Positive And Negative Impacts Of The Croton System

Croton’s Water Filtration Company has had many negative and positive impacts on the community and surrounding areas of the Bronx and Manhattan. This plant is one of the biggest constructions in New York’s City history. In 1993 there was a threat of contamination causing the plant to be shut down. The preparation for the plant started in 2004. This company had to abide by the state and federal regulations of drinking water. They had to think of the public health. They have been applying water to the community for many years. This company is mainly used in low-lying areas of the Bronx and Manhattan. In these locations the water can be carried by gravity. “The plant will supply about 100 million gallons of water a day to these areas” (Dunlap,
The water in New York has had problems with the taste, color, and odor. In different seasons and time of the year, the water conditions change causing those problems. Now the Croton’s plant will be able to provide clean, odorless water year-round. The filtration in the Croton’s plant will remove midge larva. The community and public will then have decent water to drink. “Filtration of the Croton system will significantly reduce the potential threats posed by microbial contaminants and help assure high water quality from the Croton system for decades to come” (Freud, 2003). All of the threats that might be in the water can be life threating to the people who drink the water. This plant will help the city in the years of 2022 to 2023. During that time Delaware will not have any water that is available to the New Yorkers. There are 190,000 people who live within this plant. All of them can drink water that can be contaminated. The filtration project will save lives and help the health of 190,000 civilians. “Microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, cryptosporidium and giardia pose potential health risks. They can cause various gastrointestinal disorders and can be potentially life threatening for immunocompromised individuals, for the elderly and for children” (Freud, 2003). New Yorkers complained about all the negative things that the Croton’s filtration plant cause but failed to see the big picture.
It was very difficult to start on their project. The plant began getting daily fines from the federal government because of the slow progress. In 2004 this plant was denied beginning working on the filtration of the plant. The plant was providing high quality water but was still violating the standard color for water in the early 2000s. The plant had to be shut down because of that problem for an entire year. The plant went over budget causing a lot of people to wonder if it was all a scam. Rumors begin to spread because they believe that the plant was not necessary and that they continued to go more and more over the budget. “Large infrastructure projects in the city are always a bit messy, but with a history of fines, lawsuits, protests, cost overruns, disputed truths and accusations, the construction of the plant to filter Croton water have been one of the more controversial ever in the city. And while it’s not nearly as heated as it was in years past, the conflict continues” (Wisnieski, 2015). The plant was meeting all of the federal and state laws that by the time that the plant was complete it was long overdue. The project was very challenging and costly but, in the end, it was all worth it for clean water flowing to the