There's a move on Beacon Hill to correct what some lawmakers say is an injustice that dates back nearly 100 years, to when the state created the enormous Quabbin Reservoir.
In this September 2013 handout photo, a dirt road leads to Mount Zion Island, at rear, at the Quabbin Reservoir in Petersham. State officials have a plan to start a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on the off-limits island.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the state dammed up the Swift River, about 65 miles west of Boston, to provide more water to the city. The towns of Enfield, Dana, Greenwich and Prescott were disincorporated. “I think it's so important to remember that it's a beauty born of loss for thousands of people who had to leave their homes," Palladino said."And I think it's really important for those who enjoy that water to know where it comes from and what was sacrificed to build the Quabbin.”, including Hardwick, Shutesbury, New Salem and Petersham, don't draw any water from the reservoir.
"We're suggesting that a fee of five cents for every 1,000 gallons drawn from the Quabbin create this Host Community Trust Fund. Approximately $3.5 million, annually, would return to the Quabbin watershed communities to help them with everything you can imagine — dealing with their own water-sewer infrastructure needs to helping figure out the right kind of businesses that can grow and prosper in the region, to help with the tax base revenue.
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Towns around Quabbin Reservoir should be better compensated for sacrifices, say lawmakersThere's a move on Beacon Hill to correct what some lawmakers say is an injustice that dates back nearly 100 years, to when the state created the enormous Quabbin Reservoir.
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