﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

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  Thus 
  far 
  the 
  trend 
  of 
  legal 
  decisions 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  generally 
  has 
  been 
  against 
  compensa- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  kind 
  in 
  water 
  diversion 
  cases. 
  1 
  Our 
  courts 
  have 
  usually 
  

   held 
  that 
  money 
  compensation 
  may 
  be 
  exacted 
  in 
  such 
  cases. 
  

   But 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  where 
  water 
  rights 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  appreci- 
  

   ating 
  in 
  value 
  rapidly, 
  but 
  are 
  furthermore 
  mostly 
  held 
  by 
  strong 
  

   manufacturing 
  corporations, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  

   compensation 
  in 
  kind 
  could 
  be 
  applied 
  by 
  simple 
  agreement 
  with 
  

   the 
  present 
  owners. 
  At 
  any 
  rate, 
  we 
  may 
  assume 
  for 
  present 
  

   purposes 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  true, 
  and 
  accordingly 
  briefly 
  discuss 
  a 
  sys- 
  

   tem 
  of 
  compensating 
  reservoirs 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  supply 
  500 
  to 
  

   600 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  either 
  continuously 
  or 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  might 
  

   appear 
  necessary 
  after 
  a 
  more 
  thorough 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  regimen 
  of 
  

   the 
  stream. 
  

  

  With 
  Hudson 
  river 
  runoff, 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  a 
  reservoir 
  capable 
  

   of 
  certainly 
  furnishing 
  650 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  continuously 
  

   should 
  be, 
  roundly, 
  16,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet. 
  To 
  furnish 
  550 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  continuously 
  about 
  12,000,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   would 
  answer. 
  The 
  location 
  and 
  approximate 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  reservoirs 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  would 
  be 
  as. 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Name 
  of 
  

   Reservoir 
  

  

  Location, 
  

   on 
  what 
  stream 
  

  

  Estimated 
  

   capacity 
  in 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  

  

  Tributary 
  

   catchment 
  

  

  area, 
  in 
  

   square 
  miles 
  

  

  Estimated 
  

   cost 
  

  

  Conklinville 
  .... 
  

   Lake 
  Pleasant 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Piseco 
  lake 
  

  

  Arietta 
  flow 
  .... 
  

   Wakely 
  flow 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Boreas 
  and 
  Che- 
  

   ney 
  ponds 
  .... 
  

  

  Sacandaga 
  river 
  . 
  

   Sacandaga 
  river 
  . 
  

   Sacandaga 
  river 
  . 
  

   Sacandaga 
  river 
  . 
  

   Cedar 
  river 
  

  

  Boreas 
  river 
  

  

  10, 
  000, 
  000, 
  000 
  

   1,400,000,000 
  

   1,725,000,000 
  

   1,400,000,000 
  

   1,819,000,000 
  

  

  1,411,000,000 
  

  

  900 
  

   45 
  

   55 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  58 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  $1,400,000 
  

  

  110,000 
  

  

  100, 
  000 
  

  

  80, 
  000 
  

  

  150,000 
  

  

  160, 
  000 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  17, 
  755, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  

  $2, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  

  

  

  Taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  large 
  catchment 
  area 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  

   proposed 
  Conklinville 
  reservoir, 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  that 
  the 
  fore- 
  

   going 
  total 
  storage 
  of 
  17,755,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  would 
  considerably 
  

   more 
  than 
  compensate 
  — 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  already 
  outlined 
  — 
  for 
  the 
  

   permanent 
  diversion 
  of 
  775 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  2 
  

  

  See 
  case 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  cited 
  on 
  page 
  539. 
  

   2 
  The 
  stated 
  tributary 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  900 
  square 
  miles 
  above 
  Conklin- 
  

   ville 
  is 
  exclusive 
  of 
  Lake 
  Pleasant, 
  Piseco 
  lake 
  and 
  Arietta 
  flow 
  catch- 
  

   ments. 
  The 
  total, 
  with 
  these 
  included, 
  is 
  1040 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  