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Forum Challenges Mining on Drinking Water Land

October 3, 2016 admin0Tagged drinking water, Watershed

News Brief The environmental group, Protect Our Watersheds Connecticut, held a public forum for a crowded room of concerned residents about the proposal by New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart and the Tilcon corporation to mine rock on city drinking watershed land. The forum was held on Thursday, September 22nd at the New Britain Public Library. […]

The Selling Of Patton Brook Well: Will New Britain Get A Fair Price To Help Southington Address Its Water Crisis?

July 11, 2016 John McNamara0Tagged New Britain, New Britain Wells, Selling Water, Water, Watershed, Wells

—– Mayor Stewart’s Lowered $1 Million Price Drastically Undervalues Patton Brook Well —– By John McNamara Contributing Columnist A Monday, July 11th public hearing at New Britain City Hall will take up a proposed sale of the city’s Patton Brook Well in Southington as that town’s water commission faces growing challenges to address its need […]

New Britain Advances Towards Watershed Deal With Tilcon

June 20, 2016 admin0Tagged Bradley Mountain, Central CT, Community, Connecticut, CT, Mining, NB, New Britain, Quarry, Tilcon, Watershed

By Nathan Cheatham Executive Editor The Common Council is moving forward on plans to expand gravel quarry operations in the Shuttle Meadow Watershed. On June 8th, the council approved spending $396,700 for an environmental study on the impact of changing the use of the water company lands surrounding the Tilcon Connecticut Inc quarry operations on […]