LOCATION--Lat 42°23'28", long 72°03'56", 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. Water temperature record from June 2010 to current year.
GAGE--Data Collection Platform with satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 631.28 ft above NAVD 1988, estimated from topographic map. Prior to May 21, 2020, datum of gage previously reported as 630 ft above NGVD 1929, estimated from topographic map. Datum of gage previously reported as 5.65 ft below NGVD 1929 at location 0.2 mi upstream.
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