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WATER SUPPLY

Supply Reservoir Status
Barkhamsted & Nepaug Reservoirs

  Apr 28, 2008 May 5, 2008
Total (billions of gallons) 39.6 39.8
Percent of Capacity 100 100
Barkhamsted Reservoir and gate house 


Water flows to the MDC's treatment facilities exclusively from either
of two surface water supplies in the northwest hills of Connecticut:
 the 30.3 billion gallon Barkhamsted Reservoir, or the 9.5 billion
gallon Nepaug Reservoir.







Water flows by gravity through pipes to the treatment facilities
in West Hartford and Bloomfield, where an average of 55 million
gallons of water is treated daily.  The facilities treat all of
the drinking water provided to MDC customers.







The MDC has 30,000 acres of protective watershed land.  While
the "remote" location of the watershed reduces the potential
for pollution, aggressive MDC source protection programs further
ensure the quality of reservoir supplies.








The MDC provides water service to approximately 90,000 customers
and 400,000 people in the eight member towns and parts of East
Granby, Farmington, Glastonbury, South Windsor, Manchester and
Windsor Locks.