The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-19
WATER PLAN APPROVED
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er.sf.r restrictions which Interfere
9Th i.. rt,luE At water from Dutc chess
and ~.v1Is counties. and Ten Mile River
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within easy reach ~ the city NJ New York
arc nearly exhausted, and each borough l.
IN tmuo ,I'c need II an additional supply, I"
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possibility ~ adding ~ tho present supply
by dunirG on all the available sources.
The three questions which the commission
"a. directed by Inv to dctermine were
Tr' Whether the pl,us proposed are
JIsrIHed ny public necessity
second Nbcir"r such plans nrr just and
%,oItarlo 20 otNcr municipalities and civil
divisions ul the state affected thereby aud
N tho inhabitants thereof particular con
,Ideratton being given 10 their present and
future rcro-sltlcs for sources Of water supply
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Third neither said plans make fair and
eouiahlr PROVISIONS for th" d"t"rminntion
and payment of any and all ia mage To persons
and property. both direct and Indirect. which
viii result from III" execution OF said plans.
The first question Is answered in the
Affirmative. becau se cf the rapid increase in
the city's population, which under existing
conditions means an annual increase in the
consumption of water of 5000, 900 gallons
a day. while the present supply scarcely
meets the existing needs. The state COM
mission comedies hat an available supply
might be obtained from the Hudson River,
but regards this water as objectionable,
whether filtered or not. 1t dismisSeS -ug-
gestiOns in favor Of taking the waters of
the Adirondack region of the Great Lakes
for New York city. because OF the enormous
expense involved. 1t comedies that the
watershed Of the Catskills can furnish the
purest. softest and most abundant supply
available for New York, and calls attention
to the fact that the Catskill region can never
be n manufa cturing or n closely populated
residential district. The Catskill watershed
is estimated to yield an additional supply OF
water to New York city of about 500 900, 600
gallons daily, and the Ashokan reservoir, to
Be built in the Catskills, will impound the
enormous amount of 10000. 900, 900 gallons
Of water and will be the largest of its char
acter in the world.
As to the two other questions involved
the decision says hat the commission would
not consent to an affirmative answer until
the plan which was originally presented by
the city was altered by legislation at the
recent session to make the provisions Just
and equitable to the other municipalities
involved.
In giving its consent to the application
Of the city Of New York for a new and addi-
tional supply Of water, the State board re-
cites the notifications embraced in the
legislation referred to, discusses them at
length and then unanimously approves the
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