Water

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• Volunteer Water Monitoring Program Overview

  CT DEEP encourages groups and individuals interested in helping to conserve and protect our water resources to become volunteer water monitors. The Volunteer Water Monitoring Program utilizes a three-tiered approach to volunteer water quality monitoring, which is also increasingly referred to as 'citizen science' or 'community science'. The three-tiered approach allows for participation by volunteers having a wide range of skills and interest levels.

• Riffle Bioassessment by Volunteers (RBV) Program

  The Riffle Bioassessment by Volunteers program (RBV) is a statewide volunteer water quality monitoring program coordinated by the CT DEEP Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse. Each fall RBV volunteers participate in a ‘treasure hunt’ to find Connecticut’s healthiest streams. To accomplish this, RBV volunteers are trained to collect ‘macroinvertebrates,’ or ‘river bugs' from their local rivers and streams. Depending on the types of macroinvertebrates that volunteers find in a stream, the CT DEEP can assess it as a healthy stream.

• Stormwater Quality Manual and Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines

• Registered and Permitted Diversions

• Water Diversion Program

  Connecticut Water Diversion Program Information and Reporting Forms

• State Water Allocation Policies Report

• Connecticut Stream Flow Standards

  DEEP is implementing Stream Flow Standards and Regulations in response to PA 05-142.

• MIW Training - Video 2

  Municipal Inland Wetlands Agency Training Video Series 2

• Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

• Mill River Remedial Activities Fairfield CT

• CT Guidelines on Erosion and Sediment Control - Errata Sheet

• Pawcatuck Watershed Nutrient Project

  Connecticut has been awarded a SNEP grant to address nutrient issues in the Pawcatuck watershed in partnership with Rhode Island.

• Drinking Water

• Frequently Asked Questions about Drinking Water