Key Points
Intricate aqueducts, powered largely by gravity, bring water from the Delaware and Catskills watersheds, as well as from the closer Croton Reservoirs, to the city...
According to Meredith Taylor, a biologist at the citys Department of Environmental Protection, zebra mussels were introduced when a bass tournament, hosted on a private lake within the watershed, brought boats in from across the country..
Without a change in policy, it is possible that more invasive species will make their way to the citys reservoirs, impacting the ecosystems that support the quality of New Yorkers drinking water, and recreational fishing, in new ways..
Scott George, a biologist for the United States Geological Survey, has been monitoring the spread of the round gobya small invasive bottom-dwelling fish which often outcompetes native fish speciesthroughout New Yorks waterways..
The whole premise here is that the more quickly you can identify a problematic invasive species, whether its a plant, an animal, a fish, the more quickly you can identify that its colonized a new area, the higher the probability that it can either be managed or possibly even eradicated completely, said George.. Understanding the impact of an invasive species on any given water body is difficult..
