Capital Improvement Program
Marcy Reservoir Breaching
May 2020
The Marcy Reservoir, in service from 1915 to 2011, has been replaced
by a Water Storage Tank and is being decommissioned. This will result in the
Reservoir being removed from the NYSDEC list of Regulated Dams and eliminate
significant MVWA inspection and maintenance obligations.
First earthwork cut into the Reservoir Embankment.
All work is being completed by MVWA crews.
Cutting the Reservoir Embankment. Note
Erosion Control Fabric.
Placing cut material inside the Reservoir.
Near final elevation of new embankment grading.