Upgrades at the Plymouth and Torrington sewage treatment plants result in 10 new miles of excellent fishing opportunities for Connecticut anglers on stretches of the Pequabuck and the upper Naugatuck Rivers. Regulations are promulgated to guide all site remediation activities in Connecticut. The resultant Clean-up Standards Regulations are anticipated to greatly facilitate property transfers and voluntary remediation activities. Major revisions to Connecticut's Groundwater Quality Standards are adopted to complement and work with the new Clean-up Standards Regulations. The LEP Board is convened and the task begins for developing implementing regulations.
Additional research is initiated within Connecticut and throughout the northeast.
The first statewide watershed management conference is convened with the participation of more than 150 people. DEP makes several organizational changes to promote and facilitate improved watershed management. Through financing from Connecticut's Clean Water Fund, the Metropolitan District Commission completed initial phases of its combined sewer overflow abatement program for Hartford, thus, significantly reducing combined sewer overflows into the Connecticut River. Combined sewer abatement projects are also proceeding in all other municipalities having such systems.