Reservoir 3 is a man-made reservoir located in the northern portion of the city of

New Rochelle New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state o ...

along the New Rochelle - Eastchester boundary in

Westchester County Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...

, New York. Constructed in 1908, the reservoir is impounded by the New Rochelle "Reservoir 3

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...

" on the

Hutchinson River The Hutchinson River is a freshwater stream located in the Bronx, and Southern Westchester County, New York. The river forms in Scarsdale at Brookline Road and flows 10 miles (16 km) south until it empties into Eastchester Bay in ...

. The dam is of earthen construction, with a height of and a length of . It has an area of about , and a capacity of about . Maximum discharge is per second. Its capacity is . Normal storage is . It drains an area of .Find a Lake - Reservoir 3
/ref> The reservoir is currently owned by the Westchester County Department of Parks and Recreation. This reservoir serves as a storage reservoir for the high-level system, with the overflow from it passing directly to Reservoir 2. The water from this reservoir, and from Reservoir 2, was originally pumped at a pumping station into the mains of the high service system to serve the northern portions of New Rochelle. The upper end of the reservoir is swampy at the point where the Hutchinson River enters. Just above the upper end of the reservoir and on the east side there is a small feeder which flows into the main river and has its headwaters near the parkway to the east of the main river. About above the upper end of the reservoir the

Hutchinson River Parkway The Hutchinson River Parkway (known colloquially as The Hutch) is a north–south parkway in southern New York in the United States. It extends for from the massive Bruckner Interchange in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx to the New York ...

crosses the river between reservoirs 1 and 3.

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* {{authority control Reservoirs in Westchester County, New York Reservoirs in New York (state) Geography of New Rochelle, New York