Municipal Watersheds in the Northeast

Abstract

In Connecticut, about two-thirds of the watersheds for municipal supply are owned by water companies. Of these, the New Haven Water Co. has the largest area, 21,000 acres; the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. has about 17,000 acres. As to lands owned by cities and towns for water supply and reservoir sites, Hartford ranks first with about 20,000 acres; New Britain and Waterbury each have approximately 5,000 acres. Delaware's sole entry in this table is the 280-acre reservoir property of the Wilmington Water Dept. In Maine, five of six areas range from 75 to 250 acres; Portland, the largest area, has approximately 1,600 acres. In Maryland, over one-third of the municipal area is made up of the forested reservoir properties owned by Baltimore, about 18,000 acres. The Savage River State Forest makes up another third ; it provides domestic and industrial water for Luke, Piedmont, and Westernport. Frederick has a watershed of 8,000 acres and Frostburg and Cumberland have forests of about 1,500 acres each. In Massachusetts, the largest watershed forest, slightly more than 12,000 acres, is at Springfield. The Metropolitan District Commission of Boston owns 9,000 acres; and North Adams, Westfield, and Worcester have 6,0007,000 acres each. New Hampshire's largest area is Manchester, with 5,200 acres, followed by Gorham, with 4,700 acres. New Jersey's 48,000 acres in watershed forests was made up largely by New-