Aspetuck River

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The Aspetuck River is a {{convert|17.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed April 1, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The river rises in the hills located in Huntington State Park in Bethel, with a watershed of approximately {{convert|430|acre}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.hvceo.org/water/WATERBETHELMAIN.php |title=Bethel, Connecticut Water Supply Resources |accessdate=2010-09-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227192212/http://www.hvceo.org/water/WATERBETHELMAIN.php |archivedate=2010-12-27 }} The river flows generally southerly through Redding, Connecticut, to the Aspetuck Reservoir, and finally into the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut and then into the Long Island Sound. It flows through the village of Aspetuck at an average depth of {{convert|2.5|ft|m}}.{{Cite web|url=http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ct/nwis/uv/?site_no=01209105&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060|title = USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01209105 ASPETUCK RIVER AT ASPETUCK, CT}} The word Aspetuck can be translated as "river originating at the high place" in an Algonquian language.{{cite web|url=http://www.aspetucksolutions.com/why.html |title=Aspetuck Solutions |accessdate=2010-09-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116215548/http://www.aspetucksolutions.com/why.html |archivedate=2010-11-16 }}

The Aspetuck Reservoir is fed water diverted from the Saugatuck Reservoir via an underground aqueduct. Water from the Aspetuck Reservoir is also diverted into the Hemlock Reservoir in Easton and Fairfield, which then flows into the Mill River.