Water Works Construction in New York State with Federal Aid

Abstract

Since 1931 members of the American Water Works Association have played a prominent and important part in the promotion, planning, and supervision of water works construction as a means of relief of the large army of unemployed. Although much has been written on the subject and all authorities have been in general agreement as to the merits of water works construction from the standpoint of permanent value to the country, so far as the writer is aware no one has presented a record of the accomplishments in this particularly field in New York State. It would seem fitting, therefore, and it will be the writer's endeavor to present a review of the record of accomplishments in the field of water works construction in particular under the various federal and state agencies created to assist local authorities in initiating work relief projects with federal and state aid. With the creation of PWA, at the request of the State Advisory Board, the speaker was delegated by Dr. Thomas Parran, Jr., State Commissioner of Health, to cooperate with and assist Mr. Arthur S. Tuttle, then State PWA Engineer, and now Acting State Director for PWA, in passing on applications for Federal Aid covering sanitary projects submitted by municipal authorities in New York State. Subsequently the speaker was appointed by Governor Lehman to assist municipal authorities having projects pending before the Washington office of the PWA. Similarly with the creation of the State TERA, at the request of the Administration, the speaker was likewise delegated to assist the Administration in the undertaking of essential needed sanitary projects for the relief of the unemployed. More recently the speaker has been appointed State Consultant on Sanitation by Mr. Lester Herzog, State WPA Administrator, and