HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



855 



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. 



Honeoye creek. 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 f 24,000 for the purchase of a filtering 

 plant, was about f 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 





0.002 



0.002 



0.003 



Ammonia, albuminoid 



0.006 



0.006 



0.006 



Nitrites 





none 



none 



Nitrates 





none 



none 



Hardness 



8.10 



8.60 



9.70 



