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Water Diversion Permit Application Information

Water Diversion Permit Fact Sheet

  • Reauthorization of "Large Tidally Influenced Rivers"
  • Reauthorization of "Interconnection and Transfer of up to 1,000,000 gpd"
  • Reauthorization of "Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Surface Water / Stratified Drift Aquifer"
  • Reauthorization of "Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Bedrock Aquifer"  
  • Reauthorization of "Small Supplemental Bedrock Well"
  • Reauthorization of "Water Supply System Interconnection
  • Reauthorization of "Unregistered Water Supply Systems"
  • Reauthorization of "Diversion of up to 250,000 gallons per day New Water"
  • Reauthorization of "Backup Wells"
  • Reauthorization of "Small Water Supply System"
  • Reauthorization of "Restoration of Lost Capacity"
General Permit for Diversion of Water for Consumptive Use: Authorization Required Categories
(Issued January 17, 2017; Expires January 17, 2027)

Categories include:
  • Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Bedrock Aquifer
  • Withdrawal of up to 250,000 gpd - Surface Water / Stratified Drift Aquifer,
  • Interconnection and Transfer of up to 1,000,000 gpd
General Permit for Diversion of Water for Consumptive Use: Filing Categories
(Issued January 17, 2017; Expires January 17, 2027)
Categories include:
  • Backup Well
  • Withdrawals from Large Tidally-Influenced Rivers
  • Small Supplemental Bedrock Well
  • Small Water Supply Well
Categories include:
  • Pump and Recharge Geoexchange System (Heat pumps)
  • Withdrawal from Long Island Sound
  • Non-Contact Cooling Surface Waters
  • Hydrostatic Testing of Pipes and Tanks
General Permits (non-consumptive):
General Permit for Water Resource Construction Activities
(Issued April 2, 2014; Expires April 2, 2024)
Water Diversion Program



Last updated February 11, 2020