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Guide to the New York (State) Dept. of Environmental Conservation.
Minutes of Predecessor Agencies
The print version of the finding aid was compiled by Meredith
Cherven Holland, New York State Archives.
© 2005
Overview of the Collection
Repository: |
New York State Archives |
Sponsor: |
Funding for encoding
this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities. |
Collection Number: |
16827 |
Creator: |
New York (State)
Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Division Water |
Title: |
Minutes of Predecessor
Agencies |
Dates: |
1902-1970 |
Physical Description: |
7.1 cu.ft. (32 volumes)
textual records |
Summary: |
This series consists
of original meeting minutes of the Division of Water's predecessor
agencies: Water Storage Commission, Water Supply Commission,
Conservation Commissiregarding the Canaseraga Creek Improvement
District, Water Power Commission, Water Power and Control
Commission, and Water Resources Commission. Taken as a whole,
the minutes document New York State's decisions, actions,
and policies through much of the twentieth century on matters
concerning water and the environmeMeeting minutes deal with
such issues as public water supplies and water supply applications,
sewage disposal, waterresources planning, and flood control.
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Arrangement
Organized into six subseries: Water Storage Commission, Water Supply
Commission, Conservation Commission regarding the Canaseraga Creek
Improvement District, New York Water Power Commission, Water Power
and Control Commission, and Water Resources Commission. Arranged by
agency, then chronological by date of meeting. Most volumes contain
subject indexes with corresponding meeting dates.
Overview
This series consists of original meeting minutes of the Division of
Water's predecessor agencies Water Storage Commission, Water Supply
Commission, Conservation Commission regarding the Canaseraga Creek
Improvement District, Water Power Commission, Water Power and Control
Commission, and Water Resources Commission. Taken as a whole, the
minutes document New York State's decisions, actions, and policies
throug much of the twentieth century on matters concerning water and
the environment. Meeting minutes deal with such issues as public water
supplies and water supply applications, sewage disposal, water resources
planning, and flood control.
The series has been organized into six subseries reflecting each of
the predecessor agencies. The Water Storag Commission meeting minutes,
1902-1903 (1 vol.) address such subjects as the causes of floods,
including the dange of high water produced by ices gorges, and possible
remedial actions to prevent such occurrences. The Water Supp Commission
meeting minutes, 1905-1911 (4 vols.) address statewide investigations
of municipal water supply system and methods of sewage disposal; municipal
water purity and availability; and the regulation of the flow of rivers
in ord to prevent floods. The records of the Canaseraga Creek Improvement
District Conservation Commission, 1915-1921 vol.) document efforts
to redress the situation posed by damage to the public health, through
an approved state improvement project. The New York Water Power Commission
minutes, 1921-1926 (1 vol.) address investigations, plans, and specifications
for waterpower development, including applications for permits to
use waters for the development of hydraulic and hydroelectric power.
The minutes from the Water Power and Control Commission (192 1960,
16 vols.), later known as the Water Resources Commission (1960-1970,
9 vols.), focus on such issues as rive improvement, river regulation
for storage reservoirs, river regulation by storage reservoirs, drainage
improvement districts, and water supply applications.
Biographical Sketch
The Water Storage Commission was established in 1902 to investigate
and report on the State's water supply. In 1905, the State Water Supply
Commission was created to administer a systematic plan for maintaining
water supplies for the State's municipalities. The commission reviewed
applications and approved all maps and profiles related to sources
of water supply. In 1906, the Water Supply Commission absorbed the
River Improvement Commission that was responsible for regulating the
flow of water courses in the aid of public health and safety. The
commission reviewed applications from municipalities and then authorized
preliminary surveys and investigations into the causes and solutions
to the water flow problems. Any improvements could only be undertaken
under specific legislative authorization. In 1906, the legislature
approved a statewide improvement plan for th regulation of the flow
of Canaseraga Creek. An important tributary of the Genesee River,
heavy silt deposits and the irregular course of the creek caused severe
annual flooding in Livingston County. Th slow subsidence of floodwaters
on the flat land impaired cultivation and caused damage. When the
functions and powers of the Water Supply Commission were incorporated
within the Conservation Commission in 1911, the Conservation Commission
took up the important issue of the Canaseraga Creek Improvement District.
In 1921, the Water Power Commission was established to issue licenses
for the development of power resources. In 1926, the Conservation
Department assumed the functions of the Water Power Commission and
the Water Control Commission, which had been established in 1922 to
supervise water flow and supply. The Division of Water Power and Control,
headed by the Water Power and Control Commission, was created within
the Conservation Department to carry out this mandate. In 1960, the
titles of the Division of Water Power and Control and the Water Power
and Control Commission were changed to the Division of Water Resources
and the Water Resources Commission respectively.
Administrative Information
Processing Information
This collection's description was enhanced as a part of the New York
State Archives Environmental HistoryVirtual Research Collection Project,
2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for
this project.
Use of Collection
Related Information
Related Material
A0890-78, Comptroller’s Office, Canaseraga Creek improvement records,
1906-1915; 20653-01, Bureau of Water Permits, Application files pertaining
to Public Water Supply Systems, 1905-1980; 16828-01, Division of Water,
Water Supply Commission survey questionnaires, 1905-1906.
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Access Terms
Corporate Names
New York (State) Water Storage CommissionNew York (State) Conservation
CommissionNew York (State) Water Power and Control CommissionNew York
(State) Water Supply CommissionNew York (State) Water Power Commission
Subjects
Flood control --New York (State)
Sewage disposal --New York (State)
Electric power production -- New York (State)
Water resources development -- New York (State)
Managing water resources development
Flood damage prevention
Geographic Names
New York (State)
Livingston County (N.Y.)
Genre/Form
Minutes
Applications
Function
Managing water resources development
Managing flood control
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