Community News

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.

Thanks to everyone who came to the open house at the William Stewart Drinking Water Treatment Facility in Naugatuck! We always appreciate meeting our customers in person and sharing our passion for water.

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave national drinking water infrastructure a C- grade, but Connecticut Water’s approach to infrastructure investments matches up with many of ASCE’s suggestions for workable solutions to ensure customers can access reliable, high-quality water now and in the future.

Connecticut Water employee volunteers spent a recent Monday morning cleaning up litter from around reservoirs in the Naugatuck area. Keeping watershed areas clean protects the environment and also protects the source water, before it enters a treatment plant and goes out to customers.

Connecticut Water invites customers and the public to learn about where their water comes from during upcoming watershed hikes as part of Trails Day and an open house at a drinking water treatment facility.