Connecticut Water Hosting Watershed Scavenger Hunt

TOLLAND, CT — Connecticut Water has announced that it is hosting an interactive watershed inspection scavenger hunt in the Lake Shenipsit watershed area beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

The public is invited. Light refreshments will be served, and there will be a chance to win a $25 gift card.

Participants will be asked to locate several conditions in the watershed that, if they were real, could hurt water quality in the Shenipsit Lake Reservoir apublic water supply in north-central Connecticut.

Connecticut Water has a state-of-the-art water treatment facility at the Shenipsit Lake Reservoir.

"We inspect more than 4,000 watershed properties across the state to protect our water sources," said Jessica Demar, regulatory and environmental compliance coordinator at Connecticut Water.

She added, "The watershed scavenger hunt is a fun way to help the public, especially people living in the public water supply watershed, understand what our watershed inspectors are looking for when they visit properties in the watershed."

The scavenger hunt features staged props that represent real concerns along the trail in the watershed. It involves about a one-mile-long walk along the Shenipsit Lake Reservoir hiking trail in Tolland, which begins near the bridge on Shenipsit Lake Road.

Connecticut Water staff members will meet people at the bridge and then proceed to the trail. A $25 L.L. Bean gift card will be raffled off among the participants.