Is NYC Tap Water Safe? Why It Tastes So Good & the History of the Catskill Aqueduct

According to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York City’s municipal drinking water meets federal and state drinking-water standards and is safe to drink. The water that reaches New York comes from one of the largest municipal water systems in the world, a network of 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes spread across nearly 2,000 square miles of watershed as far as…