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a legend for the map below
Source
of Map: Water Resources Inventory of CT, Part 5, Lower Housatonic
River Basin,
by the U. S. Geological Survey and the CT Department of Environmental
Protection, 1974.
COMPARE
IT TO LATER DATE USGS SURFICIAL MATERIALS MAP
THIS IS AN EARLY (1974) GENERALIZED MAP OF ESTIMATED AQUIFER
BOUNDARIES ONLY
HISTORIC
BASE LINE DATA: 1980 HVCEO
REPORT ON NORTH BRANCH POOTATUCK AQUIFER
A small, rural wetland valley, located on a tributary of the
Pootatuck in the vicinity of Palestine and Brushy Hill Roads
in Newtown, this aquifer of 0.7 square miles is primarily
valuable as a local source.
Although shallow, it is composed of coarse-grained sediments.
Almost entirely undeveloped woods, wetland and farm land,
the primary recharge area is surrounded by farmland, forest
and scattered rural homes.
Substantial protection is presently provided by wetland regulations
and zoning 2-acre and 3-acre minimum lots.
