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  source; 
  and 
  the 
  further 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  badly 
  polluted 
  

   with 
  sewage 
  from 
  Buffalo, 
  Lockport 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  villages 
  

   along 
  the 
  route 
  to 
  Rochester 
  made 
  it 
  unfit 
  for 
  domestic 
  use 
  

   without 
  filtration. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  doubtful 
  whether 
  the 
  canal 
  

   authorities 
  would 
  permit 
  any 
  such 
  abstraction 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  but 
  

   if 
  the 
  necessary 
  consent 
  were 
  obtained 
  the 
  water 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  

   filtered 
  and 
  pumped 
  directly 
  into 
  the 
  large 
  distributing 
  main 
  at 
  

   Smith 
  street 
  at 
  less 
  expense 
  than 
  was 
  entailed 
  by 
  any 
  other 
  

   plan 
  for 
  securing 
  a 
  temporary 
  additional 
  supply, 
  which 
  has 
  yet 
  

   been 
  mentioned. 
  The 
  risk 
  of 
  failing 
  to 
  get 
  water 
  at 
  times 
  was 
  

   considerable, 
  although 
  when 
  this 
  occurred 
  a 
  temporary 
  draught 
  

   could 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  upon 
  the 
  storage 
  of 
  the 
  Rush 
  reservoir. 
  

  

  Honeoyc 
  creel'. 
  At 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  East 
  Rush, 
  this 
  creek 
  is 
  about 
  

   1.53 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Rush 
  reservoir 
  and 
  215 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  Water 
  therefrom 
  would 
  require 
  filtration 
  

   before 
  being 
  fit 
  for 
  domestic 
  use. 
  The 
  estimated 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  

   necessary 
  works, 
  including 
  $21,000 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  a 
  filtering 
  

   plant, 
  was 
  about 
  $58,000, 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  be 
  delivered 
  into 
  the 
  Rush 
  

   reservoir 
  through 
  a 
  12-inch 
  main 
  with 
  a 
  pumping 
  engine 
  of 
  a 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  2,000,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  principal 
  objection 
  

   to 
  this 
  plan 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  not 
  delivered 
  directly 
  into 
  

   the 
  Mount 
  Hope 
  reservoir, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  most 
  needed. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  analyses 
  of 
  water 
  of 
  Honeoye 
  creek 
  as 
  made 
  

   by 
  Professor 
  Lattimore. 
  (1) 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  creek 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  

   south 
  of 
  North 
  Bloomfield; 
  (2) 
  just 
  below 
  Honeoye 
  Falls, 
  and 
  

   (3) 
  at 
  East 
  Rush: 
  

  

  (Parts 
  per 
  100,000) 
  

  

  (1) 
  (2) 
  (3) 
  

  

  Total 
  solids 
  13.50 
  12.50 
  19.00 
  

  

  Fixed 
  residue 
  8.50 
  7.00 
  12.50 
  

  

  Loss 
  on 
  ignition 
  5 
  . 
  00 
  5 
  . 
  50 
  6 
  . 
  50 
  

  

  Sodium 
  chloride 
  0.31 
  0.30 
  0.33 
  

  

  Ammonia, 
  free 
  0.002 
  0.002 
  0.003 
  

  

  Ammonia, 
  albuminoid 
  . 
  006 
  . 
  006 
  . 
  006 
  

  

  Nitrites 
  none 
  none 
  none 
  

  

  Nitrates 
  none 
  none 
  none 
  

  

  Hardness 
  8.10 
  8.60 
  9.70 
  

  

  