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Chicopee Valley Aqueduct
Chicopee Valley Aqueduct access shaft
Coordinates	42°16′59″N 72°20′36″W / 42.28306°N 72.34333°W / 42.28306; -72.34333
Begins	Quabbin Reservoir
Ends	Chicopee
Official name	Chicopee Valley Aqueduct
Maintained by	MWRA
Characteristics
Total length	13.1 mi (21.08 km)
First section length	4.5 mi (7.24 km)
First section diameter	48 in (121.92 cm)
Second section length	8.6 mi (13.84 km)
Second section diameter	36 in (91.44 cm)
Capacity	20 cu ft/s (0.566 m/s)
History
Construction start	1947
Opened	1950
Location

The Chicopee Valley Aqueduct carries water from the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts to the Chicopee city line. It delivers Quabbin water to Wilbraham, South Hadley fire district #1, and Chicopee. It is part of the Chicopee River Watershed.

History

In 1947, the Massachusetts Legislature authorized the construction of the aqueduct, which was completed three years later.

Present day

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority initiated the Chicopee Valley Aqueduct Pipeline Redundancy project to provide redundancy and to improve reliability to the Chicopee Valley Aqueduct water transmission system to the three already served communities. The design phase was completed in 2001. Construction of a redundant barrel was substantially completed in 2008.

Notes

1. http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/finance/cip/fy11proposed/document.pdf page 133

References

• Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Water System History, accessed on 2006-10-08
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060728225354/http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/news/2005-10.htm, accessed on 2006-10-08

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