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Originally Posted by Webstral
Big cities tend to have their water delivered via aqueduct. Some of these are open, while others are closed. A few cities survive on ground water. NYC gets its water from up-state.
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Just one thing to add here; I can't remember the name of the aqueduct, but NYC's primary aqueduct from upstate is in very BAD condition, even today. They don't even know how to fix it; they can't even reduce the water flow through it due to water demands and because even reducing the water flow stands a good chance of causing the aqueduct to collapse. Even sending a robot down the aqueduct to survey it is considered impossible right now; the flow is very turbulent and the robot might actually damage the aqueduct. In T2K, neglect might have caused that aqueduct to collapse, or the lack of water flowing from it (due to large amounts of taps turned off and toilets not flushing) may have caused it to rupture.