The Water Supply of Newark.

The Water Supply of Newark.

The water supply of Newark, N. J., is reported to be very low. Not in the last nine years has the Pequanock supply been so low as at present, and while Chief Engineer Sherrerd, of the board of works, asserts that there is no immediate danger of a famine, the necessity of securing an additional watershed, he declared, appeared the more urgent in the face of existing conditions caused by the drought. The present level of the reservoirs is lower, Mr. Sherrerd explains, than at any time since 1900, when a famine was imminent, mainly because of weather conditions. In 1900, Mr. Sherrerd says, the water in storage fell to 2,500.000.000 gallons below the capacity of the various reservoirs. Cedar Grove reservoir was not built at that time and in view of the capacityof that basin—2,555,000.000 gallons—Air. Sherrerd states that proportionately speaking the city is only half as badly off now as in 1900. The total storage capacity of the reservoirs comprising Newark’s supply is approximately 10.000,000,000 gallons. Of the five reservoirs. Clinton is the lowest, with a level of 17.5 feet below normal. Oak Ridge is down 12.4 feet, Canistear. 6.7 feet and Cedar Grove 5.2 feet, while Echo lake is less than .1 of a foot below normal. This represents an aggregate loss in quantity of 4.171.700.000 gallons. The city is at pre-cut being supplied. Mr. Sherrerd explains from Oak Ridge, which is being fed from Canistear.

The water supply of Newark, N. J., is reported to be very low. Not in the last nine years has the Pequanock supply been so low as at present, and while Chief Engineer Sherrerd, of the board of works, asserts that there is no immediate danger of a famine, the necessity of securing an additional watershed, he declared, appeared the more urgent in the face of existing conditions caused by the drought. The present level of the reservoirs is lower, Mr. Sherrerd explains, than at any time since 1900, when a famine was imminent, mainly because of weather conditions. In 1900, Mr. Sherrerd says, the water in storage fell to 2,500.000.000 gallons below the capacity of the various reservoirs. Cedar Grove reservoir was not built at that time and in view of the capacityof that basin—2,555,000.000 gallons—Air. Sherrerd states that proportionately speaking the city is only half as badly off now as in 1900. The total storage capacity of the reservoirs comprising Newark’s supply is approximately 10.000,000,000 gallons. Of the five reservoirs. Clinton is the lowest, with a level of 17.5 feet below normal. Oak Ridge is down 12.4 feet, Canistear. 6.7 feet and Cedar Grove 5.2 feet, while Echo lake is less than .1 of a foot below normal. This represents an aggregate loss in quantity of 4.171.700.000 gallons. The city is at pre-cut being supplied. Mr. Sherrerd explains from Oak Ridge, which is being fed from Canistear.