DEEP's Publication:  Connecticut's Aquifer Protection Area Program Municipal Manual 2011 This manual provides Connecticut's Municipal Aquifer Protection Agencies with comprehensive technical guidance and reference materials needed to regulate aquifer protection areas.

Water Companies play a significant role in the Aquifer Protection Area Program. Water companies' responsibilities include:

 

Level A Mapping Regulations (R.C.S.A. section 22a-354b-1) were originally adopted in April 1991, and amended on September 1, 2005. The regulations specify the procedures to be used in the mapping process, including criteria for extensive site-specific data collection, development of a numerical ground water model of the aquifer system, and the modeling simulations required to define the aquifer protection area. The water companies must conduct the mapping in accordance with the regulations and submit the mapping to DEEP for approval. This mapping becomes the final regulatory boundary.

 

The statutory deadline established for water companies to complete final mapping was June 1, 2008 for the existing 122 well fields in the program. Final Level A mapping has been completed and approved for 116 well fields. (See Aquifer Protection Area Maps.)

 

Water companies are given the opportunity to review local aquifer protection area regulations. They also receive copies of registrations and provide comments and recommendations to town officials and the local aquifer protection agency. See DEEP's list of water company contacts that should receive a copy of registrations. Please notify DEEP if a contact changes. that should receive a copy of registrations. Please notify DEEP if a contact changes.