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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  10.78 
  inches, 
  or 
  to 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  513,165 
  gallons 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  

   per 
  day, 
  or 
  to 
  0.79 
  of 
  a 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  In 
  

   the 
  water 
  year 
  of 
  1880, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  rainfall 
  of 
  40.04 
  inches, 
  the 
  

   water 
  utilized 
  amounted 
  to 
  12.37 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  catchment, 
  or 
  to 
  

   587,568 
  gallons 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  per 
  day, 
  or 
  to 
  0.91 
  of 
  a 
  cubic 
  foot 
  

   per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  In 
  1881, 
  with 
  a 
  rainfall 
  of 
  41.52 
  

   inches, 
  the 
  total 
  utilization 
  of 
  water 
  amounted 
  to 
  11.64 
  inches 
  on 
  

   the 
  catchment, 
  or 
  to 
  554,473 
  gallons 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  per 
  day, 
  or 
  

   to 
  0.86 
  of 
  a 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  This 
  drop 
  in 
  

   the 
  unit 
  of 
  utilization 
  merely 
  shows 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  

   the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  catchment. 
  

  

  The 
  tributary 
  catchments 
  remained 
  at 
  59.4 
  square 
  miles 
  until 
  

   August, 
  1883, 
  in 
  which 
  month 
  the 
  Spring 
  creek 
  and 
  Baisley's 
  

   driven-well 
  stations 
  were 
  started. 
  From 
  this 
  date 
  the 
  tributary 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  is 
  taken 
  at 
  64.6 
  square 
  miles. 
  Spring 
  creek 
  and 
  

   Baisley's 
  stations 
  marked 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  driven- 
  

   well 
  system. 
  In 
  the 
  water 
  year 
  of 
  1884, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  rainfall 
  

   of 
  43.44 
  inches, 
  the 
  utilization 
  was 
  12.53 
  inches, 
  amounting 
  to 
  

   594,992 
  gallons 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  per 
  day, 
  or 
  to 
  0.92 
  of 
  a 
  cubic 
  

   foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1885, 
  the 
  Forest 
  stream 
  and 
  Clear 
  stream 
  driven-well 
  

   stations 
  were 
  started, 
  thereby 
  increasing 
  the 
  tributary 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  to 
  65.4 
  square 
  miles. 
  In 
  the 
  water 
  year 
  of 
  1886, 
  with 
  

   a 
  total 
  rainfall 
  of 
  50.43 
  inches, 
  the 
  water 
  utilized 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   14.40 
  inches, 
  equivalent 
  to 
  685,521 
  gallons 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  per 
  

   day, 
  or 
  to 
  1.06 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  remained 
  65.4 
  square 
  miles 
  until 
  June, 
  

   1890, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  increased 
  to 
  65.6 
  square 
  miles 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  

   of 
  the 
  Jameco 
  park 
  driven-well 
  station. 
  In 
  the 
  water 
  year 
  1891, 
  

   with 
  a 
  total 
  rainfall 
  of 
  40.34 
  inches, 
  the 
  water 
  utilized 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  18.48 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  catchment, 
  equivalent 
  to 
  879,811 
  gallons 
  

   per 
  square 
  mile 
  per 
  day, 
  or 
  to 
  1.35 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Large 
  extensions 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  1890 
  and 
  1891, 
  

   so 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  pumping 
  at 
  Mill-burn 
  on 
  December 
  

   17, 
  1891, 
  the 
  tributary 
  catchment 
  area 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  

   increased 
  from 
  65.6 
  to 
  154.1 
  square 
  miles,, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  88.5 
  

   square 
  miles. 
  In 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  1892, 
  with 
  a 
  rainfall 
  of 
  37.75 
  

   inches, 
  the 
  water 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  catchment 
  of 
  65.6 
  

  

  