n storage at all
times the largest possible amount. The condition is exactly similar to
that described in the case of Greenwood Lake. In considering the means
for the construction of flood-catchment reservoirs in Pequanac Basin
there must be taken into account the conservation and delivery of the
Newark supply. The adjustments with reference to the amount of water
available at Macopin intake would have to be met, and if the system were
interfered with compensation therefore would be taken into
consideration.

_Newfoundland reservoir_.--Pequanac River passes through a deep gorge
between Copperas and Kanouse mountains, just below the village of
Newfoundland. This point has been considered an excellent site for the
construction of a dam, and in the installation of the present
water-supply system of Newark it is proposed that the entire valley in
which Newfoundland is situated be overflowed. The site is one of the
most advantageous known for the creation of a flood-catchment basin. If
a dam 50 feet high were erected across this gorge, a lake would be
formed which would have a surface area of 3.15 square miles and a
capacity of 3,267,200,000 cubic feet, equal to a storage of about 30.5
inches on the 46.12 square miles of contributing drainage area. This
would afford complete protection in case of a sudden run-off of 12
inches, would provide for the supply of the city of Newark without
greatly disturbing the present storage system of that city, and would
still yield a large amount of water for compensating purposes in dry
seasons.

The construction of Newfoundland reservoir would be very expensive, as
it would involve the flooding of Newfoundland Village, in which there is
considerable improved property. About 3 miles of the track of the New
York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad would be submerged, as well as a
considerable mileage of macadamized highways. On the whole, however, the
Newfoundland reservoir project is the most favorable which can be found
on the Pequanac Basin. There are above this point numerous reservoir
sites, but their combined capacity would not be equal to that of the
proposed Newfoundland reservoir, and the construction would be probably
quite as expensive.

_Stickle Pond reservoir_.--Below Newfoundland there are few available
places at which water could be stored. Stickle Pond is probably the best
adapted of any of those available. If a dam 1,050 feet long and 80 feet
high were erected across the r