Abstract
Buffalo for many years has taken its water-supply from an intake near the center of the Niagara River, near its head at Lake Erie. The current at this intake runs from 7 to 9 miles per hour, carrying 220,000 cubic feet per second, which was considered at the time of the location of the intake as a valuable factor, influencing the character of the water through its rapidity. A location much nearer to the American shore or Bird Island pier was recommended by one of the engineers, but fortunately for the future of the sanitation of the rapidly growing city this was not adopted. The general course of the currents at the head of the river and in the lake had virtually nothing to do with the question of location. To the southward the sewage of the city was thrown partially into Buffalo River, which in its
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