A $10 million water interconnection between East Lyme and New London is now under construction, according to project overseer Tighe & Bond.
The engineering firm said the project will end more than two decades of summer water shortages in East Lyme and help to maintain flows in the town’s streams. East Lyme voter approved a bond for the project in 2011.
The waterfront town’s water shortages have mainly been caused by an influx of summer residents, Tighte & Bond said.
An agreement between the two towns allows East Lyme to “bank” excess water from its wells at Lake Konomoc in New London from Sept. 15 to May 15 — when demand is at its lowest. New London will provide water to East Lyme during the summer period, allowing the latter community to reduce its well pumping, which will help maintain stream flows.
