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North Jersey District Water Supply Commission Report 1926
North Jersey District Water Supply Commission Report 1926
Hard Cover (loose from pages)
99 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.-SUMMARY OF REPORT
Page
Introduction 1
Activities of the Year 1
Wanaque Project 1
Kearny Litigation 3
Construction Progress 3
Acquisition of Real Estate 5
Application for New Supplies 5
Additional Supply 7
Future Water Policy 7
Water Analysis Laboratory 11
Organization 11
References 12
CHAPTER II.-WANAQUE PROJECT
Design 13
Status of Design Work 13
Upper Gate Chamber, Wanaque Dam 13
Lower Gate House, Wanaque Dam 14
Wanaque Dam 15
Overflow Weir and Channel, Wanaque Dam 15
Smaller Dams Under Contract 15
Contract 8, Relocation of Erie Railroad 16
Contract 9, Relocation of Highways 16
Contract 10, Test Pits for West Brook Viaduct 17
Contract 11, West Brook Viaduct 18
Contract 16, Clearing and Grubbing 20
Contract 17, Ringwood Mines Pumping Station 20
Contract 18, Midvale and Furnace Road Dams 21
Wanaque Aqueduct 21
Inspection and Tests 21
Construction 24
Wanaque Dam and Appurtenances, Contract 7 24
Wanaque Dam 24
Core-wall and Miscellaneous Structures 24
Placing of Impervious Embankment 25
Placing of General Embankment 29
Riprap 30
Wanaque Tunnel 32
Overflow Channel 36
Smaller Dams at South End of Wanaque Reservoir 40
Relocation of Erie Railroad at Wanaque Reservoir, Contract 8 45
Davids Brook Fill 45
Cupsaw Brook Fill 46
Ringwood and Wanaque Fills 47
Concrete Culverts 47
Concreting Methods 49
CHAPTER II--WANAQUE PROJECT (Continued)
Page
Construction (Continued)
Relocation of Erie Railroad at Wanaque Reservoir, Contract 8 (Cont.)
Pre-cast Culverts 50
Trestles 50
Relocation of Highways at Wanaque Reservoir, Contract 9 52
Great Notch Tunnel and Approaches, Contract 3 55
Grouting 55
Acquisition of Real Estate 60
Ringwood and Hewitt Condemnations/4 62
Ringwood School Property 63
CHAPTER III.-FINANCIAL
Receipts and Expenditures 65
CHAPTER IV.-APPLICATIONS FOR NEW WATER SUPPLIES
Appraisal of Passaic Consolidated Water Company 68
New Brunswick 69
Connection Between Tintern Manor Water Company and Monmouth
County Water Company 72
East Paterson Supply from Garfield 74
North Brunswick Township 75
Township of Cedar Grove 75
Town of West Orange 76
CHAPTER V.-ADDITIONAL SUPPLY
Need of New Water Supplies 77
Chimney Rock Project 77
Growth of Water Requirements 78
Capacity of Developed Supplies 82
Chimney Rock Project Compared with Others 84
Recommendations 86
APPENDICES
List of Appendices
Appendix 1-Staff of the North Jersey District Water Supply Com-
mission
Appendix 2-Characteristics of Waters of Northern New Jersey
Appendix 3-Litigation Regarding Original Wanaque Grant, 1918
Appendix 4-Judicial Decision-Kearny Case
Appendix 5-Meteorological and Hydrological Data
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
Frontispiece, Wanaque Dam-Upstream Side, June 11, 1926 Wanaque Dam, Final Shaping of Upstream Face Preparatory to the
Placing of Riprap, October 29, 1925 29
Wanaque Dam, Paving Upstream Slope, March 3, 1926 31
Wanaque Dam, Lower Gate House and Overflow Channel from Dam, July, 1926 37
Wanaque Dam Overflow Channel Construction Below Dam, July, 1926 39
Green Swamp Dam No. 1, June 11, 1926 41
Green Swamp Dam No. 4, July 9, 1926 42
Wolf Den Dam, May 5, 1926 43
Relocation of Erie Railroad, Ringwood Culvert 46
Relocation of Erie Railroad, Construction of Large Fills with Culverts 48
Relocation of Erie Railroad, Wanaque Culvert 49
Relocation of Highways, Culvert at Station 196+75 53
Wanaque Aqueduct, Completed Section at Northerly Approach to Great Notch Tunnel 56
LIST OF FIGURES
1 Plan of Wanaque ReservoirBetween 4 & 5
2 Fluctuations in Contractors' Forces 61
3 Consumption of Water-North Metropolitan District 81
4 Development of Water Supplies-North Metropolitan District 83
5 Yield of Supplies and Total Consumption-North Metropolitan District 85
6 Wanaque Watershed-Temperature, Runoff and Rainfall for the Year 1925 99
LIST OF TABLES
1 Wanaque Project. Allotment of Water and of Cost Under Contracts of 1925
2 Work Done on Principal Items, Wanaque Dam and Appurtenances, Contract 7
3 Work Done to June 30, 1926, Relocation of Erie Railroad-Contract 8
4 Plant List, Relocation of Erie Railroad-Contract 8
5 Work Done to July 4, 1926, Relocation of Highways-Contract 9
6 Plant List, Relocation of Highways-Contract 9
7 Work Done on Principal Items, Great Notch Tunnel-Contract 3
8 North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Statement of Receipts
9 North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Statement of
Disbursements
10 Water Consumption in the Metropolitan District, 1924 and 1925
11 Water Consumption by Counties, 1924 and 1925
12 Comparison of Cost of Water Supply Developments
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