Benefits

Providence Water and the Scituate Reservoir Watershed property provide a wide range of benefits to the watershed community.

• The reservoirs and surrounding forest offer a natural backdrop and scenic vistas.
• The water supply system is a quiet neighbor that preserves rural character in the watershed towns and helps promote sustainable community growth.
• An active land conservation program protects land from development and increases the value of the remaining private property.
• Undeveloped forestlands protect the groundwater aquifers which local residents and businesses rely on for their own private drinking water wells.
• Providence Water supports the financial stability of each of the watershed towns and helps reduce the costs of public services.
• Our watershed property, both land and water, stores nearly three million tons of carbon. They also absorb and retain more carbon annually, which is then stored in trees and other plants, ponds, wetlands and reservoirs, soil and sediment.

Free public tours are designed to provide Providence Water's neighbors with a better understanding of forestry and land management. For additional information please visit our Public Field Tours page.