Environmental Review Requirements
Construction projects that receive federal funding from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) are required to complete an environmental assessment that is compliant with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This review is a federal requirement associated with the federal capitalization grant that the Department of Public Health (DPH) receives each year from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA allows for states to utilize an alternative environmental review process that is functionally equivalent to NEPA if the state has the authority to do so. The DPH along with other Connecticut State Agencies are required to implement the environmental review requirements of the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA) on all construction projects that receive state funding. Since the DWSRF has a combination of both state and federal funds, and CEPA is functionally equivalent to NEPA, the DPH implements the CEPA requirements on most construction projects that receive funding.
The DPH utilizes the statewide generic Environmental Classification Document (ECD) to determine whether a drinking water construction project requires an environmental review under CEPA. Drinking water construction projects that fall under Categories I, II and III of the ECD are required to undergo a CEPA review and are publicly scoped in the Council of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Monitor(EM). Drinking water projects that fall under ECD Category IV are not required to undergo a CEPA review but do need to comply with NEPA. As a result, the DPH performs environmental reviews on ECD Category IV projects for compliance with NEPA requirements. This webpage is provided to make these ECD Category IV environmental reviews available to the public since they are not publicly scoped in the EM. These postings will remain posted for a minimum of 12 months prior to being archived. Postings are listed in chronological order of when the reviews were completed.
Date | Impacted Town(s) | Public Water System | Project Name |
2/22/2021 | Woodbridge | Regional Water Authority | West River WTP Improvements Project |
4/14/2021 | System-wide | Regional Water Authority | Automated Meter Reading - Stage 4 |
4/27/2021 | Norwalk | Norwalk First Taxing District | Phase I Water Meter/AMI Program |
4/27/2021 | Willimantic | Wellswood Estates | Generator / VFD Pumps |
5/19/2021 | Bethel | Bethel Water Department | Emergency Power Generators |
6/23/2021 | Danbury | Aqua Vista Assoc, Inc - Lower System | Well House Improvement |
6/23/2021 | Danbury | Aqua Vista Assoc, Inc - Upper System | Well House Improvement |
6/24/2021 | New Fairfield | Candlewood Knolls Water Authority | Tank Replacement |
6/24/2021 | Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | Water Main Replacement - Buckingham |
6/24/2021 | Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | Water Main Replacement - Saybrooke St and Bonner St |
6/24/2021 | West Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | Water Main Replacement - Webster Hill |
12/10/2021 | Essex | Heritage Cove Condominiums | Well House Improvement |
12/16/2021 | Norwalk | Norwalk First Taxing District | West Rocks High Service Area Water Service Reliability Project |
12/17/2021 | Bethel | Bethel Water Department | 2021 Various Water Mains Replacement Project |
7/12/2022 | Branford | Regional Water Authority | Brushy Plains Standpipe Demo and Cherry Hill PS Improvements |
7/12/2022 | Seymour | Regional Water Authority | Seymour Well Replacement Well 4B |
9/15/2022 | New Britian | New Britain Water Department | Water Treatment Plant SCADA Upgrades |
10/12/2022 | Berlin | Berlin Water Control Commission | Water Main Replacement - Berlin Turnpike |
11/30/2022 | Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | Water Main Replacement Hubbard Rd Area |
1/10/2023 | Tolland | Baxter Farms Community Water Assoc | Tank Replacement |
2/3/2023 | Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | Capitol Ave Area Water Main Replacement |
3/17/2023 | Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | Boulevard/Garfield Water Main Replacement |
3/23/2023 | Manchester | Manchester Water Department | Ridgewood St - Griswold St Area Improvements |
6/28/2023 | Norwich | Norwich Public Utilities | Caribou Drive Water Main Replacement |
7/20/2023 | Windham | Windham Water Works | Water Meter Upgrade Project |
8/8/2023 | New London | New London Dept. of Public Utilities | Lead Service Lines Replacement (Design & Construction) Phase 1A |
8/11/2023 | Bridgeport | Aquarion Water Company of CT | Lead Service Lines - Inventory (Planning) |
8/14/2023 | Bridgeport | Aquarion Water Company of CT | Lead Service Lines - Replacement Phase 1 |
8/16/2023 | Danbury | Aquarion Water Company of CT | Cedar Heights Interconnection to address PFAS |
8/16/2023 | Ridgefield | Aquarion Water Company of CT | Craigmoor Interconnection to address PFAS |
8/21/2023 | New Fairfield | Aquarion Water Company of CT | New Fairfield PFAS Treatment |
8/24/2023 | Middletown | Middletown Water Department | Lead Service Lines - Replacement (Planning) |
8/29/2023 | Montville | Montville Water Supply | Cook Hill Tank Replacement |
8/29/2023 | System-wide | Regional Water Authority | System-wide RTU and Hardware Upgrade |
9/7/2023 | Bristol | Bristol Water Department | SCADA System Upgrades |
12/20/2023 | Weston | The Weston Field Club - Well #1 | OCCT & Entry Point Consolidation |
1/2/2024 | Glastonbury | Metropolitan District Commission | Orchard St Pump Station Improvement |
1/2/2024 | Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | Water Main Replacement - Hartford Hospital Area |
9/11/2023 | Waterbury | Waterbury Water Department | Hitchcock Road Water Storage Tank and Water Main |
11/6/2023 | Norwalk | South Norwalk Electric & Water | Emergency Power Generators |
7/20/23 | East Hartford | Metropolitan District Commission | East Hartford Water Main Replacement |