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Field Report: Land, Ho! Bring­ing Potable Water to Gov­er­nors Island

Sep 13, 2013 1:45 pm

Is that a sub­ma­rine pok­ing out in front of the old com­mis­sary? No, it’s a hor­i­zon­tal direc­tion­al drill see­ing day­light for the first time in weeks after bur­row­ing under­neath the Har­bor, all the way from Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Not sure what hor­i­zon­tal direc­tion­al drilling is? We found this very cool infor­ma­tion­al video about the technology:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufYMgHa0d18&w=560&h=315]

This ​“peek-a-boo” moment marks an excit­ing mile­stone in our effort to restore potable water to Gov­er­nors Island. By the end of this year, over 2300 lin­ear feet of new water pipe will be installed beneath the But­ter­milk Chan­nel. In 2014, our ded­i­cat­ed crew will con­tin­ue to expand the potable water net­work through­out the north por­tion of the Island, as well as to the new­ly con­struct­ed park and pub­lic space. There’s more work to be done, but we are on sched­ule to ensure that potable water is ful­ly restored by the end of next year. Future ten­ants and vis­i­tors can look for­ward to tak­ing a sip of deli­cious Brook­lyn water!