A Billion Gallons a Day | Living City | The New York Times

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  • @nickythefish447
    @nickythefish447 6 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    If they fixed all the leaks in the MTA bathrooms.. Private and public.. You would save about 10 million gallons a day.

    • @bahadrozturk2086
      @bahadrozturk2086 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's the way it is.

    • @MrJstorm4
      @MrJstorm4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's probably small chips compared to water loss through cracks in the pipes

    • @Aviationgeek21
      @Aviationgeek21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What MTA bathrooms

    • @cesarbenitez5992
      @cesarbenitez5992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      wait they have mta bathrooms

    • @692.7MOTO-FM
      @692.7MOTO-FM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      don't care I learned about the sewage water treatment plat for the East Bay CA. We have a couple massive overflow containers that I think can hold 11 million gallons of water. Those are only used when it’s raining, and water leaks INTO the sewage system. Imagine how much leaks out when it’s not raining which is most of the year here

  • @ngotuan0881
    @ngotuan0881 10 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Water is a precious commodity. Do not waste it. It will help you./.

    • @sitdowndogbreath
      @sitdowndogbreath 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Michael VR
      Yes they do it just not as prolonged as out west

  • @MrRasZee
    @MrRasZee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This is the beautiful part of the internet

  • @GregMuender
    @GregMuender 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    A Living City...I love this series so much!

  • @sunsetvlogs5500
    @sunsetvlogs5500 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    3:34 there was a glitch in the matrix

    • @seanconnors9912
      @seanconnors9912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Proof that the Reptilians exist!

    • @paulbonion
      @paulbonion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seanconnors9912 check the bottom left corner, alpha Dracaconia is there.

    • @TRC98
      @TRC98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it happens every time he speaks i swear

  • @chambersgary5698
    @chambersgary5698 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Gem of a video.. Great insight in how New York became the Gold Standard of water supply standards for America.

    • @mrbrainbob5320
      @mrbrainbob5320 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      chambers gary not just America but many parts of the world

  • @cherikiwij
    @cherikiwij 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    my science teacher brought me here :/

    • @tyjanaehj
      @tyjanaehj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol my social studies teacher brought me here

  • @herefishyfishys
    @herefishyfishys 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Yeah it’s clean until they pump it into the nasty water towers on top of buildings

    • @patricklarry6645
      @patricklarry6645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And goes through the hundred year old pipes.

    • @theclueguy3388
      @theclueguy3388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@patricklarry6645 this is why I use BRITA

  • @Herrbink
    @Herrbink 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Bang, bang bang, all those musclebound men.....

    • @MrAngusyoungistheman
      @MrAngusyoungistheman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Herrbink
      Such a salient thing to leave in the video, LOL.

  • @popout886
    @popout886 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for educating me!

  • @cadesacarlito
    @cadesacarlito 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤! Would like to see a part 2 from UV plant to residential users & fire protection…to include pump stations, sampling stations, hydrants…etc !!

  • @acollierr17
    @acollierr17 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Most definitely interesting and most definitely subscribing!

  • @kooky216
    @kooky216 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Why didn't you mention all the water towers in NYC?

    • @nytimes
      @nytimes  10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Hi kooky216, good question. Though water towers didn't come up in this video - which focuses on the watershed and aqueducts - we did a story on water towers earlier this year. You can watch it here: Inside New York City's Water Towers | The New York Times
      Thanks for watching.

    • @oumarkoume7238
      @oumarkoume7238 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's nice the nyt replies I wish they did the living city more often

  • @CatsMeowPaw
    @CatsMeowPaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I tried New York tap water recently and was pleasantly surprised. It's actually very nice. I live in Adelaide, Australia, and while the tap water is perfectly safe to drink it has a completely foul chlorine smell to it. Carbon based tap water filter systems are very common here to remove the foul taste.

