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Excerpt from The Regulation of Private Water Companies in New York City
New York City claims the distinction of having the largest municipal water plant in the world. It has already invested $360 000 000 in water works, and is still going on With the develop ment of its supply. It now furnishes water at the rate of about 550 000 000 gallons per day to a population of over 5 000 000 people and has a total dependable supply of between 700 000 000 and 800 000 000 gallons per day. Although it is an unmetered town, and although the commissioner of water supply has thus f ar been unable to secure the legal authority to require the instal lation of meters in residential premises, nevertheless there were, on June 30, 1917, 104 357 meters in service. I suppose that New York City's municipal water works constitute the largest experiment in municipal ownership and Operation existing any where in the world.
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