Let them know you care for Connecticut's water security:
water is our most important natural resource
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Ask your legislators to adopt our State Water Plan in 2019
After years of work and over a million dollars, CT's first State Water Plan awaits approval. Four state agencies presented it to the General Assembly in 2018 with unanimous support. But big water utilities, big money, and anti-regulatory lobbyists blocked its passage. All because they wanted the words "water as a public trust" removed. They think it's "their" water and that the public should have no oversight.
Thousands of CT residents wrote, emailed, and sent in petitions to ask that this foundational principle be recognized in the plan. But at the 11th hour, special interest groups worked to suppress that input.
CT's Environmental Protection Act Sec. 22a-15, passed in 1971, clearly states: "It is hereby found and declared that there is a public trust in the air, water, and other natural resources of the state of CT and that each person is entitled to the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the same". As environmental protection laws are attacked all over the U.S., it's time for CT's legislators to stand up and protect ours.
Our health, welfare, and economy all depend on clean water, a healthy environment, and a public that keeps watch over its state's resources. Water is a public resource, belonging to the people of CT and held in trust by the state, to be managed sustainably for the benefit of generations to come.
Ask your legislator to move the water plan- as drafted- forward and pass it next session!
Thousands of CT residents wrote, emailed, and sent in petitions to ask that this foundational principle be recognized in the plan. But at the 11th hour, special interest groups worked to suppress that input.
CT's Environmental Protection Act Sec. 22a-15, passed in 1971, clearly states: "It is hereby found and declared that there is a public trust in the air, water, and other natural resources of the state of CT and that each person is entitled to the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the same". As environmental protection laws are attacked all over the U.S., it's time for CT's legislators to stand up and protect ours.
Our health, welfare, and economy all depend on clean water, a healthy environment, and a public that keeps watch over its state's resources. Water is a public resource, belonging to the people of CT and held in trust by the state, to be managed sustainably for the benefit of generations to come.
Ask your legislator to move the water plan- as drafted- forward and pass it next session!
Ask Your Legislators to Support Reasonable Regulations for Industrial Water Bottlers:
- Require a renewable approval from the Dept. of Public Health for water bottlers using municipal water. Ensure we have enough water for the bottler and the needs of ALL the water system users.
- Require water bottlers to adhere to all emergency contingency procedures for drought and allow the Commissioner of Public Health to issue additional restrictions if deemed necessary.
- Publish applications for water bottling on the Dept. of Public Health website so the public knows how their drinking water is being allocated.
- Ask the Inter-agency Drought Task-force to develop a coordinated framework for assessing drought conditions and developing guidelines for water use during drought.