    • @steviebboy69
      @steviebboy69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in wangaratta,and the water is ok but has lots of Chlorine in it as well. when the guy in the boat spoke of the town being there under the water it reminded me of lake Hume. And of the town they relocated Tallangatta.

    • @frankwilson7666
      @frankwilson7666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CatsMeowPaw thank you cool I miss drinking New York tap water I grew up drinking it . I live now in south east Asia it’s 100% not the same

  • @Sam-zq4yx
    @Sam-zq4yx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That guy looks like Emporer Palpatine

  • @makhs8750
    @makhs8750 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    If it keeps like that, then nyc will have consumed 3,5 quadrillion gallons of water in 100 years alone!

    • @obi-wancanblowme5968
      @obi-wancanblowme5968 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hopefully we'll be harvesting astroids loaded with water at that point so that won't be an issue. 😅

  • @GregoryCassel
    @GregoryCassel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remarkable. Very helpful video.

  • @SimulationSeries
    @SimulationSeries 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    huge thank you for this!

  • @SaadAliArts
    @SaadAliArts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    New York city and every American city : every building receives water without pumping it from electric motors even they live on first floor or 100th floor
    In Pakistan: you can't even get a glass of water on 2nd floor without pumping it through motors

  • @alexfuntime6564
    @alexfuntime6564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:34 my dude was glitching 😭🤚

  • @bruno84
    @bruno84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these videos and I'm not even from the U.S.

  • @CROWLEY2478
    @CROWLEY2478 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should do a video of the NYC DEP Police Officers that help protect the water supply everyday.

  • @thekaerichtexas
    @thekaerichtexas 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fascinating

  • @latinoplaya15
    @latinoplaya15 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What an interesting video!

  • @Luboman411
    @Luboman411 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thankfully nature also helps tremendously here--unlike LA, Miami, San Francisco, Houston and Atlanta, the NYC water supply has never been disrupted by prolonged drought. Precipitation in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions has always been plentiful and regular. It will remain so even under the worst case global warming computer models. Yay!

  • @jamesfarrell1116
    @jamesfarrell1116 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    New York City water is so clean and of high quality that it is ranked as the best tasting and best quality.
    When i mention this to New York City residents they laugh because they think that I am making a joke.
    They don't understand all of the planning and hard work that goes into the water system.
    When I show them on Google they are surprised a and amazed.
    It just goes to show you.

  • @heatley1
    @heatley1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I drink straight out of my tap everyday!
    #nyc

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whenever i go on a boat i pee in the water and i bet anyone that goes boating on that lake pees in it so you are probubly drinking pee.

    • @popot4627
      @popot4627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hay woods thats not how that works

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @SYAM SAQIB No its not. They just put UV light in the pipes and whatever is in it flows through.

  • @Grizbox
    @Grizbox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wanted to ask the lady talking bout the filters when she puts the fluoride in ??

  • @donarnold8268
    @donarnold8268 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @JoaoLima-rb8di
    @JoaoLima-rb8di 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:34 what happened to his face

  • @philrabe910
    @philrabe910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    San Francisco copied your system in the early 20th century with the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, also gravity fed.

    • @l.b.437
      @l.b.437 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That one was a tragedy, filling up that valley.

    • @banguseater
      @banguseater 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      that aqueduct runs through my city (Modesto) and we also get that same water that san francisco gets as well

  • @alphaapple1375
    @alphaapple1375 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    1 billion U.S. gallons (1e+9 US gal) a day = 3.785412e+9 L a day, or 3,785,412 m³ a day.

  • @hairyhenry97
    @hairyhenry97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m thirsty

  • @rlclips8661
    @rlclips8661 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:45, am I the only one that sees this guy’s hair and head move weirdly??

  • @frankwilson7666
    @frankwilson7666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I miss New York City water I live over seas now

    • @TommyTomTompkins
      @TommyTomTompkins 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where ya at?

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Frank wilson all I remember was an overwhelming chlorine taste and the fact it was always tepid.

