Worcester considering $300K eminent domain to protect watershed
Courtesy City of Worcester
City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. stands in one of the city's reservoirs earlier this year. During a normal year he would be 20 feet under water at this location.
Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus has requested the City Council sign off on $300,000 worth of eminent domain takings that will help protect the city’s watershed.
The total takings would be done by eminent domains in Holden and Princeton totaling just over 96 acres. These wooded properties with streams and other water flowing through them would be purchased from the Appalachian Mountain Club and two private owners.
According to documents presented to the city council, acquisition would prevent development of the land and assure that it remains in a natural condition in perpetuity. With this acquisition the city will have protected more than 1,000 acres of watershed land since 2005.
This helps preserve the water system that has recently been under stress due to a statewide drought, which prompted the city to impose restrictions on businesses earlier this year.
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