. Journal of the New England Water Works Association . r supply was realized that it was foundimpracl[cable to purchase the hinds except at a cosl which was prohibitive,and in certain other small areas at the easterly side of the pond in thewatershed of \;it and Ralph Brooks the increase in population had become such as to make the cosl of protection by acquiring these areas plan was then adopted of diverting the flow of water from object ionablypopulated drainage areas by means of intercepting drains, and ;i largeintercepting drain was completed on the westerly shore of the pond
. Journal of the New England Water Works Association . r supply was realized that it was foundimpracl[cable to purchase the hinds except at a cosl which was prohibitive,and in certain other small areas at the easterly side of the pond in thewatershed of \;it and Ralph Brooks the increase in population had become such as to make the cosl of protection by acquiring these areas plan was then adopted of diverting the flow of water from object ionablypopulated drainage areas by means of intercepting drains, and ;i largeintercepting drain was completed on the westerly shore of the pond in1010 by which all of the How from the populated areas in that pari of thewatershed is diverted into the South Pond. Plans were prepared at that •Figures lor L920 actual, .-ill others esti 536 WATER SUPPLY OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. time for diverting into the South Pond the flow of a large part of thedrainage areas of Nat and Ralph Brooks on the easterly side of the pond,but the construction of the necessary works was interrupted by the 1670 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 I960 1970Diagram No. 4. For nearly 30 years preceding the construction of the intercepting drainon the western shore of the pond in 1916, the quantity of organic andmineral matter in the water of North Pond had gradually increased, butsince 1916 conditions have improved and the mineral and organic contentsof the water have materially diminished. GOODXOUGH. 537 Sources of Additional Supply. In any consideration of an additional water supply for Fall River,the first source to which attention is naturally directed is the SouthWatuppa Pond apparently so readily available for the use of the first considerable number of analyses of the water from t he South Pondwas made in 1898, and the results of those analyses show that while ati hat time the water contained larger quantities both of mineral and organicmatter than that of the North Pond, the difference was not as marked asit has si
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