Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

DEEP headquarters at 79 Elm Street in Hartford has partially re-opened to staff and members of the public as of Tuesday, February 3. The DEEP records room has re-opened. The DEEP Central Permit Processing Unit (CPPU) will be open to the public starting on Wednesday, Feb. 4. For updates, click here

Water Diversion Permit Application Information

Water Diversion Permit Fact Sheet

  • Reauthorization of "Large Tidally Influenced Rivers"
  • Reauthorization of "Interconnection and Transfer of up to 1,000,000 gpd"
  • Reauthorization of "Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Surface Water / Stratified Drift Aquifer"
  • Reauthorization of "Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Bedrock Aquifer"  
  • Reauthorization of "Small Supplemental Bedrock Well"
  • Reauthorization of "Water Supply System Interconnection
  • Reauthorization of "Unregistered Water Supply Systems"
  • Reauthorization of "Diversion of up to 250,000 gallons per day New Water"
  • Reauthorization of "Backup Wells"
  • Reauthorization of "Small Water Supply System"
  • Reauthorization of "Restoration of Lost Capacity"
General Permit for Diversion of Water for Consumptive Use: Authorization Required Categories
(Issued January 17, 2017; Expires January 17, 2027)

Categories include:
  • Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Bedrock Aquifer
  • Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Surface Water / Stratified Drift Aquifer,
  • Interconnection and Transfer of up to 1,000,000 gpd
General Permit for Diversion of Water for Consumptive Use: Filing Categories
(Issued January 17, 2017; Expires January 17, 2027)
Categories include:
  • Backup Well
  • Withdrawals from Large Tidally-Influenced Rivers
  • Small Supplemental Bedrock Well
  • Small Water Supply Well
Categories include:
  • Pump and Recharge Geoexchange System (Heat pumps)
  • Withdrawal from Long Island Sound
  • Non-Contact Cooling Surface Waters
  • Hydrostatic Testing of Pipes and Tanks
 
General Permits (non-consumptive):
General Permit for Water Resource Construction Activities
(Issued April 2, 2014; Expires April 2, 2024)

 

Water Diversion Program



Last updated May 2020