Circular Letters

2020

Circular Letter 2020-11- COVID-19 for Water Utilities Webinar #1
Circular Letter 2020-10 - Governor Lamont Announces 211 Infoline for COVID-19
Circular Letter 2020-09 - Emergency Preparedness for Coronavirus
Circular Letter 2020-08 - Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act- $40 Million Reduction in
Lead Exposure via Drinking Water Grant
Circular Letter 2020-07 - Climate & Weather Information for Utilities Workshop
Circular Letter 2020-06 - Fiscal and Asset Management Plan Requirement for Small CWS
Circular Letter 2020-05 - DRINKING WATER PROJECTS FUNDING AVAILABLE - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) – CALL FOR PROJECTS for State Fiscal Year 2021 Financing
Circular Letter 2020-04 - Invitation to Stakeholder Discussion on Water Service Interruption and Reporting Protocol
Circular Letter 2020-02 - Risk & Resilience Assessments and Emergency Response Plans per AWIA Requirements
Circular Letter 2020-01 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund – Public Hearing Report on the State Fiscal Year 2020 Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List

2019

Circular Letter 2019-27 - Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
Circular Letter 2019-26 - DPH Drinking Water Section Webinar - Water Service Incident Response & Notification
Circular Letter 2019-24 - Resilient Connecticut Climate Adaption Summit - November 12, 2019
Circular Letter 2019-23 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)- Public Hearing and Webinar Announcement for SFY 2020 Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List
Circular Letter 2019-21 - Review of Water Supply Emergency Contingency Plan Procedures and Security Measures
Circular Letter 2019-20 - Safe Drinking Water Primacy Assessment – Cost per service connection & Invoicing Schedule for State Fiscal Year 2020
Circular Letter 2019-19 - Manganese (Mn) Results of Water Testing
Circular Letter 2019-18 - Request to Sample Bottled Water Sources for Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Circular Letter 2019-18 - FREE USDA/AWWA Workshop on Optimizing Performance & Accessing Funding to Improve Small Systems
Circular Letter 2019-17 - Free Workshop in RI & CT - Sustainable Management of Rural and Small Systems
Circular Letter 2019-16 - Connecticut Cyber Security Reporting
Circular Letter 2019-15 - Emergency Notification Protocol
Circular Letter 2019-14 - Service Connections for the Safe Drinking Water Primacy Assessment
Circular Letter 2019-13 - Updated Material Evaluation and Sampling Site Plan
Circular Letter 2019-11 - Flushing Drinking Water Taps to Reduce Lead
Circular Letter 2019-10 - Reminder for Hydropneumatic Tank Assessments which are due on 05/02/2019
Circular Letter 2019-08 - Reducing Disinfection Byproducts through Optimization – Webinar Series
Circular Letter 2019-07 - Seasonal System Start-up Requirements
Circular Letter 2019-06 - Lead Fact Sheet for Schools and Daycares and EPA's Updated 3Ts Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Toolkit
Circular Letter 2019-05 - New England Get the Lead Out Summit: regarding Creative Strategies for Replacing Lead Lines Free Workshop, Westborough, MA
Circular Letter 2019-04 - Infrastructure Act - Free Webinar for the Water Sector
Circular Letter 2019-03 - Reminder to Complete Land Use Inventory Table Source Water PFAS Vulnerability Assessment (Standardized Spreadsheet Source Water PFAS Vulnerability Assessment Form)
Circular Letter 2019-02 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) – CALL FOR PROJECTS for State Fiscal Year 2020 Financing
Circular Letter 2019-01 - New Fiscal and Asset Management Plan Requirements for Small CWS Including Prioritized Hydropneumatic Tank Assessment

