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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 POND BROOK AQUIFER
Located in northwest Newtown and south central Brookfield, this aquifer of 1.9 square mile area lies along a small tributary stream which flows easterly in a meandering course across Newtown to Lake Lillinonah. Extensive wetlands along the stream have largely prevented development, except at Hawleyville where a small commercial and residential area is found.

Surrounding land use is low density: scattered homes and residential subdivisions, light commercial uses distributed randomly along Route 6, several parcels of farmland and a gravel pit. Interstate 84, a railroad line, Route 25 and several local roads cross. Several scattered parcels are zoned for industrial use, in both Towns, but are undeveloped; residential zoning (one-acre and two-acre) predominates over the remainder of the area.

Despite its relative shallowness, this aquifer by virtue of its location could contribute water sources to the developing local area nearby. Protection measures should include consideration of eliminating or reducing potential industrial uses on direct recharge areas, prohibiting all deleterious discharges, strict controls on on-site sewage disposal and site intensity, and preservation of the wetlands areas.

UPDATE ON POND BROOK AQUIFER AS OF 2004
According to the 2003 Newtown Plan of Conservation and Development the Town should “expand Newtown’s aquifer protection regulations to include the Pond Brook, Aspetuck and Halfway Rivers stratified drift aquifers.”