HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



573 



A large reservoir on the Wallkill river was also proposed in 

 1900 for the water supply of New York city. The detail of this 

 reservoir may be found in the Report to the Merchants' Associa- 

 tion on the Water Supply of the City of New York, by Jas. H. 

 Fuertes. The Wallkill reservoir is also described in a report by 

 John R. Freeman, made in 1900. The available capacity of the 

 Wallkill reservoir was about 22,000,000,000 cubic feet. 



The considerable storage projects in the Croton valley for the 

 water supply of New York city will also be briefly considered. 



Reservoirs have also been proposed on Esopus, Schoharie. 

 Catskill, Fishkill, Wappingers creek, Roeliff Jansen kill, etc. for 

 the water supply of the City of New York, which will be discussed 

 somewhat in detail, not only because of their great size, but 

 because they embody interesting features in reservoir construc- 

 tion. 



The power developments on Niagara river at Niagara Falls, on 

 St Lawrence river at Massena, on West Canada creek at Trenton 

 Falls, on Raquette river at Hannawa Falls, and at several other 

 places in Xew York are among the most significant industrial 

 movements now taking place in the United States. The future 

 power of these several streams may be placed at nearly 1,000,000 

 horsepower. 



There are a number of other interesting developments through- 

 out the State, but the foregoing are the more important. 



Storage Reservoir on Genesee River 



The following statements in regard to the Genesee river storage 

 reservoir are partially condensed from the detailed reports in 

 the Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor. The 

 portions not taken therefrom are from original manuscript thus 

 far unpublished. 



A general description of this river has been given on page 210 ; 

 its discharge measurements have been discussed on page 331; 

 its flood-flows on page 111; and reference has been made on 

 page 191 to the low-water flow, indicating that during the sum- 

 mer the available supply is small. Notwithstanding this, develop- 

 ment of water power has proceeded rapidly. As shown by the 

 reports on Water Power of the United States in the Tenth Census 

 (1880), the total water power on Genesee river from Rochester 



