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The resulting reservoir consists of a single 6-mile (9.6-km) basin, and holds 17.6 billion US gallons (67,000,000 m) of water at full capacity, making it one of the smaller New York City reservoirs. Put into service in 1926, the
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approximately 15-16 percent of their annual water supply needs. It is also the smaller of the two reservoirs which, along with the
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