Water

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• Triennial Review Process for Water Quality Standards

  Explanation of the Triennial Review Process for the Connecticut Water Quality Standards.

• Inland Wetlands and Watercourse Status and Trends

  Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Status and Trends

• Clean Water Act Accomplishments

  A chronology of the Clean Water Act in Connecticut.

• Legislation, Regulations & Case Law

  Inland wetlands & watercourses regulation guidance for municipal wetland agencies

• Municipal Inland Wetlands Agency Newsletter

  A Newsletter for Municipal Inland Wetlands Agencies

• Total Maximum Daily Loads Bacteria

• Water Diversion Reporting

  Information on the reporting of water diversions.

• Water Diversion Registrations and Permits

  The Registration of water diversions occurred in 1982 and 1983. It was required by the Water Diversion Policy Act, in section 22a-368 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

• Riffle Bioassessment by Volunteers (RBV) Program

  The Riffle Bioassessment by Volunteers program (RBV) is a statewide volunteer water quality monitoring program coordinated by the CT DEEP Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse. Each fall RBV volunteers participate in a ‘treasure hunt’ to find Connecticut’s healthiest streams. To accomplish this, RBV volunteers are trained to collect ‘macroinvertebrates,’ or ‘river bugs' from their local rivers and streams. Depending on the types of macroinvertebrates that volunteers find in a stream, the CT DEEP can assess it as a healthy stream.

• Water Conservation

  Water Conservation information

• Farmington River Municipal Land Use Evaluation

• River and Stream Water Monitoring

  DEEP has monitored rivers and streams for water quality since the 1970s. Current annual monitoring efforts include the collection of water chemistry, water temperature, macroinvertebrate community, fish community, periphyton community, and indicator bacteria data from locations throughout the State. This data collected by the Monitoring Program are used to assess the health of individual waterbodies. In addition, the data are used to support a variety of other projects, including evaluation of trends in Connecticut’s water quality in the state, study of the potential impacts of climate change on our waterbodies, and supporting nutrient and temperature criteria development.

• Water Quantity

  Understanding Water Quantity in Connecticut is important for assessing, managing and planning to improve the balance of water use for the benefit of people and the environment.

• Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Resources and References

  Resources and References for Inland Wetlands & Watercourses

• Inland Wetlands and Watercourses

  CT DEEP inland wetlands and watercourses home page.