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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
TWO AQUIFERS ARE SHOWN BELOW: THE MERWINSVILLE
AQUIFER
IS ON THE EAST BANK OF THE HOUSATONIC, AND THE
GAYLORDSVILLE AQUIFER IS ON THE WEST BANK
HISTORIC
BASE LINE DATA: 1980 HVCEO
REPORT ON MERWINSVILLE AQUIFER
From the east bank of the Housatonic, this
aquifer extends up the valley of Womenshenuk Brook to approximately
the town line of Kent, and includes a direct recharge area
of about 0.8 square miles.
Sedimentary composition is coarse-grained. Above the small
residential village of Merwinsville, development consists
primarily of scattered low-density residences (zoning consists
of small neighborhood business zone, remainder of area is
one and two-acre residential).
Desirable groundwater protection measures include prohibition
of harmful discharges, wetlands and flood plain preservation,
and strict standards for on-site sewage disposal.
