NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel

# Stuff You Should Know: New York City's Water System

Ever wonder why New Yorkers won't shut up about their tap water? In this episode, Josh and Chuck dive deep into how New York City manages to deliver over a billion gallons of pristine, largely unfiltered water every single day to millions of people—a feat so impressive that government officials from around the world come to study it. From the city's sketchy water past (hello, cholera epidemics and horse manure) to the engineering marvel of the 92-mile Catskill Aqueduct and the world's longest continuous tunnel, you'll discover why New York earned a rare EPA waiver allowing it to skip water filtration, and what the city does to keep that water pure without a filtering plant.