Where We Live: Connecticut Water Works
The average American uses 156 gallons of water a day
Hiram Bissell, Ezra Clark, Caleb Saville. Names you’ve probably don’t know – but if you drink tap water, you should.
The average American uses 156 gallons of water a day - But we take it for granted that we can go to the faucet for a glass of clean water. Where does it come from? How do we know its good enough to put in our bodies?
Today, we’ll talk about the history of how Connecticut got the watery infrastructure we did with Kevin Murphy – author of Water for Hartford: The Story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission.
He chronicled the history of the three men who led Connecticut to possessing one of the cleanest drinking supplies in the country.
And we’ll hear from the MDC itself about its massive project to update the region’s 19th century sewer and treatment system.
We’ll also follow up on our story about two local scuba divers who discovered the USS Revenge. We’ll talk with the state archeologist who lays out the legal and ethical considerations of diving for sunken treasures.
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MDC Water Bureau
Enjoyed the book on the MDC water works sent to me here in VA by my daughter in Stamford. As a kid in West Hartford we would sneak into one of the reservoirs to fish. Didn't even need bait, just a safety pin and a bit of string. After WW II I left the Navy and earned my degree in civil engineering and went to work in the design section of the Water Bureau under the chief engineer Mr. Dorenbaum. This group was then loacated on State Street facing the old sate house. Later we moved to the old Rossia Life Ins. Left the MDC in the middle fifties and entered the wide world. Have many many fond memories as a fledging engineer and the people I worked with at the Bureau and the various projects on the west branch of the Farmington River.
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