

to the East Riirer^ it is not likely that the effect of that pmaping reaches veiry 

 far into Qtieensi# As the water table hiisges on the tidewater in the nearby 

 channels J any transient state of flow set up by a change in the rate of pnapiing 

 in that area soon degenerates into a nmr steady state of flow without affecting 

 appreciably the water lemLs at couparably greater distances in the opposite 

 direction* 



Nothwithstanding the evident o^r draft in Brooklyn and in parts of Queens^ 

 the groxmd-water resources of Long Island as a whole are still not fully utilized* 

 The potential supply in the central and eastern parts of the island is tre- 

 inendous*( (11)^ p# 52) • Through proper developiaent it may be used for municipal, 

 industrial and agricultural ptirposes on a scale that has scarcely been antici- 

 pated* 



