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Plan to divert 14.2M gallons a day to southwestern CT awaits a decision by state officials
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A fisherman tries out a new fishing spot on the Mill River in Fairfield on Sunday, March 21, 2021.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
The fate of a proposal that would essentially double the amount of water diverted from the Greater Bridgeport system to southwestern Connecticut now rests in the hands of the state.
Environmental groups and residents from the Fairfield area spent two public hearings this past week objecting to a permit now before the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, citing negative impacts on residents and the watershed.
UpdatedThu, May 6, 2021 at 5:57 am ET
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Fairfield environmental advocates are concerned about how a diversion proposal would affect the Mill River watershed. (Google Maps)
FAIRFIELD, CT Fairfield residents and representatives voiced environmental concerns Tuesday about a proposal to double the amount of water diverted from the local system, including Cricker Brook and the Mill River watershed, to towns such as Greenwich and Stamford.
Aquarion Water Co. has filed an application with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to increase its diversion permit from 7.3 million gallons per day to 14.2 million gallons per day from the Bridgeport water system to the county s southwest region. The permit would require an annual diversion average of 12.6 million gallons per day, would last 25 years and would see a pipeline added in Fairfield in 2029.
Stamford COVID cases may be down, but now is not the time to ease restrictions
Brianna Gurciullo
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A line of cars wait at the drive-thru COVID-19 test site at Cove Island Park in Stamford, Conn. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Operated by Community Health Center, the Cove Island COVID-19 testing is free of charge and open every day from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD Last week it was 331. This week it dropped to 286.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Stamford has trended downward over the last month, but the city’s head of public health said officials’ strategy for preventing spread of the disease isn’t going to change.