﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  707 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  projects 
  herein 
  discussed 
  at 
  length, 
  at 
  various 
  

   times 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  projects 
  have 
  been 
  considered 
  for 
  

   reservoirs 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  streams: 
  

  

  Mahwah 
  river, 
  diverting 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  Suffern, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  of 
  20 
  square 
  miles 
  ; 
  Popolepen 
  creek, 
  diverting 
  the 
  

   water 
  at 
  Fort 
  Montgomery, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  

   28 
  square 
  miles; 
  Big 
  Moodna 
  creek, 
  diverting 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  Salis- 
  

   bury 
  Mills, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  123 
  square 
  miles; 
  

   Little 
  Moodna 
  creek, 
  diverting 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  Woodbury 
  Falls, 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  11 
  square 
  miles; 
  Skawangunk 
  

   creek, 
  diverting 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  Bloomingsburg, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  of 
  47 
  square 
  miles; 
  Rondout 
  creek, 
  diverting 
  the 
  

   water 
  at 
  Ellenville, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  184 
  square 
  

   miles; 
  the 
  Basher 
  kill, 
  diverting 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  Port 
  Orange; 
  Never- 
  

   sink 
  creek, 
  diverting 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  Quarryville, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  of 
  200 
  square 
  miles; 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  diverting 
  the 
  

   water 
  above 
  Port 
  Jervis, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  catchment 
  of 
  3600 
  square 
  

   miles. 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  projects 
  has 
  passed 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  prelim- 
  

   inary 
  stage. 
  

  

  The 
  New 
  York 
  Water 
  Supply 
  Commission 
  of 
  1903. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  

   1902 
  the 
  Mayor 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  appointed 
  William 
  H. 
  Burr, 
  Rudolph 
  

   Hering 
  and 
  John 
  R. 
  Freeman 
  as 
  a 
  commission 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  best 
  

   sources 
  of 
  an 
  additional 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  The 
  

   final 
  report 
  of 
  this 
  commission 
  was 
  submitted 
  in 
  December, 
  1903. 
  

   The 
  outline 
  for 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  gravity 
  supply 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  report, 
  as 
  taken 
  from 
  Engineering 
  News 
  

   for 
  December 
  24, 
  1903 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  commission 
  favors 
  taking 
  a 
  first 
  installment 
  of 
  60,000,000 
  

   gallons 
  from 
  the 
  Fishkill 
  watershed, 
  but 
  developing 
  concurrently 
  

   the 
  supply 
  from 
  Esopus 
  creek. 
  These 
  two 
  sources 
  would 
  give 
  

   nearly 
  320,000,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day. 
  Another 
  100,000,000 
  gallons 
  

   per 
  day 
  may 
  be 
  secured 
  from 
  Rondout 
  creek 
  without 
  great 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  expense, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  supply 
  of 
  nearly 
  420,000,000. 
  The 
  

   final 
  80,000,000 
  gallons 
  or 
  more 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  Wappinger 
  

   creek 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  reservoir 
  at 
  Hibernia, 
  within 
  the 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  of 
  that 
  creek, 
  thus 
  completing 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  500,000,000 
  

   gallons 
  per 
  day. 
  If 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  desired, 
  a 
  further 
  large 
  supply 
  

   can 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  watershed 
  of 
  the 
  Jansen 
  kill, 
  on 
  

   the 
  easterly 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Schoharie 
  creek, 
  diverted 
  into 
  the 
  watershed 
  of 
  the 
  Esopus 
  creek, 
  

   and 
  from 
  Catskill 
  creek. 
  

  

  