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Water for domestic purposes was carried through the streets in 

 milk cans and sprinkling carts in the city of Mount Vernon and 

 various small villages in the fall of 1910. Only opportune fall 

 rains prevented a recurrence of the same conditions in 19fll. < 



Each of the various municipalities is engaged in endeavoring 

 to solve its own small problem, and naturally finds no solution for 

 more than a very limited period, while the rapid growth in the 

 population of the region makes a large general and permanent 

 solution more imperative. 



The work of the commission during the past year in the equi- 

 table apportioning of water supplies to the various municipalities 

 of the State, as required by law, is briefly indicated by the fol- 

 lowing table of water supply applications: 



WATER SUPPLY APPLICATIONS. 



Application 



No. filed. Disposition. 



93 Vilage of Avoca Jan. 23, 1911 Approved Feb. 10, 1911 



94. Westbury Water District Feb. 21. 1911 Approved April 7, 1911 



!);. Weedsport Water Co Mar. 1. 1911 Approved Mar. 22. 1911 



9>. City of Gloversville April 2>. 1911 Approved June 1C>. 1911 



97 Village of Cornwall May 24. 1911 Approved June <>, 1911 



98. City of Cortland June 17. 1911 Approved July 11, 1911 



99. Castle Heights Water Co July <5. 1911 Approved Sept. 25, 1911 



100. Village of Mexico Aug. 12. 1911 Pending. 



101. N. Y. City, Borough of Richmond... Sept. 12, 1911 Pending. 



102. N. Y. City. Borough of Brooklyn... Sept. 12, 1911 Pending. 



103. Manhasset-Lakeville Water District. Oct. 24, 1911 Approved Dec. 20, 1911 



Experience has shown that the laws governing State and munici- 

 pal water supplies could be .amended to advantage, by giving this 

 commission power to exercise more thorough supervision and 

 control over proposed water supply systems. It is especially 

 important that the commission should be empowered to inter- 

 vene in the not infrequent cases in which existing water supply 

 systems, especially those of private companies, are found inade- 

 quate to meet the demands for, water of the communities which 

 they serve. Control of rates charged for water should be exer- 

 cised by some State authority, as complaints of excessive and 

 inequitable charges have been numerous. 



Inspection of Dams. 



Among the important duties intrusted to the Conservation 

 Commission is the protection of life and property from the dan- 

 gers arising from impounded waters. The appointment by this 



