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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  which 
  this 
  supply 
  is 
  drawn 
  may 
  be 
  safely 
  estimated 
  to 
  yield 
  an 
  

   average 
  of 
  17,000,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Borough 
  of 
  Brooklyn 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  public 
  water 
  supply 
  

   until 
  after 
  the 
  population 
  had 
  reached 
  200,000. 
  In 
  1856 
  a 
  plan 
  

   was 
  matured 
  for 
  procuring 
  water 
  from 
  ponds 
  and 
  streams 
  on 
  

   the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  a 
  company 
  formed 
  to 
  construct 
  

   the 
  works, 
  but 
  the 
  city 
  took 
  them 
  in 
  hand 
  and 
  constructed 
  them, 
  

   and 
  water 
  was 
  introduced 
  in 
  1859. 
  The 
  original 
  supply 
  of 
  surface 
  

   water 
  has 
  been 
  supplemented 
  by 
  pumping 
  the 
  ground 
  water 
  from 
  

   driven 
  wells 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  conduit 
  which 
  conveys 
  the 
  

   water 
  of 
  the 
  ponds 
  to 
  the 
  city. 
  

  

  The 
  Flatbush 
  Water 
  Company 
  furnishes 
  water 
  to 
  the 
  former 
  

   town 
  of 
  Flatbush, 
  as 
  Avell 
  as 
  to 
  some 
  adjacent 
  property. 
  The 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  Water 
  Company 
  has 
  for 
  years 
  supplied 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  

   1224 
  acres 
  in 
  East 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  Blythebourne 
  Water 
  Com- 
  

   pany 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  660 
  acres 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  near 
  Fort 
  Hamilton. 
  The 
  

   district 
  still 
  unsupplied 
  with 
  water 
  in 
  Brooklyn 
  borough 
  measures 
  

   about 
  21,500 
  acres, 
  or 
  55 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   borough. 
  

  

  The 
  Borough 
  of 
  Queens 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  fragmentary 
  supply 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  wells, 
  which 
  is 
  pumped 
  directly 
  into 
  the 
  mains. 
  Works 
  

   supplying 
  2770 
  acres 
  are 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  others 
  supplying 
  

   5900 
  acres 
  are 
  owned 
  by 
  private 
  corporations. 
  The 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   borough 
  is 
  79,347 
  acres. 
  

  

  The 
  Borough 
  of 
  Richmond, 
  with 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  36,600 
  acres, 
  has 
  

   but 
  a 
  small 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  3130 
  acres, 
  which 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  

   wells. 
  1 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  gravity 
  conduits 
  from 
  the 
  Croton 
  and 
  Bronx 
  catch- 
  

   ments, 
  the 
  Avater 
  supply 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  pumped. 
  This 
  condition 
  

   is 
  made 
  necessary 
  not 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  low 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  sources 
  

   of 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  water 
  supply, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  near 
  sea-level, 
  

   but 
  further 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  high 
  service 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  

   central 
  and 
  northern 
  portions 
  of 
  Manhattan 
  which 
  contain 
  a 
  large 
  

   and 
  increasing 
  population 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  to 
  which 
  

   Croton 
  water 
  can 
  be 
  distributed 
  by 
  gravity. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  areas 
  

  

  Abstracted 
  from 
  report 
  on 
  The 
  History, 
  Condition 
  and 
  Needs 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Water 
  Supply 
  and 
  Restriction 
  of 
  Waste 
  of 
  Water, 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   Merchants' 
  Association, 
  by 
  J. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Croes. 
  

  

  