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Aquarion Water Company services
Emergency Services
If you are experiencing a water emergency, you will reach someone to assist you by calling us at (203) 445-7310, or outside the greater Bridgeport calling area at (800) 732-9678. Aquarion service personnel staff our call center weekdays from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, and our answering service is staffed for all other hours including weekends and holidays.
Monitoring Services
Aquarion performs about 115,000 tests of its water annually at various locations, continually monitoring water from our reservoirs and wells for some 90 different pollutants. We monitor for: Microbial contaminants from septic systems, agriculture and livestock operations, and wildlife. Inorganic contaminants such as salts and metals that can naturally occur or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, or farming. Pesticides and herbicides from sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses. Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes. Radioactive contaminants that can naturally occur.
Source Protection
Aquarion’s commitment to providing the highest quality water is evidenced by the efforts it makes to protect its reservoir and groundwater of supply from contamination. Aquarion continually conducts site inspections and monitors land use activities and water quality at hundreds of locations throughout our watershed and aquifer areas. Strict regulations protect our water supplies by safeguarding the lands that surround our reservoirs and wellfields, and Aquarion is vigilant in monitoring activities on those lands. Enforcement officers from Aquarion and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection regularly patrol these properties and take immediate and decisive enforcement action when necessary.
Land Management
Aquarion’s reservoirs are surrounded by more than 15,000 acres of forest which serve as both a critical safeguard and an invaluable resource. By retaining moisture, filtering runoff and keeping streams pristine, the forest protects water supplies for hundreds of thousands of people. Its millions of trees help to clean the air and moderate the climate. It also provides intact ecosystems where a diverse range of plants and wildlife can survive and flourish, and it provides the public with places to find peace, beauty and recreation. Managing this highly sensitive land requires a keen eye on its critical functions. Aquarion has always managed this land with the utmost care, often times being recognized as a great caretaker of nature. Today this property is now managed by a partnership among the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, The Nature Conservancy and Aquarion.
Land Management
Aquarion’s reservoirs are surrounded by more than 15,000 acres of forest which serve as both a critical safeguard and an invaluable resource. By retaining moisture, filtering runoff and keeping streams pristine, the forest protects water supplies for hundreds of thousands of people. Its millions of trees help to clean the air and moderate the climate. It also provides intact ecosystems where a diverse range of plants and wildlife can survive and flourish, and it provides the public with places to find peace, beauty and recreation. Managing this highly sensitive land requires a keen eye on its critical functions. Aquarion has always managed this land with the utmost care, often times being recognized as a great caretaker of nature. Today this property is now managed by a partnership among the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, The Nature Conservancy and Aquarion.
Wildlife Management
With a historical perspective driven by pride and environmental concern, Aquarion has always proven to be a great caretaker of the environment. With responsibility for nearly twenty thousand pristine acres near and around its reservoirs, Aquarion has a demonstrated track record of maintaining and improving the land. Working in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and The Nature Conservancy, Aquarion agreed in 2002 to conserve 15,300 acres of forest near its reservoirs as a way to preserve open space, safeguard ecosystems, protect water supplies and provide for public use consistent with those goals. Two years later, Governor Jodi Rell dedicated this land as the Centennial Watershed State Forest under the management of the three partners working together as the Centennial Committee.
Outdoor Education
Aquarion has long supported the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) “Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education” (CARE) program, which exposes youngsters to the fun of fishing and the joys of the great outdoors while teaching them to be safe and ethical anglers. In 2007, Aquarion expanded its partnership with the CARE program to support DEP’s “No Child Left Inside” initiative by hosting boys and girls from the Bridgeport YMCA’s summer day camp program for several fishing outings on its reservoirs.
