Genesee River Basin Study. Study of Water and Related Land Resources. Volume I. Summary Report
Genesee River Basin Study. Study of Water and Related Land Resources. Volume I. Summary Report

Author: CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUFFALO NY BUFFALO DISTRICT.

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Published: 1969

Total Pages: 219

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The Genesee River Basin covers 2,479 square miles, mostly in western New York, with a small portion, 96 square miles in northwestern Pennsylvania. The river rises in the Allegheny highlands in Potter County, Pennsylvania, at an elevation of about 2,500 feet, flows approximately 157 river miles in a generally northward direction to its mouth at Rochester Harbor on Lake Ontario, at an elevation of about 247 feet. The topography of the southern portion, the Upper Basin, upstream of Mount Morris Dam, is steep and rugged, while the northern portion, the Lower Basin, is gently rolling. The two major divisions of the basin also closely parallel the two land resource areas which comprise the basin: the Allegheny Plateau and the Ontario Lake Plains Service Area, a region of about 750 square miles north and west of the Basin lying between Rochester and Lockport, New York. The principal needs are for flood protection, water quality control, recreation, fish and wildlife enhancement, irrigation, and agricultural land and water management. The most practicable means to provide for these and other needs of the basin is through a comprehensive plan of structural and non-structural measures.

Genesee River Basin Comprehensive Study of Water and Related Land Resources. Volume III. Appendix D. Economic Base Study
Genesee River Basin Comprehensive Study of Water and Related Land Resources. Volume III. Appendix D. Economic Base Study

Author: CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUFFALO N Y BUFFALO DISTRICT.

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Published: 1966

Total Pages: 280

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This appendix, Economic Base Study, has been subdivided into four parts, all of which are intended to develop our knowledge of present economic activities and to establish projections of economic factors for specified time intervals for the Genesee River Basin Service Area. Data presented in this appendix will be used by Federal, State, and local Governments and private organizations as a basis for estimating the development of the water resources that will be needed in the region to sustain predicted growth patterns. Specific water-use and water flow requirements and control, both present and future, will be determined for the various study purposes and presented in other appendices to the comprehensive basin report. Part one of this appendix was prepared by the State of New York under an agreement with the Corps of Engineers who established the guidelines for performance of this task. The State personnel are to be commended for their contribution, which was to develop the broad basic data including economic and demographic projections for the Genesee River Basin. The remaining parts, two through four, were special contributing studies prepared by the Economic Research Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Corps of Engineers. These studies dealt with the specific categories of Agriculture, Forestry, and Mining.

Genesee River Basin Study of Water and Related Land Resources. Volume VIII. New York State Supplement
Genesee River Basin Study of Water and Related Land Resources. Volume VIII. New York State Supplement

Author: CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUFFALO N Y BUFFALO DISTRICT.

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Published: 1969

Total Pages: 68

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In the course of the Genesee River Basin Coordinating Committee Study, certain alternatives for multipurpose water resources development in the Basin were considered. For example, the Portage Project illustrated that, under the Federal ground rules for water resources project analysis, a particularly good physical site could be developed for: hydroelectric power, recreation and flow augmentation for water quality management. The development of upstream Genesee River Basin reservoirs for municipal and industrial water supply was not investigated in the previous volumes for reasons stated therein. The State of New York felt additional useful information would be gained by further analysis of municipal and industrial water supply, irrigation and hydro-electric power potentials. Therefore, to provide this additional information, the State of New York retained the service of consultants. Also, other possible sources of water supply, such as ground water and Lake Ontario, were analyzed in depth in this effort.