Editing Manhattan (section)

===Water purity and availability===
{{main|Food and water in New York City|New York City water supply system}}

New York City is supplied with drinking water by the protected [[Catskill Mountains]] watershed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/drinking_water/maplevels_wide.shtml |title=Current Reservoir Levels |publisher=New York City Department of Environmental Protection |access-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707050306/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/drinking_water/maplevels_wide.shtml |archive-date=July 7, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of the watershed's integrity and undisturbed [[water purification|natural water filtration system]], New York is one of only four major cities in the US with a majority of drinking water pure enough not to require [[water treatment]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lustgarten |first=Abrahm |title=City's Drinking Water Feared Endangered; $10B Cost Seen |work=The New York Sun |date=August 6, 2008 |url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/citys-drinking-water-feared-endangered-0b-cost/83288/ |access-date=August 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820001437/http://www.nysun.com/new-york/citys-drinking-water-feared-endangered-0b-cost/83288/ |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Croton Falls Reservoir|Croton Watershed]] north of the city is undergoing construction of a US$3.2&nbsp;billion water purification plant to augment New York City's water supply by an estimated 290&nbsp;million gallons daily, representing a greater than 20% addition to the city's water availability.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/nyregion/a-quiet-milestone-in-a-project-to-bring-croton-water-back-to-new-york.html |title=Quiet Milestone in Project to Bring Croton Water Back to New York City |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 23, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717200642/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/nyregion/a-quiet-milestone-in-a-project-to-bring-croton-water-back-to-new-york.html |archive-date=July 17, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Water comes to Manhattan through the [[New York City water supply system#Tunnels|tunnels 1 and 2]], and in the future through [[New York City Water Tunnel No. 3|Tunnel No. 3]], begun in 1970.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/nyregion/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html |title=After Decades, a Water Tunnel Can Now Serve All of Manhattan|author-first1=Matt|author-last1=Flegenheimer|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 16, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717200654/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/nyregion/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html |archive-date=July 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>