The next training program will be offered in Spring 2010.

• Appointed or elected members of municipal Aquifer Protection Agencies
  
• Aquifer Protection Agency staff members

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s Aquifer Protection Area Program helps to protect major public water supply wells across the state from contamination. Aquifer Protection Areas (APAs) are designated around the state’s 122 active well fields in sand and gravel aquifers that serve more than 1000 people. Land use controls are imposed in those areas to minimize the potential for contamination of the well field. The program prohibits development of new high-risk land use activities in APAs and requires existing high-risk activities in these areas to register and follow best management practices. Municipalities with APAs play a critical role in the Aquifer Protection Area Program and the protection of our aquifer resources.

Pursuant to Connecticut General Statues Section 22a-354v, the comprehensive technical training program for aquifer protection agency members and staff will provide instruction on the adoption of local aquifer protection regulations, the delineation of aquifer protection boundaries, and a broad range of administrative and legal issues.

Click here to register. This program is free with a DEP voucher or $50 without voucher.

CT Department of Transportation
2800 Berlin Turnpike
Newington, CT 06111
Conference Rooms A & B

Directions to facility can be found at Google Maps.

Registration fees are refundable only if cancellation is received at least 48 hours prior to the start of the program. Failure to attend class does not constitute withdrawal.  Voucher registrants who fail to attend or to cancel at leat 48 hours prior to the program will be charged the full program fee.  Please call the Center for Continuing Studies Student Service Office at 877-892-6264 or 860-486-4905 to withdraw. This will allow those on the waitlist to be enrolled in the program.

The DEP reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the training program. Registrants will be notified at the earliest possible time and offered a different date or location, if available. If the participant is unable to switch to a different date/location, any paid registration fees will be refunded in full.