Little Quittacas Pond

Little Quittacas Pond

Location	Lakeville and Rochester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°47′30″N 70°55′00″W / 41.79167°N 70.91667°W / 41.79167; -70.91667Coordinates: 41°47′30″N 70°55′00″W / 41.79167°N 70.91667°W / 41.79167; -70.91667
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United States

Surface area	297 acres (120 ha)

Little Quittacas Pond is a lake/reservoir/pond within the towns of Lakeville and Rochester, in southeastern Massachusetts. Little Quittacas is one of the five great ponds of Southeastern Massachusetts that includes Long Pond, Assawompset Pond. Pocksha Pond, Great Quitticas and Little Quittacas Ponds.It is the location of the New Bedford Water Works. These lakes provide a source of drinking water to the city of New Bedford, the largest city in southeastern Massachusetts. Snipituit Pond is an outlier pond that flows into Buzzard's Bay, via the Mattapoisett River and is connected to Great Quittacas through Snipituit Brook. The other great ponds drain into Narragansett Bay through the Taunton River. The five ponds are the largest natural fresh watersheds in Massachusetts.

External links

Environmental Protection Agency

Taunton River Watershed

Tributaries	Assonet River Canoe River Cedar Swamp River Cocasset River Cotley River Forge River Hockomock River Matfield River Mill River Nemasket River Rumford River Salisbury Plain River Satucket River Segreganset River Snake River Taunton River Three Mile River Town River Wading River Winnetuxet River

Lakes/Ponds	Assawompset Pond Great Quittacas Pond Little Quittacas Pond Lake Nippenicket Norton Reservoir Lake Mirimichi Lake Rico Lake Sabbatia Leach Pond Long Pond Pocksha Pond Somerset Reservoir Turnpike Lake Watson Pond Winnecunnet Pond

Miscellaneous	Assonet Bay Hockomock Swamp

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