﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  A 
  large 
  reservoir 
  on 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  river 
  was 
  also 
  proposed 
  in 
  

   1900 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  The 
  detail 
  of 
  this 
  

   reservoir 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  to 
  the 
  Merchants' 
  Associa- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  the 
  Water 
  Supply 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  by 
  Jas. 
  H. 
  

   Fuertes. 
  The 
  Wallkill 
  reservoir 
  is 
  also 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  report 
  by 
  

   John 
  R. 
  Freeman, 
  made 
  in 
  1900. 
  The 
  available 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  

   Wallkill 
  reservoir 
  was 
  about 
  22,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  considerable 
  storage 
  projects 
  in 
  the 
  Oroton 
  valley 
  for 
  the 
  

   water 
  supply 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  briefly 
  considered. 
  

  

  Reservoirs 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  proposed 
  on 
  Esopus, 
  Schoharie, 
  

   Catskill, 
  Fishkill, 
  Wappingers 
  creek, 
  Roeliff 
  Jansen 
  kill, 
  etc. 
  for 
  

   the 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  discussed 
  

   somewhat 
  in 
  detail, 
  not 
  only 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  great 
  size, 
  but 
  

   because 
  they 
  embody 
  interesting 
  features 
  in 
  reservoir 
  construc- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  The 
  power 
  developments 
  on 
  Niagara 
  river 
  at 
  Niagara 
  Falls, 
  on 
  

   St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  at 
  Massena, 
  on 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek 
  at 
  Trenton 
  

   Falls, 
  on 
  Raquette 
  river 
  at 
  Hannawa 
  Falls, 
  and 
  at 
  several 
  other 
  

   places 
  in 
  New 
  Y 
  r 
  ork 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  significant 
  industrial 
  

   movements 
  now 
  taking 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  future 
  

   power 
  of 
  these 
  several 
  streams 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  nearly 
  1,000,000 
  

   horsepower. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  interesting 
  developments 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  the 
  foregoing 
  are 
  the 
  more 
  important. 
  

  

  Storage 
  Reservoir 
  on 
  Genesee 
  River 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statements 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  storage 
  

   reservoir 
  are 
  partially 
  condensed 
  from 
  the 
  detailed 
  reports 
  in 
  

   the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  Surveyor. 
  The 
  

   portions 
  not 
  taken 
  therefrom 
  are 
  from 
  original 
  manuscript 
  thus 
  

   far 
  unpublished. 
  

  

  A 
  general 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  river 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  on 
  page 
  210 
  ; 
  

   its 
  discharge 
  measurements 
  have 
  been 
  discussed 
  on 
  page 
  331; 
  

   its 
  flood-flows 
  on 
  page 
  441; 
  and 
  reference 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  

   page 
  494 
  to 
  the 
  low-water 
  flow, 
  indicating 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  the 
  available 
  supply 
  is 
  small. 
  Notwithstanding 
  this, 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  water 
  power 
  has 
  proceeded 
  rapidly. 
  As 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  

   reports 
  on 
  Water 
  Power 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  the 
  Tenth 
  Census 
  

   (1880), 
  the 
  total 
  water 
  power 
  on 
  Genesee 
  river 
  from 
  Rochester 
  

  

  