Quabbin Reservoir

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Quabbin Reservoir
Quabbin Reservoir as seen from Enfield Outlook (1992)
Quabbin Reservoir as seen from Enfield Outlook (1992)
Location: Massachusetts ( USA )
Tributaries: Swift River
Drain: Swift River → Ware River → Chicopee River → Connecticut River
Major cities nearby: Belchertown
Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts
Quabbin Reservoir
Coordinates 42 ° 21 ′ 33 "  N , 72 ° 18 ′ 0"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 21 ′ 33 "  N , 72 ° 18 ′ 0"  W
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1930-1939
Data on the reservoir
Water surface 99.97 km²
Reservoir length 28.9 km
Maximum depth 46 m (mean depth 16 m)
Total storage space : 1.56 km³
Template: Infobox reservoir / maintenance

The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was built between 1930 and 1939 with the construction of the Winsor Dam and other dams. Today, together with the Wachusett Reservoir , it forms the main water supply to the city of Boston , located approximately 65 miles east, and 40 other municipalities in the Greater Boston metropolitan area . The reservoir also supplies water to three cities to the west. The reservoir of the reservoir is 1.56 km³, the water surface about 99.97 km². The water from the Quabbin Reservoir flows through the Quabbin Aqueduct to the Wachusett Reservoir . The Quabbin Reservoir is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation , while the actual water supply is managed by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority . The Winsor Dam and the Goodnough Dike impound the Swift River and its tributaries. The Quabbin Reservoir belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Chicopee River .

chronology

In the early 19th century, Metropolitan Boston expanded its local water supply. Various possibilities (groundwater and running water) were examined, but they did not meet the requirements for quantity and quality of water in a steadily growing urban area. Eventually the Massachusetts General Court (the official name of the state legislature ) authorized the construction of the Cochituate Aqueduct , which would carry water from Lake Cochituate in Wayland and Natick to Boston.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MWRA Online