Porter/Howard Reservoir is part of the Town of Manchester’s Passive Recreation Program which allows participants to enjoy the natural beauty of the watersheds while still providing protection to the Town’s Drinking Water Supply. The Manchester Water Department has developed an impressive system of trails on watershed properties that protect and provide buffer zones surrounding the Town’s reservoirs and their tributaries. Under authorization from the State of Connecticut, the Water Department is able to allow passive recreational activities in designated areas of these watersheds. Dogs are not allowed to swim, wade or bathe in public drinking water supplies or their tributaries. To accommodate aquatic-loving canines, a non-tributary pond has been made available off the watershed where dogs are allowed to swim. To access the Dog Pond follow the trail furthest to the right from the Ferguson Road parking area for approximately 1/4 mile; this path will lead directly to the pond.
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