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Southampton White Lily Pond The Farmington River Watershed provides 100% of the drinking water for over «¬8 Ludlow Great Barrington ¨¦§90 550,000 people in Greater Hartford and the . Holyoke Montgomery Otis Big Pond The Farmington River Watershed receives over 20 million gallons per day of «¬23 «¬23 F Monterey a r Benton treated wastewater from 14 publicly owned sewage treatment plants. Upper m Blandford i Pond n Spectacle g t Pond o n Chicopee R

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Litchfield Warren «¬222 State Boundary 4 «¬ Farmington River Watershed Boundary «¬69 Farmington «¬72 177 Towns «¬8 «¬ VT NH Farmington River Old Marsh Upper Farmington Wild & Scenic River Pond 84 Wethersfield ¥ ¤£6 ¨¦§ MA Miles NY Morris 0 25 50 100 150 200 Newington Glastonbury State Plane Coordinate System of 1983, Zone 3526 Bristol Lambert Conformal Conic Projection North American Datum of 1983 New Britain Plainville Thomaston ¬72 Map courtesy of: RI « CT Plymouth FARMINGTON RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION 749 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, Connecticut 06070 Washington Rocky HilPl hone: (860) 658-4442 Web: http://www.frwa.org The Farmington River Watershed Association is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization Bethlehem dedicated to the preservation and protection of the Farmington River and its Watertown 262 229 «¬ «¬ Watershed through research, education, and advocacy. NJ East Hampton Southington Berlin

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