In Brooklyn, we are lucky to have beautifully clean water. More than one billion gallons of fresh water come into the city each day, directly from large, upstate reservoirs. There are nineteen of these reservoirs, as well as three controlled lakes, spread across a nearly 2,000-square-mile watershed. The watershed is located in portions of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains, some of which is as far as 125 miles north of the City.