Monthly Meeting #23 Coordinated Water System Plan Western Region Brookfield Town Hall, Brookfield, CT | April 24, 2018
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Taking Stock What Have We Accomplished? Preliminary Integrated Report and Executive Summary went out to public comment What Are We Doing Today? Reviewing and discussing public comments What’s Next? Finalize documents Prepare two ‐ page focus of plan Adopt the regional plan (vote!) Prepare Statewide plan to tie the three regions together (MMI & DPH)
WUCC Time Frame
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Formal Correspondence Date From To Main Topic(s) CPCN Phase II Approval for “Wheels” 3/22/18 DPH Christine Hogan development (TNC PWS) Approval for Installation/Construction for 3/22/18 DPH Christine Hogan “Wheels” development (TNC PWS) Well Use Approval and CPCN Approval for 3/23/18 DPH Christine Hogan “Wheels” development (TNC PWS) Mark Comments on Integrated Report and 3/26/18 Western WUCC Widomski Executive Summary Request from Aquarion and Town of New 4/5/18 Aquarion Western WUCC Fairfield to modify ESA boundary Comments on Integrated Report and 4/18/18 DEEP WUCCs Executive Summary Comments on Integrated Report and 4/20/18 Judy Allen WUCCs Executive Summary Comments on Integrated Report and 4/23/18 DPH WUCCs Executive Summary
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Newport Academy, Bethlehem
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
CWSP Schedule Action Timeline Issue final CWSP April 30, 2018 • May 8, 2018 meeting Central WUCC moved this meeting to Discuss additional public comments, approve • May 30, 2018 CWSP for Submission to DPH Eastern WUCC may move it to around May 30, 2018
Summary of Comments Received Comments (statewide) were received from the following entities: Date From Main Topic(s) Town of Current water usage and demand projections for Town’s 3/13/18 Marlborough NTNC system Town of 3/13/18 Updated available water for CWC ‐ Riversedge system Tolland & CWC Comments on recommendations and priorities for COG 3/14/18 SCCOG staff New Sanitary Survey webpage with compliance survey (metering, demand, technical, managerial, financial 3/16/18 CT DPH capacity) for small systems http://portal.ct.gov/dph/drinking ‐ water/dws/sanitary ‐ survey Questions regarding source of water demand data and 3/21/18, Woodlake Tax available water for Woodlake Tax District; updated 4/1/18, 4/3/18 District available water calculation
Summary of Comments Received Comments (statewide) were received from the following entities: Date From Main Topic(s) Encouraged protection of watersheds, reducing Mark 3/26/18 impervious surfaces to slow runoff, and water Widomski conservation; suggested new rules for irrigation meters Support for five recommendations and 16 suggested 4/18/18 CT DEEP clarifications Suggested including updated CAT score map, sorting Table Town of 4/19/18 D ‐ 1 by Town, recommended pursuit of interconnection Marlborough strategies, encouraged consolidation of NC systems Encouraged further discussion of the impacts of climate change on water supplies and the associated 4/20/18 Judy Allen environmental stressors, expressed concern regarding using historic data to predict future drought and water quality impacts given changing climate Support and encouragement for eight recommendations 4/20/18 CT DPH and/or pathways forward
Chapter 12 – Prioritization Recall that Table 12 ‐ 1 summarizes approximately 60 • recommended strategies throughout document for these topics: Responsible Planning o Source Protection o Drought Management o Water Conservation o Climate Change o Funding o Recall that the plan defers capital improvement projects for • further consideration by the WUCC Range of status from conceptual to preliminary design • Document provides basis for future evaluation but defers cost • estimation/feasibility to individual utilities
Final Wording for Goals Drought Management: • Consider methods to improve timing of activation of drought triggers and water use restrictions restriction measures
Final Wording for Recommendations 3. Explore and provide recommendations regarding Determine appropriate modifications to the definition of available water to allow for reasonable additive factors (contract maximums, supplemental sources, demand ratios from safe yield models, etc.) to be included when calculating MOS for MMADD 4. Explore and provide recommendations to streamline the sale of excess water permit process (such as a minimum threshold requirement) and eliminate the requirement in certain instances to foster regionalization 11. Revise water demand projections that may be out of date 29. Evaluate and provide recommendations regarding methods of improving enforcement to prevent activities on private property that may lead to reservoir or aquifer contamination 48. Develop procedures and secure permits to promote the regional use of supplies during short ‐ term planned and unplanned events resulting in loss of supply regional water supply response plans for regionally interconnected systems (e.g. Intra ‐ Regional Water Supply Response Plan for Southeastern Connecticut)
Agenda 1. Welcome & Roll Call ( 5 minutes ) 2. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes (5 minutes) 3. Review Formal Correspondence (5 minutes) 4. Public Comment (5 minutes) 5. Aquarion/Town of New Fairfield ESA Modification (10 minutes) 6. Newport Academy North Campus, Bethlehem (10 minutes) 7. Review and Discuss Public Comments Received for Integrated Report and Executive Summary (80 minutes) 8. Other Business ( as time allows )
Upcoming Meetings Finalize Coordinated Water System Plan East WUCC is holding Officer Nominations & Elections in May 2018; does the West WUCC want to consider this?
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