WPC Advisory Group

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Meeting Schedule 2023

WPCAG meetings are typically but not always the 3rd Tuesday of the month, at 1:30 pm.  Instructions for joining a meeting are included in each agenda.  Special meetings and meeting cancellations will be posted here as soon as possible.  Additional meeting documents, if any, might be linked in agendas or can be obtained by contacting Bruce Wittchen by email or at 860-418-6323.

Recent Years' Water Planning Council Advisory Group Meetings:

Membership (as of 6/21/2022)

Academia, public health, ecology:  Virginia de Lima, USGS (retired)

Agriculture:  Bonnie Burr, UConn Extension 

Business & Industry (Association):  Lynn G. Ward, Waterbury Regional Chamber

Conservation:  Denise Savageau, Connecticut Association of Conservation Districts

Consumer:  Brenda Watson, Operation Fuel

Electric Power:  Fred Klein, Pullman & Comley

Fisheries:  Alicea Charamut (Co-Chair), Fisheries Advisory Council

Lakes and Ponds:  Sean Hayden, Lake Waramaug Task Force

Land Protection:  Karen Burnaska, CT Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound

Public Health (Local):  David Knauf, City of Darien

Recreation:  Eric Hammerling, CT Forest and Parks Association

Regional Councils of Government:  Aaron Budris, Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments

River Protection:  Margaret Miner, Rivers Alliance

Wastewater:  Tom Tyler, Metropolitan District Commission

Water Intensive Business:  Darryl Newman, Planters Choice Nursery, CT Nursery & Landscape Assoc.

Water Resources Protection:  Carol Haskins, Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition

Water Utility (Large Investor-owned):  Dan Lawrence (Co-chair), Aquarion Water Co.

Water Utility (Large Regional):  Steve Vitko, South Central CT Regional Water Authority

Water Utility (Municipal):  Patrick Kearney, Town of Manchester

Water Utility (Small):  Josh Cansler, Southeastern CT Water Authority