savage municipal water supply

NEAR RT 101

The Savage Municipal Water Supply Well site covers approximately 235 acres, is located about 5 miles west of the center of Milford, and consists of a municipal well and the underlying aquifer. The Savage Municipal Well operated from 1960 to 1983, during which it supplied approximately 45 percent of Milford's drinking water, averaging about 200,000 gallons per day. The remainder of the Town's water supply was provided by the Keyes and Kokko Wells. Land uses within the site area include residential, agricultural, heavy and light industry, commercial enterprises, and aquaculture. Contamination was first discovered at the site as a result of a State-wide drinking water sampling program in 1983. The Savage Municipal Well and a nearby contaminated well supplying drinking water to a trailer park were later closed. At that time, the State began investigations to locate the source of contaminants that were also present in the wastes of nearby industries. Industry and fish hatcheries also withdraw water from the aquifer. A stream that receives discharge from Hitchiner Manufacturing and previously from Hendrix Wire and Cable flows through the site prior to entering the Souhegan River. Hitchiner Manufacturing has purchased the Savage Municipal Well property from the Town of Milford and also owns 65 acres of farm land which has been protected from development by the purchase of development rights by the NH Department of Agriculture.

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