New York City's water supply is in trouble without an intervention, lawmakers say

And last week's prisons hearing has resulted in a new bill to overhaul investigations.

Good afternoon — it’s Monday and National Vegetarian Week.

In today’s CapCon:

• What do you want me to write about for the rest of session? All ideas welcome!

• The water supply in New York City, Westchester County and other areas is growing increasingly unusable. Here’s what some lawmakers want to do about it.

• The state Senate will hear from a series of nominees Tuesday, including the acting head of a state agency.

• After last week’s prisons hearing in the Legislature, a new bill would create a new state office to help probe prison deaths.

• This Week in New York History: The Brooklyn Bridge and the first flight to Paris.

Names in today’s CapCon: MaryJane Shimsky, Billy Jones, Peter Harckham, Shannon Roback, Willow Baer, Julia Salazar, Marianne Buttenschon,

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🚿 How lawmakers want to save the water supply for New York City and Westchester County

For some parts of Westchester County, finding clean drinking water is already an issue, according to Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky.

“One of the dams in the reservoir in the western part of Westchester County is going to be unsuitable for use in less than 25 years,” Shimsky said.

A part of the state that couldn’t be more different — the North Country — has the same problem, said Assemblyman Billy Jones. He visited the home of a family that said their water was unusable.

“I was literally there in this home a couple of weeks after and they had to spit the water out,” Jones said. “To this day, this was three years ago, they still can not use this water to bathe in, they can’t use it for their washing machine.”

The culprit of the contamination, if you can call it that, has tripled in New York City’s water supply in the last three decades.

The challenge lies with removing it before it’s too late.