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Come Drink the Water on Gov­er­nors Island!

Jun 19, 2014 5:44 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_7690” align=“aligncenter” width=“225”]Enjoying drinking water at the fountain in Liggett Terrace Enjoy­ing drink­ing water at the foun­tain in Liggett Terrace[/caption] Today marks an incred­i­ble mile­stone for Gov­er­nors Island. You can now drink the water from brand new drink­ing foun­tains in the new park! As of today, two new pub­lic drink­ing foun­tains have been installed at Liggett Ter­race and near Yan­kee Pier. These all-sea­son drink­ing foun­tains include bot­tle-fill­ing spig­ots, as well as reg­u­lar ​“bub­blers” at stan­dard and ADA acces­si­ble heights. The restora­tion of potable water is a cor­ner­stone project in the Island’s com­pre­hen­sive cap­i­tal pro­gram to ready the Island for its next chap­ter. Through­out the process, we’ve kept you post­ed as we drilled under the bedrock of the But­ter­milk Chan­nel to Brook­lyn and snaked 2,500 feet of new pipe from Red Hook to Gov­er­nors Island. The remain­ing pipe and asso­ci­at­ed equip­ment to suc­cess­ful­ly con­nect the Island to New York City’s water sys­tem was com­plet­ed ear­li­er this month.The New York City Depart­ment of Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion (DEP) has per­formed water qual­i­ty test­ing to suc­cess­ful­ly con­firm the water is potable! So vis­i­tors can now drink New York City’s water right here on the Island. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7691” align=“aligncenter” width=“300”]The new fountains feature a water refilling station and two "bubblers" The new foun­tains fea­ture a water refill­ing sta­tion and two ​“bubblers”[/caption] So bring over your own water bot­tle and fill it up here or just stop by for a quick drink before you enjoy every­thing else the Island has to offer.
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