Water Use at MHC Water Use at Mount Holyoke College Water use at MHC is tied to the Connecticut River.
Water is extracted from a well that is partly recharged by the river.
The water is then distributed to South Hadley and the MHC campus. To this drain water is added human, lab and other wastes. The waste stream is sent to a sewage treatment plant in Chicopee. Treated water is returned to the Connecticut River. In addition, waste sludge from the plant is burned in an incinerator in Waterbury, Connecticut.