Public documents of the State of Connecticut. . 25 square miles and iscomposed of hilly woodlands and cultivated fields. The sites ofthe reservoirs were formerly meadows and pastures. The popu-lation on the watershed from the topographical map of Connec-ticut and U. S. Census Report is about 220, equal to a populationof 68 per square mile. Boggs Pond, located about 5 miles west of the city and in adifferent watershed, is used as a storage and distributing reser-voir. The watershed, .49 square miles in area, is very hillywoodland with no population upon it. The total length of mainsis about 35
Public documents of the State of Connecticut. . 25 square miles and iscomposed of hilly woodlands and cultivated fields. The sites ofthe reservoirs were formerly meadows and pastures. The popu-lation on the watershed from the topographical map of Connec-ticut and U. S. Census Report is about 220, equal to a populationof 68 per square mile. Boggs Pond, located about 5 miles west of the city and in adifferent watershed, is used as a storage and distributing reser-voir. The watershed, .49 square miles in area, is very hillywoodland with no population upon it. The total length of mainsis about 35 miles. Chemical, microscopical and bacteriological examinations weremade of samples from the Padanaram Reservoir in 1889-90, andpublished in the Fourteenth Annual Report, pages 303-6. Chem-ical and microscopical examinations were made of samples fromthe East Lake and Kohanza supplies, and also from Boggs Pondevery other month during 1896, and are to be found else-where in this report. Below are given the averages of the chem-ical Water Supply op Danielson. Population in 1895, 9,890. The works are owned by the Crys-tal Water Company, and were begun in 1886. A perpetual fran-chise was granted the company. Portions of Killingly andBrooklyn are also supplied. Consumption of water unknown. The source of supply is surface water from Higgins Reservoir, a storage and distributing reservoir, is located 352 STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. about miles northeast of the borough. It is 211,600 squarefeet in area ; bottom rock and gravel. The surface loam wasremoved from about one foot above to six feet below the waterline. No contamination exists. The reservoir distributes by-gravity. In 1889, a fire reservoir was built, 133 feet in diameter and 10feet deep, affording a fire pressure of 75 lbs. The total lengthof mains is about 11 miles. Water Supply of Durham. Population in 1890, 856. The works were built for a domesticsupply in 1796, and were rebuilt in 1832 by the D
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