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Subseries : Minutes of the Water Storage Commission

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries forms part of the series, Minutes of the Water Division predecessor agencies. The Water Storage Commission meeting minutes, 1902-1903 address such subjects as the causes of floods, including the danger of high water produced by ices gorges, and possible remedial actions to prevent such occurrences.

Arrangement:

Chronological by date of meeting.

  

Subseries : Minutes of the Water Supply Commission

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries forms part of the series, Minutes of the Water Division predecessor agencies. The minutes of the Water Supply Commission, 1905-1911, address statewide investigations of municipal water supply systems and methods of sewage disposal; municipal water purity and availability; and the regulation of the flow of rivers in order to prevent floods. Also included here are the Records of Proceedings of the Commission, 1905 – 1907.

Arrangement:

Chronological by date of meeting.

Other Descriptive Data:

Most volumes contain subject indexes with corresponding meeting dates.

  

Subseries : Minutes of the Conservation Commission regarding the Canaseraga Creek Improvement District

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries forms part of the series, Minutes of the Water Division predecessor agencies. The records of the Canaseraga Creek Improvement District Conservation Commission, 1915-1921 document efforts to redress the situation posed by damage to the public health, through an approved state improvement project.

Arrangement:

Chronological by date of meeting.

  

Subseries : Minutes of the New York Water Power Commission

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries forms part of the series, Minutes of the Water Division predecessor agencies. The New York Water Power Commission minutes, 1921-1926 address investigations, plans, and specifications for water power development, including applications for permits to use waters for the development of hydraulic and hydroelectric power.

Arrangement:

Chronological by date of meeting

  

Subseries : Minutes of the Water Power and Control Commission

Scope and Content Note:

This subseries forms part of the series, Minutes of the Water Division predecessor agencies. The minutes from the Water Power and Control Commission (1927-1960), later known as the Water Resources Commission focus on such issues as river improvement, river regulation for storage reservoirs, river regulation by storage reservoirs, drainage improvement districts, and water supply applications.

Arrangement:

Chronological by date of meeting.

Other Descriptive Data:

Most volumes contain subject indexes with corresponding meeting dates.

  

Subseries : Minutes of the Water Resources Commission

Scope and Content Note:

The minutes from the Water Resources Commission, 1960-1970, (previously known as the Water Power and Control Commission), focus on such issues as river improvement, river regulation for storage reservoirs, river regulation by storage reservoirs, drainage improvement districts, and water supply applications.

Arrangement:

Chronological by date of meeting.

Other Descriptive Data:

Most volumes contain subject indexes with corresponding meeting dates.