Water

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• Emergency Action Plans

• 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.

• Stormwater and Water Quality

  Stormwater and its effects on water quality.

• On the Water Recreation

  Boating, swimming and fishing, popular summer activities in Connecticut, all require clean and safe water. Every person out on the water has a role in keeping our waters clean.

• Connecticut's Water Resources

  Connecticut's Water Resources include ground water, lakes & ponds, coastal/Long Island Sound, rivers & streams and wetlands

• Rivers and Streams

  Connecticuts rivers and streams

• Watershed Management - Overview

  Watershed management is a term used to describe the process of implementing land use practices and water management practices to protect and improve the quality of the water and other natural resources within a watershed by managing the use of those land and water resources according to a comprehensive plan.

• Watershed Based Plans

  explanation of 319 NPS watershed based plans

• Watershed Management

• Stream Flow Classifications

  Connecticut stream flow standards classification process including mapping

• Stream Flow Regulations

  CT Stream Flow Regulations: final version including summary and overview

• Integrated Water Resource Management

  Connecticut is using a new approach called Integrated Water Resource Management as the basis to address the existing goals of protecting and restoring Connecticut's waters.

• Stream Flow History of Regulation

  Stream Flow History of Regulation

• Stream Flow Background Documents

  Connecticut stream flow standards and regulations data links and background documents

• Aquatic Life Impacts of Phosphorus Research

  The CT DEEP Monitoring Group is engaged in several efforts to study the effects of phosphorus in water bodies. This webpage provides information on the monitoring efforts, results and analysis conducted by the Monitoring Program. These efforts include recommendations by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering report ‘Methods to Measure Phosphorus and Make Future Projections’ developed as part of Public Act 12-155, An Act Concerning Phosphorus Reductions in State Waters.