Report Upon New York's Water Supply

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Excerpt from Report Upon New York's Water Supply: With Particular Reference to the Need of Procuring Additional Sources and Their Probable Cost, With Works Constructed Under Municipal Ownership Made to Bird S. Coler, ComptrollerOne year is a very brief time for the necessary surveys - and five years an almost impossibly short time for building proper aqueducts and dams.Third - The preliminary steps should immediately be taken toward the acquisition of an additional supply on a comprehensive scale, capable of sup plying 150 million gallons at the start, and ultimately yielding at least 500 million gallons per 24 hours (preferably and surveys, borings and river gaugings, with analysis of water samples, by 20 or more field parties, over nearly all the grounds covered in the reconnaissance described in the follow ing appendices, should be begun during the present summer so that construction may be begun, if possible, early in the spring of 1901 or not later than 1902.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.