Downsville Dam

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Downsville Dam is a large earthen embankment dam on the East Branch of the Delaware River in New York, built as part of New York City's water supply system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthen dam
embankment dam
gravity dam
basinCountry United States
builtBy City of New York Board of Water Supply
catchmentArea East Branch Delaware River watershed
constructionBegan 1947
constructionMaterial earth and rock fill
country United States
createsReservoir Pepacton Reservoir
crosses East Branch Delaware River
damType earth-fill embankment
hasAccessRoad yes
hasFunction regulates East Branch Delaware River flows
hasOutletWorks yes
hasReservoir Pepacton Reservoir
hasSpillway yes
height about 201 feet
impounds Pepacton Reservoir
length about 2,400 feet
locatedIn Delaware County, New York
New York State
Town of Colchester
linked to: Colchester

Upstate New York
locatedInCounty Delaware County
locatedInRegion Catskill Mountains
locatedInWatershed Delaware River watershed
locatedNear Downsville, New York
locatedOnRiver East Branch Delaware River
namedAfter Downsville, New York
nearbySettlement Hamlet of Downsville
nearbyWaterbody Pepacton Reservoir
openingDate 1954
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection
owner City of New York
linked to: New York City
partOf Delaware System of NYC water supply
New York City water supply system
partOfInfrastructure New York City water supply reservoirs and dams
purpose flood control
flow regulation
municipal water supply
regionServed downstate New York
reservoirCapacity about 140 billion US gallons
servesPopulation New York City metropolitan area
status operational
usedFor drinking water storage
river flow augmentation
waterSupplyFor New York City

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Pepacton Reservoir createdBy Downsville Dam
Downsville, New York near Downsville Dam