Protect CT’s Watershed Towns (short version): Please send the letter below today to show Hartford you care! -

Protect CT’s Watershed Towns (short version): Please send the letter below today to show Hartford you care!

February 11, 2024
7:34 pm

Learn more about the issue and how to help by visiting here: https://eastoncourier.news/2022/04/02/life-in-a-reservoir-town/

Short version – please copy/paste the following letter into a new email

STEP #1 – Please create a new email in your email software and copy/paste the following email addresses into the TO field:

Email To: CT General Assembly Housing, Environmental, and Planning Committees, and Community Leaders

[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected]
[email protected]

STEP #2 – Please copy the following subject line and paste it into the subject bar of your email:

Email subject: Urgent Action Needed to Protect Connecticut’s Water Supply

STEP #3 – Next, please paste the letter below into the body of the email. Feel free to customize:

Hello,

I am requesting your support in exempting towns with over seventy percent watershed land from the application of CT Statute 8-30g. This enables developers proposing development in watersheds to sue reservoir towns if their proposal is denied.

CALL TO ACTION: Housing Committee: Convert Senator Hwang’s “bill concept” into a bill, exempting towns with more than 70% watershed land from CT Statute 8-30g, and schedule a hearing. This bipartisan effort is vital for protecting water resources concentrated in reservoir towns. Other Committees: Express your support by contacting members of the Housing Committee, especially Chairman Marilyn Moore @ [email protected].

Please review this article, https://eastoncourier.news/2022/04/02/life-in-a-reservoir-town/, on Easton’s water supply history, illustrating the issue’s significance. Additionally, CT Statute 8-30g undermines local zoning and conservation efforts, disproportionately affecting small towns’ taxpayers burdened by litigation to protect water quality.

The risks are evident, with examples like the proposed high-density development in Ledyard threatening water contamination. This underscores the urgency of amending 8-30g to safeguard public health and the environment.

Thank you for considering this critical matter.

Sincerely,

STEP 4: Be sure to include your name AND town:

[Your Name] [Your Town]

STEP 5: Send email [Hit SEND in your email software]