Here are a couple of pictures of the reservoir near me called the Boonton Reservoir. The reservoir’s main purpose is to supply Jersey City water. It is also the first location to implement continuous water chlorination back in 1908. Water chlorination is used to kill certain bacteria in tap water to protect people from contracting deadly diseases like cholera and dysentery. The picture on the right is a shot of the dam on the reservoir and I always drive by it and thought it was pretty neat.
Very interesting how it is able to do that!!