APPENDIX D REPORT ON THE SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY SUITABLE FOR THE FUTURE USE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. BY JAMES H. FUERTES, M. Am. Soc. C. E. CONTENTS OF APPENDIX D. INTRODUCTORY, I. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS,. II. THE BASIN OF THE LOWER HUDSON, III. SUPPLY FROM THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, IV. QUANTITY OF WATER THAT MAY BE SECURED IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, ESOPUS CREEK, CATSKILL CREEK, PAGE 220 221 224 226 227 228 230 SCHOHARIE CREEK, V. THE HUDSON River, above the Influence of Salt Water, 231 237 VI. THE WALLKILL RIVER AS A SOURCE OF SUPPLY, LIST OF PLATES. PLATE IX.—Map showing watersheds of Schroon Lake, Catskill, Schoharie and Esopus Creeks, with proposed storage reservoirs, aqueduct lines, distributing reservoirs, and pipe lines to Brooklyn and Staten Island. PLATE X.-Map showing storage reservoir system in upper Hudson watershed, designed to increase the low-water flow of Hudson River; also aqueducts from proposed filter plants near Poughkeepsie to New York City, one delivering the water at elevation 131.5 ft. and the other at 260 ft. above sea level. PLATE XI.-Map showing the watershed of Wallkill River, with location of proposed storage reservoir, filters, aqueduct line, covered distributing reservoir and pipe lines to Brooklyn and Staten Island; also watershed of present Croton system, and of Ten Mile River. PLATE XII.—Profile of Adirondack Aqueduct from Schroon Lake to New York City. PLATE XIII. Same as above (continued). PLATE XIV.-Same as above PLATE XVIII.-Profile of Poughkeepsie Low Level Aqueduct from Poughkeepsie to New York City. PLATE XIX.-Same as above (continued). PLATE XX. Profile of Poughkeepsie High Level Aqueduct from Poughkeepsie to New York City. PLATE XXI.-Same as above (continued). PLATE XXII.-Profile of Wallkill Aqueduct from the Wallkill River to New York City. PLATE XXIII.-Same as above (continued). |