Editing Springfield, Massachusetts (section)

===Water and sewer system===

The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission (created in its current form in 1996) owns several reservoirs and aqueducts, as well as hydropower and sewage treatment stations. The city purchased the Springfield Aqueduct Company in 1872.<ref>[http://waterandsewer.org/about_us/index.html About the Commission | Springfield Water and Sewer Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005163257/http://www.waterandsewer.org/about_us/index.html |date=October 5, 2013 }}. Waterandsewer.org. Retrieved on July 15, 2013.</ref>

Borden Brook Reservoir, located in the rural western Hampden County town of [[Blandford, Massachusetts|Blandford]] was completed in 1910. It feeds into the Cobble Mountain Reservoir (completed in 1931) located at the junction of the towns of Blandford, [[Granville, Massachusetts|Granville]] and [[Russell, Massachusetts|Russell]]. The [[Wild Cat Aqueduct]] carries water from the Cobble Mountain Reservoir to a hydroelectric generating station on the Granville–Russell border, at the Little River. Drinking water flows to the West Parish Water Filtration Plant in [[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]], and is then pumped to holding tanks at the top of [[Provin Mountain]] in [[Agawam, Massachusetts|Agawam]].<ref name="water system">[http://waterandsewer.org/about_us/water_system_history.html Water System History | Springfield Water and Sewer Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509015834/http://www.waterandsewer.org/about_us/water_system_history.html |date=May 9, 2013 }}. Waterandsewer.org. Retrieved on July 15, 2013.</ref>

The 1875 Ludlow Reservoir, also known as Springfield Reservoir, is maintained as an emergency water supply; it is located in [[Ludlow, Massachusetts|Ludlow]] and fed via the [[Broad Brook Canal]].

SWSC provides retail water in Springfield and Ludlow; wholesale water to Agawam, East Longmeadow, and Longmeadow; partial or peak service to Southwick, Westfield, and West Springfield; and emergency service to Chicopee and Wilbraham.<ref name="water system" />