New-York tribune., 1908-04-17
WATER BOARD REPLIES
DEFENDS C4TSKILL MOVE
I'm Dosablc TO Make Cr0tOn Supply
Suffice, 1t Says.

,,- - -e-aated criticisms that the provision
os -he t,stskfu water supply is a needless eAia'"
ssuce inasmuch as all the wafer New ''' - !
oD- ar in the immediate future could be suppieu
- -he rrasre over the spllway OF the tTotoii
lam the Board OF Water Supply has issUeu "
statement giving facts and ngnfes 10 pi0'e
hsn-aftx Of these criticisms and the real nee" "a
= new source Of supply ,-o
- :, 7aa5 Al hearings before the State " Nater
s,,,l,- commission. which decided however, 'i.a-
me- we're III founded. These crlt'clsIns' WI" -
,.f-,1ations made by the Board O. "a'eI SUPP
follow:
.,-..;c5s-,-Tl7e CatshiH scheme means impair 5 ~;
-, - ne sfxs credit ana the hamperng of It's
-5,iJi5,- 10 construct more subway -.5+-,
- ~. sts-s Of New y ork amended SO as
10 separate The water debt from me constr %
ceb1 iirnit Of the city. ana 50 II hy I-,iJ sr,T
cf1S,s credit nor hampers It's ability 10 ou'-U SUI
ways -t-,ss, The city Of New York should net go
a,rf+v niles 10 the Catskllls- al a cost @. sIo4
,r1en- more water than flows through me E.sopus
creek IS already owned by me o4'H anu = eo'-7
waste , ,- --fu afford
ss3i-- -es-lc go eGtg gallons and viii cost SleiV
s More than half Of the 6l''-'9 Is 10 bt spe!lS
Froobivl ana staten Island ana for lhe ~ ~enlaEsF
rnent of Kensico into a greit steies as iiF.e
5o-,5;ve 7zro mont hs' supply near the CITY iItS-
-S--.-ae@rc -arsod Of forty years. IN the CTotcn
e,s-sl-eS an additional storage OF some 2l5oe,,-
a.. 80 gz1lo-s lover what = now provided Tor IN
- m storage reservoirs would be necessary IN
-Se- "a Trerent any water going TO waste This
S-a<T and expensive reservoir capacLtE would ohls
Increase the daily supply oE about 4'e''N Eaiivi
r,1,6 cost PROBABLY $50 ela0 for reservoirs alone
t-ticIsm-New storage 1eSef FoI1s sllolu pS I'l.
IN The Croton watershed. where The ciJE a-ie@e>
'E--s EA-IeTe-Tle city does not own any land in the
Croton watershed aVal.aae LOT bC.-Iil'S z 90 o.
ape reservoirs and Chapter sSs OF the laws OF -
prohibits the city from obtaining any more iahd n
Ire Cror0n watershed
The eg-~es quoted in the boards answers are
,azad ,,po1 report submitted by its engineers and
7s-A7 April . 1895 This report shows that II lsl'
,+e daily consumption Of C-oton water amounted
n ga ,eaapo gallons The average daily consunp-
ton based the rste Of increase IN PoPl-ail0l.
* increasing st The approximate yearly rate o.
Y sa a -silo-s SO ,ha1 1915 = estimated the
5a-r, consumption viii be 100000 gallons in
contrast 10 this figure is that of the natural daily
Gov Of water IN the Croton River. which fer the
=-,-.a.- Years from 1873 10 1so7 averaged only
gss orc gallons and from this figure the engineers
report that IGeia.e-9 gallons DAY snould oe os-
durted tor evaporation
In summing NJ The reasons why the work on me
,-atstiIl water supply should he forwarded. the
board says
ew York Ci Tith is e9Cr ,,s 19n l,t ma NJ ft- a
,.s,-arx7,e6 TIE rainfall The croton y ateT-
sred for the calendar vear l9e. va ,. fef @ cen
s8d hat incresse Tor ne months Of septe'n-
f.ar 70 Teoe1nher inclusive ..-,,
much abrve that Of the forfE years during "LIcn ,
ne observations Of The troion Eela -el1 80 80
carried on L * well proved thai rainfall runs ms
after time OF excessive ral1lls--4
- -57If,,Tr Is sure swing the other WaF
%e-- work * economical IN its use OF water t1
- -5-e largest cities Of fHe United states oniE
80 baltimore and St Louis use Is few gaLloIls
of u-srer an inhah;tant DAY does New loFk
80 &c cost 70 each inhabltant Of the greater
Ter York for the water which Il does use IS less
Than Ga .
-ze-a 4ifI solve the problem Of New orks add
-+o-aj s5rsplz Of water Is absurd The size Of the
Ta-e-she6 : known. tho rainfall Is known ana
- maximum amount IF water which can he
--s-r from The Crcton watershed Is therefore
also known So. r every gallon OF water vas Y as
<s-ed ana wasted still the time TllI come
rI-er7 -Fe demand for the population f"T Ha'f
nil exceed capacity Of the present "atersll"d
= del;rer and as that population increases ne
amount of water available from TINS Na'ersF+i
Co. the US. Of each inhshitant VIII decrease -
-nsf Al some time additional supply from
r+her sou-reslzriiT ne = 1eceSS5fy-
H----r of -E1a- ToIk 0I llih-
4rsr-f-s5e involving +e CONSTRUCTION Of an aQIe-
r- rezrz hundred ana fifty miles II l7nsf m
with ca-reSp0nd7ngly large storage TeseTf f''TS.
covering long period OF Years for is censtlif-
7for r7T1s- he taken NJ noT- IN order that when
-bs -aon4llsf7,- has increased. the work VII be
conc and water viii be read
- Is evident therefore. that % depend NpHTl
rre saving of waste matter how ]H}p"rla NJ
hat NAV he for permanent supply Of water
Tor the greater New York would be shortsig nted
ana nm b5sinesslike To plan for the future ls 10
benefit Ile people of this city