Delaware Aqueduct Leak

v Tunnel is 45 miles long

v Tunnel hundreds of feet
below grade
v Delivers >50% of NYC
water supply

~4
mi .5
les

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 Tunnel in Wawarsing w/ Geology
v Deep buried glacial valley
v Seismic faults along alignment
v Series of shales, sandstones, and limestones, tilted at 30o and 90o

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 Tunnel in Roseton w/ Geology
v Primarily Wappinger Limestone, folded and faulted
v Traversed by two major fault systems

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 Tunnel Leak Investigations
Over $27 million of investigation work (1998-2010) including:
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Geological investigations
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Tunnel flow monitoring
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Well monitoring
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Monitoring of surface expressions
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Automated Underwater Vehicle (AUV) inspections

Sample pictures from AUV

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 Wawarsing AUV Images
Centerline Crown of
Crown of of Tunnel Tunnel
Tunnel 9:00 Invert 3:00

Direction of Flow
IMAG ~20’

E
NOT
AVAIL
ABLE

42’ - 5”

PHOTO TAKEN JUNE

Sta. 281+88 (1.3 miles south along tunnel from Shaft 2)
5, 2009
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Wawarsing AUV Images

Sta. 282+60 (1.3 miles south along tunnel from Shaft 2)

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 Roseton AUV Images

PHOTO TAKEN JUNE

5, 2009 Sta. 1487+23 (~1.3 miles south along tunnel from Shaft 5A)

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Roseton AUV Images
5,200 linear feet (LF) of cracking in Roseton (485 LF in Wawarsing)
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Deepest segment of tunnel ~850 feet below ground surface
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Largest percentage of leakage as indicated in AUV investigations
and backflow tests

PHOTO TAKEN JUNE

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1492+92 (~1.4 miles south along tunnel from Shaft 5A)
Proposed Bypass Spans Problematic Area

New Bypass Tunnel Shaft 5 Connection

Existing Tunnel Shaft 6 Connection
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3D Rendering of Bypass
Concept
HUDSO Shaft 5A
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Existing
Shaft 6 Tunnel

Shaft 6 Launch Shaft

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3D Rendering of Bypass
Concept
HUDSO Shaft 5A
N RIVER

Tunnel
Reception
Existing Shaft
Shaft 6 Tunnel

Connection Shaft 6 Launch Shaft

Shaft

Bypass
Tunnel

Tunnel Launch
Shaft

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