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HAD 11 Cars, 18 people 3 cars canceled

Saturday, June 14^th 2025 The Metropolitan DCR Water Supply Tour a.k.a. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)

9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, June 11^th 2025

The Trip is limited to 12 Cars!

To sign up, Email Charly.Busky@gmail.com

When you sign up, please include your cell #, if you have a CB and if you are a new member.

Every day Eastern Massachusetts residents quench their thirsts, bathe, flush toilets, do the dishes and water their lawns with water drawn from the MWRA water system.

Thanks to the Quabbin and Wachusett Watersheds and Reservoirs, 2.5 million people and 5,500 industrial users have one of the most abundant and high-quality water supplies in the world.

We will embark on a tour of several points of interest of this water system from the Clinton Dam holding back the waters of the Wachusett Reservoir, the Ware River entrance into Wachusett and all the way out to the Quabbin Reservoir. After that, we’ll stop for lunch at the Stone Cow Brewery in Barre Ma.

We will meet at the Lowe’s in Hudson Ma. 6 Highland Common E, Hudson, MA 01749. There you will find Gas nearby and coffee and bathroom stops at Panera Bread, Lowe’s and Market Basket.

Drivers Meeting at 9:30 A.M. and we will be departing shortly thereafter.

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA)

There are lots of links and information on these pages, I’ve tried to highlight some of them, but feel free to browse as deep as you like.

https://www.mwra.com/your-water-system

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/dcr-office-of-watershed-management

Our tour will start in Hudson and after a short ride our first stop will be at the Clinton Dam for a viewing of the Dam, Reservoir and of the nearby pumping station.

https://www.mass.gov/locations/wachusett-reservoir

https://www.mass.gov/doc/wachusett-reservoir-kiosk-poster-wachusett-reservoir/download

 

 

After that we’ll travel around the Wachusett Reservoir to the West side where the Ware River empties into the Wachusett Reservoir. We’ll stop here for a short walk down to the entry point and where they recently removed an earthen dam.

https://www.mass.gov/doc/quinapoxet-dam-removal-project-announcement/download

https://www.mwra.com/projects-and-programs/projects/update-quinapoxet-dam-removal-mwra-contract-7347

 

From there we’ll travel out West to visit the Quabbin reservoir and visit a few sites around the area including the Visitor Center and Windsor Dam.

https://www.mass.gov/locations/quabbin-reservoir

https://www.mass.gov/locations/ware-river-watershed

 

After that, we’ll start heading back East and we’ll stop at Stone Cow Brewery and Farm Stand in Barre for Lunch, Refreshments and Ice Cream. From there we’ll head off in our own directions to head home.

https://www.stonecowbrewery.com/

Turn By Turn Directions:

MWRA Turn by Turn

GPX Tracks:

MWRA-1 Hudson to Quabbin

MWRA-2 Quabbin to Stone Cow

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https://massmiata.net/club-bylaws/