﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  853 
  

  

  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  fed 
  copiously 
  by 
  springs. 
  It 
  was 
  proposed 
  by 
  a 
  

   private 
  corporation 
  in 
  Kochester 
  to 
  supply 
  this 
  pond 
  from 
  Iron- 
  

   dequoit 
  creek 
  and 
  certain 
  springs 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity, 
  thus 
  treating 
  it 
  

   as 
  a 
  storage 
  basin 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  water 
  could 
  be 
  

   pumped 
  daily 
  into 
  the 
  Mount 
  Hope 
  reservoir. 
  It 
  was, 
  however, 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  that 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  obtaining 
  a 
  temporary 
  supply 
  from 
  this 
  

   source 
  would 
  be 
  large, 
  a 
  preliminary 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  

   works 
  capable 
  of 
  delivering 
  2,000,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day, 
  being 
  about 
  

   |180,000. 
  This 
  plan 
  was 
  therefore 
  not 
  adopted. 
  

  

  Irondequoit 
  bay. 
  This 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  390 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  Mount 
  

   Hope 
  reservoir 
  and 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  said 
  reservoir 
  to 
  the 
  nearest 
  

   point 
  where 
  an 
  intake 
  could 
  be 
  located 
  in 
  deep 
  water, 
  free 
  from 
  

   extensive 
  growths 
  of 
  flags, 
  etc. 
  is 
  about 
  6.25 
  miles. 
  The 
  unsani- 
  

   tary 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  vast 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  aquatic 
  vegetation 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  sewage 
  

   from 
  populous 
  districts 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  rendered 
  this 
  

   source 
  undesirable. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  By 
  constructing 
  a 
  pumping 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  lake 
  

   shore 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  about 
  one 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  

   river 
  and 
  a 
  force 
  main 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  long, 
  water 
  from 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  temporarily 
  delivered 
  into 
  the 
  16-inch 
  

   distribution 
  main 
  at 
  the 
  intersection 
  of 
  Jay 
  and 
  Child 
  streets, 
  

   and 
  thence 
  throughout 
  the 
  northwestern 
  portion 
  of 
  Kochester. 
  

   The 
  water 
  would 
  of 
  course 
  have 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  delivered 
  at 
  a 
  pressure 
  

   somewhat 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mount 
  Hope 
  reservoir, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  lift, 
  including 
  friction, 
  

   would 
  have 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  440 
  feet, 
  the 
  lake 
  being 
  390 
  feet 
  

   below 
  said 
  reservoir. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  prevalence 
  of 
  westerly 
  winds 
  

   the 
  intake 
  would 
  necessarily 
  have 
  been 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  avoid 
  pumping 
  the 
  polluted 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  During 
  an 
  

   easterly 
  wind 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  pumps 
  would 
  be 
  suspended 
  

   and 
  the 
  whole 
  supply 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  reservoirs, 
  since 
  the 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  under 
  such 
  conditions, 
  has 
  been 
  traced 
  as 
  far 
  

   west 
  as 
  Manitou 
  Beach, 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   river. 
  The 
  proposed 
  nearest 
  site 
  for 
  the 
  intake 
  of 
  a 
  temporary 
  

   supply 
  was 
  therefore 
  entirely 
  unsuitable 
  for 
  permanent 
  use, 
  and 
  

   would 
  have 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  abandoned 
  after 
  a 
  permanent 
  additional 
  

   supply 
  had 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  some 
  other 
  locality. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  

  

  