  • @yesimforreal
    @yesimforreal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    lets goooooo

  • @MontyGumby
    @MontyGumby 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    why not just use the Hudson river water ? I mean back then

    • @kbye2321
      @kbye2321 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because, until Kingston, the Hudson River is actually more of a non-potable tidal estuary mixed with seawater and freshwater, than a freshwater river which you can drink from.

  • @liamnovak7794
    @liamnovak7794 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:34 wtf happened with his face

  • @huntsbychainsaw5986
    @huntsbychainsaw5986 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always Interesting where humanity places its priorities.

  • @marcusjones7082
    @marcusjones7082 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Come further upstate and the water is clean enough to swim in ;) (just not the Hudson!)

  • @diegoartetv
    @diegoartetv 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:03 he said not to take it for granted and what you see? Water being wasted

  • @Mathin3D
    @Mathin3D 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nu Yoik's that best!

  • @thespanishinfluenza6047
    @thespanishinfluenza6047 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Not only did they flood entire towns, they made so many regulations about not contaminating the water that forced people of their farms and out of their homes and a lot regulations are still in place today!

    • @somethingsomething404
      @somethingsomething404 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The Spanish Influenza I mean would you want fertilizer and pesticide runoff in your water? Yeah, you shouldn't be warming next to that, not the way we farm today.

    • @mrbrainbob5320
      @mrbrainbob5320 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Spanish Influenza good

    • @lilmane1070
      @lilmane1070 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Spanish Influenza if only you knew how ignorant you sound Rn

    • @catskillmountainadventures7439
      @catskillmountainadventures7439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I 100% agree. An area once so prosperous with farms and community regulated out of land and farms have all but disappeared in the area creating a high percentage of poverty stricken communities with not many opportunities. They will expand and expand until nothing is left. They have even come for all of the affordable housing options and turned them into air bnb for their elite buddies from the city without a care in the world. They consume everything and buy everything reasonable or cheap and leave natural areas in ruins.

  • @campervanelvisitoofonyou8720
    @campervanelvisitoofonyou8720 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Water in Las Vegas Nevada tastes like a swimming pool, yuck

    • @002brooklyn
      @002brooklyn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Campervan Elvis I toof on you. I enjoy the delicious taste of swimming water

  • @jj4mie
    @jj4mie 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can i drink tap water tho?

  • @henryli3155
    @henryli3155 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where garbage can come from?

  • @TRC98
    @TRC98 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    bruh this dude is glitching all over the place

  • @Vivra_Verra____
    @Vivra_Verra____ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. Only if some Africans without any water knew this.

  • @Grumpycat95
    @Grumpycat95 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish I would have been a citizen in US back when they were actually a great country

    • @yummyyunnan405
      @yummyyunnan405 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yellow Waffle you can be a citizen of China,which replaced USA to be the greatest country in the world

    • @mrbrainbob5320
      @mrbrainbob5320 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yummy Yunnan lmaooo

    • @Stargate-over-starwars
      @Stargate-over-starwars 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yummyyunnan405 when?

  • @VampireSquirrel
    @VampireSquirrel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    22 comments, 392 👍 and over 32k views. Are the views artificially inflated?

    • @mrmoses7170
      @mrmoses7170 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rachel Evans .. views from their website

    • @benjamincervantes1497
      @benjamincervantes1497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      After watching a video, folks are not required to like, dislike, nor comment on any video.

    • @plumbingstuffinoregon2471
      @plumbingstuffinoregon2471 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@benjamincervantes1497
      Yes, but with 32k views wouldn't you expect more then 22 comments?

  • @primetimericky
    @primetimericky 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We should help California with their drought.

    • @MYacono
      @MYacono 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      we should give Texas back to Mexico when their next drought comes

  • @vincemac4957
    @vincemac4957 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came here for the tiktok girl

  • @carmenmercado4216
    @carmenmercado4216 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    :)

  • @christianbridges6915
    @christianbridges6915 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is that one guy so hot

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    @madlyncarroll405 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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