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1905:VillageofWebsterformed,inpart,tosupplywater toitsresidents 1908:$300allocatedforstudyofwater;specialelection heldandvotersapprove(9425)toestablishwater systematacostof$32,000;votersapprovebonds 19091910:VillageconstructsstandpipeonSouthAve 1935:Villagepurchasesandbeginstodevelopwellfields 1950s:Villageexpandswaterproductionandis supplyingwatertoentireTownofWebster.By1969,12 wellsareoperating. 1980s:VillageretractsareareceivingVillagewateras theTownexpands;somewellsdiscontinuewater production 2000:MosttowncustomerswitchfromVillagewater
Sourceofinformationto1980s:WebsterThroughtheYears,EstherDunn
FirstWellatWellFields
Diagram of Wells
Well Inventory
FromWaterCommitteeNotes July2010
Irondogenesee Aquifer
The Irondogenesee aquifer consists of two thick, productive sand and gravel layers and lenses that are separated in most places by less permeable glacial-lake beds. Wells in the Dewitt Road field reportedly produce water from only the lower permeable zone. The lower permeable zone of the aquifer is from 60 to 85 feet thick and might extend as far west as the center of the Irondogenesee Valley; the zone extends northward under Lake Ontario.
FromGroundWaterAtlasoftheUnitedStates
Irondogenesee Aquifer
In the southern part of the area, the aquifer consists only of the lower permeable zone (sections E-E', F-F', fig. 46). Here, the lower permeable zone consists of sand and gravel, which is about 80 feet thick (section F-F', fig. 46) and extends laterally at least 3 miles. Well fields that supply East Rochester and Pittsford obtain water from this zone. The northern extent of this sand and gravel is unknown, but it may connect with the lower permeable zone of the aquifer at the Dewitt Road well field.
FromGroundWaterAtlasoftheUnitedStates
Erosion Potential
Wellfieldsareinacoastalerosion hazardareawithahigherosionpotential
Plant Species
Pg 40
Pg 38
Pg 56
Pg 36&39
Pg 36&39
DeepGully
WXXIDishandAntenna MainBuildings
MCWATank
=Private
=MonroeCounty
=VillageofWebster
=RG&E
Pg II24&26
Pg III41
Pg II37
$1.7million
ValueisfromPresentationbySuperintendentSwingly toVillageBoard
Summary
Thelocationofthewellfieldsis inahighlysignificant environmentalzoneincludinga designatedwetlandarea,ahigh erosionareaandasensitive ecologicalarea. TheVillageownedpropertyisone ofthelastopenspaceareasnorth ofthe104expressway. Theareaisspecificallymentioned asagreenprintpropertyinthe TownComprehensivePlan. Thesestudiesindicatethe complexity ofdevelopingthe Villagewellfields.
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When the well's dry, we know the worth of water
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