Application files pertaining to public water supply systems, 1905-1980.

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Application files pertaining to public water supply systems, 1905-1980.

This series documents the State's actions to regulate public water supply systems that are owned and operated by municipalities, as well as private companies, organizations and individuals. Subseries 1, application files, includes incoming and outgoing correspondence between State agencies and local officials regarding technical aspects of proposed water supply systems; memoranda; applications for permits; notices of completed applications; engineering calculations and related technical data; financial records; project review summaries and analysis reports; and copies of final permits issued by State agencies.

4.5 cu. ft. 369 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6792278

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New York (State). Water Resources Commission

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New York (State). Conservation Commission

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Chapter 474 of the Laws of 1909 granted the Forest, Fish and Game Commission power to make rules for the prevention of forest fires. The lone commissioner who headed the agency was also empowered to divide lands in the forest preserve counties into fire districts and to appoint a superintendent of fires to oversee each district. Superintendents were in turn authorized to subdivide their districts into separate fire patrol districts and to employ fire patrolmen as the public interest demanded. Th...

New York (State). Water Control Commission

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New York (State). Water Supply Commission

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The maps are part of a storage and power study plan made in response to Chapter 569 of the Laws of 1907, by which the State Water Supply Commission was authorized and directed to devise plans for the progressive development of the water powers under state ownership, in order that these should be controlled and maintained for the public use and benefit, and for the increase of public revenue. Upon passage of the law, the commission secured the services of an eminent hydra...

New York (State). Water Power and Control Commission

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New York (State). Water Power Commission

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The New York Water Power Commission was created by Chapter 579, Laws of 1921, which added Article 10-A, Water Power, to the Conservation Law. The Commission was comprised of the Conservation Commissioner (chair), State Engineer, and Surveyor, Attorney-General, President Pro Tem of the Senate, and Speaker of the Assembly. The Commission was directed to investigate the state's developed and undeveloped water power resources and sites. It was enpowered to issue licenses aut...

New York (State). Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Division of Water. Bureau of Water Permits.

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The Laws of 1905 (Chapter 723) established the Water Supply Commission to administer a systematic plan for maintaining water supplies for New York State's municipalities. The act also stipulated that "no municipal corporation or other civil division of the state" shall "acquire, take or condemn lands for any new or additional sources of water supply, until it has first submitted the maps and profiles thereof" to the Water Supply Commission for approval. The duties and functions of the Water Supp...