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Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City
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Author:
Lucy Sante, Tim Davis
Publisher:
The Experiment
Date:
August 9, 2022
An account of the creation of the upstate reservoir system that, in supplying water to New York City, makes its very existence possible--but irreparably altered rural ecosystems and communities.
What The Reviewers Say
I am not uninterested in the reservoir system, but I (probably) would not have picked this book up if someone else had written it. I’ve followed Sante’s work for decades, the way you follow a band, because her writing has an unmistakable and addictive tone.
... feels half-cocked. Which is a shame, as the subject matter is rich and fascinating. It’s also timely, given that huge swaths of the country are presently grasping for water that isn’t there, and reservoirs in the West and elsewhere have approached dead-pool level.
... rewarding.
