Officials Oppose Water Diversion Option as MDC Plans Meetings in Farmington

Farmington Valley residents will soon have the opportunity to hear more about a Metropolitan District Commission proposal that Town Council Chairman Jeff Hogan called "silly and costly" and "a bad proposal" that "will have a dramatic effect on the Farmington River." MDC's proposal - which would divert between 1 and 2 million gallons of water a day ... (more)

[John]

I strongly oppose the MDC plans to divert water from the Farmington River. The river levels have been unusually low to begin with, and diverting would cause an even larger decline. We need the river the way it is for recreation, wild life, tourism, and many other reasons. We don't need the MDC taking anything else from the public, and shutting it behind their locked gates.

[John]

From Barkhamsted. I don't know where the Windsor, Ct. came from.