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The Friends of Jerome Park Reservoir (FJPR) formed this grass roots organization to fight against New York City's plans to build a filtration plant on our front steps. Located in Bronx County, our Jerome Park Reservoir is a community treasure, part of an engineering feat, an urban lake complimenting an urban environment.

We represent 50,000 residents who live directly across the street from this 125 acre Reservoir/Park. We also represent those with whom we share our community: 25,000 students attending eight schools, including the Bronx High School of Science and Lehman College, which hug the reservoir's border along the Educational Mile.

Our Reservoir is the center of the distribution system for the Croton Aqueduct, which supplies 10% of NYC's drinking water. For over 25 years, the city has made plans to filter this water supply rather than protect it.

FJPR's goal is to "Save Our Reservoir" and make sure there is "No Plant Here." We think other alternatives are more reliable, cheaper, and less destructive. We invite you to join us in our search.

We started with the Friends of Jerome Park Reservoir in 1990. Seven years later, we are no longer alone. The Regional Slant is the story of how Jerome Park residents organized the New York City metropolitan area into fighting the good fight for clean water and watershed protection.

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