Water

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• Inland Wetlands Citizen Information

  State of CT inland wetlands and watercourses citizen information.

• How Are Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Defined

  How Inland Wetlands and Watercourses are defined in Connecticut

• 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.

• Surface Water Quality

• Total Maximum Daily Loads Bacteria

• 2024_Draft_BacteriaTMDLs

• CT Guidelines on Erosion and Sediment Control - Errata Sheet

• Water Temperature Monitoring Project

  Water temperature is very important to aquatic organisms as it can drive chemical reactions and physiological activity. In addition, water temperature is an important factor in determining which species of aquatic organisms, such as fish, are able to live in a particular section of river or stream. The Water Monitoring Group routinely monitors water temperature at wadeable river and stream locations across Connecticut. Data are collected to complement routine and probabilistic ambient biological monitoring data, to identify high quality watersheds as part of the Group’s Healthy Watersheds Initiative, and to support evaluation of temporal trends, quantification of natural variability, and testing of hypotheses and predictive models related to climate change and water resource management.

• Water Quality Planner ListServ

• Connecticut Water Quality Standards 2011 Revisions

• Drinking Water

• Frequently Asked Questions about Drinking Water

• CTs Watershed Management Program

  The Connecticut DEEP created the Watershed Management Program to more effectively address water resource issues from an integrated watershed perspective. For purposes of water management, the state has been divided into five major watershed basins along natural watershed boundaries. DEEP Watershed Managers work within these five major watershed basins to assist communities in forming partnerships, drafting watershed based plans, and implementing environmental projects to restore and protect Connecticut's water quality on a watershed-wide scale.

• Bantam Lake Watershed Projects

  Strategies for controlling nutrient inputs to reduce harmful algal blooms and cyanobacteria

• Hypoxia Maps - Summer 2005