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Source of Map: Water Resources Inventory of CT, Part 6, Upper Housatonic River Basin, by the
U. S. Geological Survey and the CT Department of Environmental Protection, 1972.

THIS IS AN EARLY (1972) GENERALIZED MAP OF ESTIMATED AQUIFER BOUNDARIES ONLY;
COMPARE IT TO LATER DATE USGS SURFICIAL MATERIALS MAP

HISTORIC BASE LINE DATA: 1980
HVCEO REPORT ON LANESVILLE AQUIFER
Extending across the broad and fertile valley along Route 7 in southern New Milford, this site,- until 20 years ago almost entirely agricultural, is undergoing a rapid land use transformation from rural to urban uses.

About three-fourths of the direct recharge area is zoned for industrial or general commercial use; the balance, and much of the secondary recharge area, is zoned for a variety of residential densities (apartments; ½ acre, 1 acre and 2 acre single family). To date, no significant industry has yet developed on this site.

A general commercial character of mixed business sprawls along much of the Route 7 frontage. Agriculture is still a major use, at several locations, and there is a commercial golf course, scattered residential (mostly single family with one apartment complex) and some gravel mining. Extensive wetlands exist along the river and at several locations along the west side of the aquifer.

The major problem use at present is a large, commercial solid waste disposal landfill at the northwest corner of the aquifer, which is considered a potential, if not actual, source of major groundwater contamination. Recent USGS studies of groundwater contamination have identified 3 contaminated wells within the aquifer area, but none close to the landfill site.

Coarse-grained sediments are thought to predominate in the western and northern portions of this aquifer. A major potential recharge source on the east side of the aquifer is the Still River.

Strong control measures are needed at this site to assure adequate protection of the groundwater resource; these should include stringent density controls on future major developments (including required recharge), prohibition of all industrial discharges, wetland and flood plain preservation, and monitoring and corrective measures as required at the landfill site.