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The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority is a non-profit public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Connecticut, but its core business was originally established and operated as the New Haven Water Company, a private business. The RWA produces on average 55 million gallons of water daily.
Lake Gaillard in North Branford, Connecticut, began during the 1920s, when the New Haven Water Company (which is now South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority) started buying land in North Branford from the area of Totoket Mountain to what is now known as Sea Hill Road, with the intention of building a reservoir. "The regional water ...
The river is dammed in several places and some of the reservoirs are used by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority to provide a percentage of the public water supply. The reservoirs are named Konolds Pond, Lake Dawson, Lake Watrous, and Lake Bethany, in order from south to north.
Lake Whitney is a lake in Hamden, Connecticut, [1] that is a part of the Mill River. The lake was a water source for the New Haven, Connecticut, metro area, until its associated treatment plant became antiquated in the 1990s. A new water treatment facility was constructed in the early 2000s rated for up to 15 million gallons per day.
Lake Saltonstall (Lonotonoquet in Quinnipiac), [2] is a long narrow lake located in south-central Connecticut. It covers an area of approximately 0.66 square miles (1.7 km 2) and is nestled in the center of the trap rock Saltonstall Mountain. The lake is surrounded by forest and serves as part of the local water supply for surrounding towns.
It is the largest reservoir in Connecticut, the largest impoundment on the Farmington River system, and its 54 acre watershed extends from the towns of Barkhamsted and Hartland, Connecticut into Western Massachusetts. [8] The reservoir's 30.3 billion gallon capacity supplies nearly 75% of the drinking water for Greater Hartford. [9]
Help is on the way in the form of an 18-mile line from Council Bluffs capable of providing 400,000 gallons of treated water a day. The Regional Water Rural Water Association serves over 2,600 ...
The company also operates regional affiliated service subsidiaries including Abenaki Water Company and Torrington Water Company. These subsidiaries serve the households in the Belmont, New Hampshire area and the Torrington, Connecticut area, respectively. [2] [3] In June 2017 Aquarion announced its merger with Eversource Energy for $1.675 ...