Show Niagara Falls flow Dwindles Majesty Threatened By Water Diversion NIAGARA FALLS is no longer quite the maj majestic torrent it used to be and New York state park officials are meeting in Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo falo this month to do something about it The custodians of N New e w Y York o 0 r k scenery will view gravely a lessening lessening lessening lessen lessen- ing flow of ot water over the American American Ameri Ameri- can side of ot the falls They will compare notes on the Niagara diversion diversion diversion di di- version t treaty r rea e a t y ratified by the United States a and n d Canada last October It sanctions an increased diversion of Niagara water to the making of electric power The old boundary waters treaty of 1909 spec specified limits in cubic feet of at water per second which each of the two nations could di- di di di- vert A temporary agreement to meet the World War II emergency revised the 1909 limits upward The 1950 treaty instead of ot setting limits specifies the minimum flow low over the falls that must be maintained in and out of the waking hours of tourists Water above this Ws variable minimum mini mini- mum mum less less at night than during the day the day the neighbor countries may divide equally and divert into hydroelectric hydroelectric hydroelectric hy hy- hy- hy turbines The net effect of the new treaty is that as hydroelectric hydroelectric hydroelectric hy hy- hy- hy capacity allows water diversion may roughly double the total set in 1909 and may exceed the World War II limit by more than one |