Farmington River Watershed Reservoir Map

FARMINGTON RIVER WATERSHED RESERVOIRS
Colebrook Reservoir
Colebrook Dam
Army Corp of Engineers 1969
32 billion gallon capacity
Flood control, augment
fisheries and storage of
potential water supply
MASS.
CONN.
Colebrook
Reservoir
Colebrook
Barkhamsted
Reservoir
Colebrook Dam
West Branch Reservoir
Goodwin Dam
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West Branch of Farmington River
West Branch Reservoir
Goodwin (formerly Hogback) Dam
MDC 1960
6.5 billion gallon capacity
Water storage and releases
for fisheries, minimum flows
Site of MDC hydropower
generation facility
Barkhamsted Reservoir
Saville Dam
MDC 1931
30 billion gallon capacity
Water supply
Overflow spills go to
Lake McDonough
Hartland
Saville
Dam
Lake
McDonough
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Windsor
Canton
New Hartford
Burlington
River
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Nepaug Reservoir
Nepaug Dam
MDC 1916
9 billon gallon capacity
Water supply
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Nepaug
Reservoir
East Branch of Farmington River
Compensating Reservoir
now Lake McDonough
Richards Corner Dam
MDC 1920
2.9 billion gallon capacity
Constructed to “compensate”
downstream businesses for river
flow lost when Nepaug
Reservoir built. Now used for
recreation. Minimal releases to
East Branch.
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Nepaug Dam
Legend
State Boundary
on
Farmington River Watershed
Town Boundaries
Reservoirs
Farmington
Farmington River
Main Rivers and Streams
East Branch
West Branch
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To River
To MDC
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For general use.
Created by J. Bolton, FRWA 01/29/13
Farmington River Watershed
749 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, Connecticut
Phone: 860-658-4442 Website: http://www.frwa.org
The FRWA is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation
and protection of the Farmington River and its Watershed through research, education, and advocacy.
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