LOCATION--Lat 42°23’26", long 72°03’39", Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on left bank, below diversion dam at Ware River Intake Works, 2.7 mi downstream from Burnshirt River, 3 mi southeast of Barre, and at mile 29.1.
DRAINAGE AREA--96.3 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD-- January 1928 to current year. Prior to October 1977, published as Ware River at Coldbrook.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with telephone telemeter. Elevation of gage is 630 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS--Figures of discharge do not include diversions by the MWRA during the period Oct. 15 to June 14 of each year; diversions began in March 1931. Flow regulated at times by Barre Falls Reservoir 4.3 mi upstream since 1958 for emergency flood-control purposes as authorized by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Diversion at times since 1955 from 6.5 mi² upstream for municipal supply of Fitchburg. Computations of daily discharge are made in cooperation with Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water-Supply Protection, and Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which collects gage-height and venturi-meter records.

Photo of Flume at Ware River at Intake Works

Photo Ware River at Intake Works gage house