and
Water Quality in the NYC Watershed

New York City’s water supply system is unique, collecting and transporting surface water, by gravity, from as far as 125 miles from NYC. The system is made up of more than 2,000 square miles in three upstate watersheds – the Delaware, the Catskills, and the Croton. The system supplies roughly 1.1 billion gallons per day of drinking water to 8.5 million NYC residents, 1 million residents of neighboring upstate communities, and millions of commuters and tourists that visit NYC annually.

Addressing Climate Challenges to Agriculture and Water Quality in the NYC Watershed is a project focused on developing a climate action plan for the NYC Watershed area and is funded through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This project will help NYC officials anticipate and prepare for the impacts of climate on the quality and quantity of the city’s water supply, as well as enhance WAC’s work with farmers and agricultural operations within the watershed to implement management practices that simultaneously protect the watershed and support the economic viability of farming and rural communities within the watershed.

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