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Halfway River
The Halfway River originates in the 600 ft. elevation highlands around High Rock Hill between Marlin Road, Hoseye Coach Road, and Aspen Lane and flows East where it joins up just West of High Rock Road with Sand Hill Brook which flows South from Grays Plain Road Pond. The river then becomes Newtown’s southern border with the Town of Monroe and crosses under State Route 34 before dropping into Lake Zoar at an elevation of 100 ft.
Pond Brook
This watershed drains the Northwest corner of Newtown and portions of Brookfield. It originates in the 700 ft. highlands along Castle Hill Road above Taunton Lake and Birch Hill Road. Pogond Brook flows into it just South of I-84 and then Pond Brook continues North through the Hawleyville wetlands to cross under the West end of Currituck Road before turning Northeast to follow Pond Brook Road to the State Boat Launch at Lake Lillanonah at an elevation of 192 ft.
The Pootatuck River
The Pootatuck River has one primary source in Newtown being the wetlands that rests at the 700 ft. elevation long the Western Ridge of Newtown between Hattertown Road and Phyllis Lane and flows South into Hattertown Brook which follows Hattertown Road to the Historic Hattertown crossroads where the Brook then turns East and runs into Hattertown Pond, from which flows Morgan Brook. The brook then joins the Lewis Brook that comes out of the 600 ft elevation area along Rodeo Drive located in the Western triangle of Monroe, CT, which flows North through Guskie Pond to join Morgan Brook to form the main stem of the Pootatuck River. From there the Main Stem travels North shadowing Huntingtown Road and along the way Corbett Brook and Meadow Brook contribute their waters before it joins up with the North Branch of the Pootatuck River at Resurrection Cemetery just West of Route 25. The combined flow then proceeds under Route 25 and circles the Newtown Wellfield (Public Water Source) before joining up with Cold Spring Brook. The river then travels through the 1910 aqueduct that transverses under the high earth railroad roadbed and then continues for three miles through the Potatuck Club property in which the Curtis Pond Brook adds it’s water and then passes under Wasserman Way and skirts the Fairfield Hills Agricultural Fields before Deep Brook’s water join it from the West. Tom’s Brook is the last major tributary just before it flows under I-84 and into Sandy Hook Center business district and under Route 6. From there it drops down into the steep ravine section with its the old water powered industry structures, two tall weir dams before racing down the remaining canyon channel and entering the Northern end of Lake Zoar at an elevation of 100 ft.