Since that time the town of Mansfield and the University have been looking for a new source of water. It turns out they found it: the Farmington River watershed.
The plans is to spend over $50 million laying twenty miles of pipeline so that five million gallons of water can be diverted each day from the Farmington River to the students in Storrs.
Now call me crazy, but I think this idea is crazy. The West Branch of the Farmington is a Wild and Scenic River and in one of the best trout fisheries in the state and among the top ten in the Northeast. Pulling water from this watershed is both a bad idea for the near term and sets a dangerous precedent for future water diversions in the state and region.
TAKE ACTION!
I Love the Fenton! even if I dont catch anything, the streamside hike is worth it! great trails. (see my Aug 3 post) I have fished the stream since 1998 and saw the massacre. Funny how the pumphouse area has "no loaded firearms" signs on the trees, are they worried? Seems that they are the ones doing all the killing. Uconn is/has been under a constant state of construction, why not first try building a 200 yd pipeline to the presidents building directly from 'goose-poop' pond first. Give Him a taste of how shitty a job Uconn deals with current water supplies before they ruin the rest of Connecticut!
ReplyDeleteI like your pipeline idea. It would really bring the issue home.
DeleteUnthinkable. Signed.
ReplyDeleteYou da man.
DeleteIt's amazing. As smart as we are, we sure can mess things up.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we amaze me.
DeleteI was sent by Inland Fisheries in 2005 to document the Fenton fish kill. We cannot have a repeat of that anywhere, epseically on the Farmington. I fear that this is just the beginning...
ReplyDeleteMe too. Send an email to the UCONN guy. We need to stand against this.
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