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Getting water from upstate reservoirs to the taps of over 8.5 million people in New York City is no easy feat.

NYC Revealed

Water

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Getting water from upstate reservoirs to the taps of over 8.5 million people in New York City is no easy feat; from purification, through thousands of miles of underground tunnels, this is how New York City gets its water.

Keeping the lights on in New York City is no easy task; as New York moves towards a greener future, the manner of generating electricity will have to evolve.

Electricity

New York has one of the busiest airspaces in the world; here is how New York's airports have evolved to handle 140 million passengers each year.

Airports

New York's three closest airports move 140 million people in and out of the most visited place in the United States; but these three travel hubs were not designed to handle this growing number of visitors; here's how New York's airports are evolving.

New York City might be known as the concrete jungle, but its nearly 30,000 acres of park space have been an ever-present part of this metropolis.

Parks

New York City might be known as the concrete jungle, but its parks have been an ever-present part of this bustling metropolis from the beginning; the city's 30,000 acres of parks serve as an escape for New Yorkers and serve the city in many ways.

New York has some famous bridges; these engineering examples have helped set the tone for how bridges around the world are designed.

Bridges

Many don't know it, but New York is a city that runs on steam; it's one of the few cities that relies on the old technology to heat some of its famous buildings.

Steam

New Yorkers create, on average, 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day that makes its way through 7,500 miles of pipes that make up the city's sewer system.

Sewage

Underneath the ground of New York's fabled streets exists a vast network of pipes that make up the city's sewer system; New Yorkers create, on average, 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day that makes its way through these 7,500 miles of pipes.

Many things come to mind when thinking about New York, but how the city deals with its garbage is usually not one of them; here is how the city hauls away its trash.

Trash

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