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The Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water in the state of Massachusetts. It is located in central Massachusetts, northeast of Worcester . It is part of the water supply system for metropolitan Boston maintained by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority ( MWRA ).
The Owasco-class cutter was a 255-foot (78 m) cutter class operated by the United States Coast Guard.A total of thirteen cutters in the class were built, all named after lakes.
Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations. [9] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 41.8 meters (137.14 feet) [9] The Caspian Sea ranks much further down the list on mean depth, as it has a large continental shelf (significantly larger than the oceanic basin that contains its greatest depths).
The dam, which was constructed in 1905 to support the creation of the Wachusett Reservoir, has outlived its usefulness due to significant upgrades made to its water transfer systems, according to ...
This and other continuous monitoring serves to maintain the overall quality of water within the reservoir. The water of these tributaries to the Wachusett Reservoir has been of high quality for decades. About 47% of the Stillwater sub-basin is permanently protected open space. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority owns much of the land.
A recent book about the construction of the reservoir, “Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley Drowned by the Quabbin,” by Elena Palladino, gives a human voice to the decades-long process that ...
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