Community News

The Connecticut Construction Industries Association recognized Connecticut Water with two prestigious awards – a Safety Recognition Award for the company’s safety program and a Community Service Award for a tree planting project around a reservoir.

A new, $7 million drinking water treatment facility went online at Connecticut Water’s Heritage Village system.

Our water professionals undergo continuous safety training so they’re ready to face the challenges of the day. Recently, our team worked with instructors from the Connecticut State Fire Academy on safety practices when climbing water tanks.

Employee volunteers, along with our forester, recently planted 600 white pine trees around Moody Reservoir to protect water quality.

As part of Connecticut Water's efforts to continually explore ways of reducing our energy costs for customers, our water professionals began testing a hydro turbine at one of our pressure reducing valve sites, which now generates electricity to power the equipment at the site.

With continuing dry weather conditions in the forecast, Connecticut Water urges customers to voluntarily reduce the amount of water they use, especially in the Shoreline, East Hampton, Plymouth and Terryville systems.

River flows in the Pomperaug River recently dropped below the second threshold in the Heritage Village water system’s low-flow operations plan. As called for in the plan, Connecticut Water’s Heritage Village water system, the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition, and the Town of Southbury ask residents in the Pomperaug River Basin to voluntarily reduce their water use because of low flows in the river.

Connecticut Water recently brought a 12-inch water main in Southbury back into service, the last of major repairs related to restoration efforts after the 1,000-year rainstorm pummeled the Naugatuck Valley region last August.

River flows in the Pomperaug River recently dropped below the first threshold in the Heritage Village water system’s low-flow operations plan.