Aquifer Protection and Groundwater

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• Business and Industry

  Aquifer Protection Area Program for business and industry in Connecticut.

• Protecting Connecticut's Groundwater

  Protecting Connecticut's Groundwater - A Guide for Local Officials was written in 1997 by Robert Hust and James Murphy of the Department of Environmental Protection's Water Bureau. The Guide provides the tools needed to understand groundwater protection and to communicate its importance to other local officials and citizens.

• Outline of Aquifer Protection Regulations

  Summary of Connecticut General Statutes Section 22a-354i-1 through 10. (Revised February, 2004)

• Statutes and Regulations

  Aquifer Protection Area Program statutes and regulations were developed to create a protection program for our aquifer resources supporting high yield public supply well fields.

• Connecticut's Aquifers

  There are two basic aquifer types in Connecticut, those found in unconsolidated sediments and those in bedrock.

• Ground Water

  Information on ground water, water quality, aquifers, and water conservation.