East Tunnel Closure Begins October 23 - Transportation
About Kec Tunnel
The KEC tunnel would provide an additional means of conveying water between the Kensico Reservoir and the CDUV Facility. Completion of this project would enhance operational resiliency and redundancy for the water supply system. Exhibit 5 Detailed Acquisition Maps executed by the Deputy Mayor on March 27, 2024 Exhibit 6 Final
KEC Illustration of a deep-rock tunnel boring machine. About the KEC project The centerpiece of the KEC project is a new deep rock water conveyance tunnel between Kensico Reservoir and the CatskillDelaware Ultraviolet Disinfection CDUV Facility in Eastview shown in yellow below to enhance
The CDUV Facility is located on City-owned property, the KEC Eastview Site, within the Town of Mount Pleasant, New York. The KEC tunnel would provide an additional means of conveying water between the Kensico Reservoir and the CDUV Facility. Completion of this project would enhance operational resiliency and redundancy for the water supply system.
The KEC Tunnel Project's Groundbreaking with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection took place in July 2024. That system serves some 9 million people in New York City and Westchester County, and its Kenisco-Eastview tunnel will be the most expansive tunneling project in the area since the 1940s.
A Public Works project, the Kensico-Eastview Connection KEC will be New York City's largest water-supply tunneling effort in Westchester County since the 1940s, and its construction will create hundreds of jobs for local laborers. The centerpiece of the project is a two 2-mile long tunnel between Kensico Reservoir and the Catskill
The KEC project will include construction of the new tunnel, facilities to draw water from Kensico Reservoir and move water into the ultraviolet plant, and other infrastructure work. The tunnel will stretch approximately 2-miles from an intake chamber on the western side of Kensico Reservoir to a connection point at the ultraviolet
A tunnel boring machine TBM will be used to construct the KEC Tunnel, starting from the KEC Eastview Site and advancing eastward towards the Kensico Campus, where it will connect with KEC Shaft 1C. The completed tunnel will have an inner diameter of approximately 27ft and will be lined with at least 1.5ft of cast-in-place concrete along its
The contractor will utilize a tunnel boring machine to horizontally dig the KEC Tunnel, starting from the KEC Eastview Site and advancing east where it will connect with KEC Shaft 1C. When
The KEC tunnel will stretch the approximately 2 miles from Kensico Reservoir to CDUV in Eastview, the largest such facility in the world. The finished tunnel will be 27 feet in diameter and run 400-500 feet below ground with a capacity to carry as much as 2.6 billion gallons of water each day.
The KEC tunnel will stretch the approximately 2 miles from Kensico Reservoir to CDUV in Eastview, the largest such facility in the world. The finished tunnel will be 27 feet in diameter and run 400-500 feet below ground with a capacity to carry as much as 2.6 billion gallons of water each day. The design accounts for future growth in the City
