RWA: The Land We Need for the Water We Use

The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority asked Granite Bay Design to develop a viewbook to emphasize the importance of the relationship between the Authority’s land holdings and water quality. The resulting overview utilizes photographs of some of the Authority’s recreation area lands and reservoirs by photographer Harold Shapiro. The viewbook was very successful at conveying the desired message and a first printing led to an additional printing (in a slightly different format) which was mailed to all of the Authority’s consumers. One of the spreads, pictured below, features a timeline of the RWA’s Land & Easement Purchases and Land Sales.

Download a PDF of the full viewbook in spreads: The Land We Need for the Water We Use, 9.84 MB

Here’s a section of the introductory copy written by Joan Huwiler:

“To ensure drinking water quality, watershed and aquifer lands need to be preserved. At the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, our mission is to provide our customers with a reliable supply of high-quality water. As stewards to more than 26,000 acres of land, we manage our land and water supplies to fulfill our mission, now and in the future. This brochure explains our land policy, which includes why we acquire and sell land.

Over 80 percent of the region’s tap water comes from 10 reservoirs located in the district towns of Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford, and Woodbridge. The balance of the water comes from the Quinnipiac and Mill River aquifers located in Hamden and Cheshire. The watersheds that replenish these reservoirs and aquifers cover about 118 square miles. How large is that? It’s almost six times larger than the city of New Haven or twice the size of Washington, D.C.”