2018

Circular Letter 2018-29 - Prompt Electronic Reporting and Transition to the Compliance Monitoring Data Portal
Circular Letter 2018-28 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxicity Assessments for GenX Compounds and Perfluorobutane Sulfonic Acid (PFBS)
Circular Letter 2018-27 - Subsidized Funding Opportunities for the Emergency Power Generators
Circular Letter 2018-26 - WebEOC for Community Water Systems
Circular Letter 2018-25 - Safe Drinking Water Primacy Assessment Invoicing (Community Systems)
Circular Letter 2018-24 - “WebEOC Training for Public Water Systems: What, When and How”
Circular Letter 2018-23 - CWS serving less than 10,000 people - Generator Requirements
Circular Letter 2018-22 - WebEOC Training for Public Water Systems
Circular Letter 2018-21 - New Asset and Fiscal Management Plan Requirements, Hydropneumatic Tank Requirements, Civil Penalties Revision
Circular Letter 2018-20 - Requirement to Update an Evaluation of Source Water Protection Measures and Request to Sample Drinking Water Sources for Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Circular Letter 2018-19 - Drinking Water Section Update for Public Water Systems regarding Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PF AS)
Circular Letter 2018-18 - Emergency Notification Requirements
Circular Letter 2018-17 - Legionella Webinar
Circular Letter 2018-16 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund – Draft Intended Use Plan for State Fiscal Year 2019 Available for Review and Comment
Circular Letter 2018-15 - Safe Drinking Water Primacy Assessment - Cost per service connection & invoicing schedule for State Fiscal Year 2018/19
Circular Letter 2018-13 - Subsidized funding opportunities for the required emergency power generators
Circular Letter 2018-12 - School & Child Care Public Water Systems Lead & Copper Compliance
Circular Letter 2018-11 - Water Distribution Requirements
Circular Letter 2018-10 - Drinking Water Vulnerability Assessment and Resiliency Plan (DWVAR Plan) Community Water System (CWS) Resiliency Survey
Circular Letter 2018-09 - Connecticut State Water Plan, Joint Legislative Committees Public Hearing
Circular Letter 2018-08 - Interruption of Water Service
Circular Letter 2018-07 - Service Connections
Circular Letter 2018-06 - Seasonal System Start-up Requirements
Circular Letter 2018-04 - Ice Jams, Flooding and Emergency Preparedness
Circular Letter 2018-03 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund - Call for Projects for State Fiscal Year 2019 Financing
Circular Letter 2018-02 - Annual Update to the Commissioner of Public Health's High Quality Source (HQS) List
Circular Letter 2018-01 - Emergency Preparedness Reminder to Community Public Water Systems

2017

Circular Letter 2017-01 - 2016 Commissioner of Public Health's High Quality Source (HQS) List
Circular Letter 2017-02 - Ground Water Monitoring and Reporting
Circular Letter 2017-03 - Changes to the Priority Ranking System for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Circular Letter 2017-04 - Changes to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund - Eligibility Applications for Funding May be Submitted at Any Time
Circular Letter 2017-06- Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) - 90% Calculation - Certified Operator Responsibilities
Circular Letter 2017-07- PWS Emergency Preparedness Reminder as Hurricane Season Approaches
Circular Letter 2017-08- Emergency Preparedness Reminder to Large Public Water Systems
Circular Letter 2017-09- Emergency Preparedness Reminder to Chief Operators
Circular Letter 2017-12- The Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 4) training webinar for the Safe Drinking Water Accession and Review System (SDWARS)
Circular Letter 2017-13 - Funding for Fluoridation Equipment Available for Community Water Systems (CWSs)
Circular Letter 2017-16 - Renewal of DPH Licenses for Bulk Water Haulers
Circular Letter 2017-17 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund - Finalized Intended Use Plan for State Fiscal Year 2018

2016

Circular_Letter_2016-01 - New Regulations regarding Generator and Emergency Contingency and Response Plan Requirements
Circular Letter 2016-02 - 2015 Commissioner of Public Health's High Quality Source (HQS) List /Call for New Sources and Improved Geographic Data for the 2016 HQS List Update
Circular Letter 2016-03 - Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Opportunity for Source Water Protection
Circular Letter 2016-04 - Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR)
Circular Letter 2016-05 - Bulk Water Hauling and DPH Approved Bulk Water Haulers
Circular Letter 2016-06 - Public Act 14-98 Section 46: Public Water System Improvement Program
Circular Letter 2016-07 - EPA Clarification of Recommended Tap Sampling Procedures for Purposes of the Lead and Copper Rule
Circular Letter 2016-08 - DWSRF Project Signage Requirements
Circular Letter 2016-09 - Increasing Transparency in the Implementations of the Lead and Copper Rule and Enhancing Efforts to Notify Residents Promptly of Lead Results
Circular Letter 2016-10 - Application for a Well Permit Exception
Circular Letter 2016-11 - Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)
Circular Letter 2016-12 - Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Updating Connecticut’s Community Water Fluoridation Law for New Federal Standards – Public Act 16-4 - Effective Date October 1, 2016
Circular Letter 2016-13 - Eligibility of Service Line Replacement Under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program
Circular Letter 2016-14 - Official Convening of the Water Utility Coordinating Committees
Circular Letter 2016-15 - List of Critical Public Drinking Water Facilities for Power Restoration
Circular Letter 2016-16 - EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory for Two Perfluorinated Compounds
Circular Letter 2016-17 - Generator Verification and Emergency and Contingency Plan Requirements
Circular Letter 2016-18 - Legionnaires’ Disease Prevention and Water Systems
Circular Letter 2016-19 - Webinar Explaining the Water Utility Coordinating Committee Process
Circular Letter 2016-20 - Reservoir Supply Capacity & Water Conservation
Circular Letter 2016-21 - Reminder to Increase Transparency in the Implementation of the Lead & Copper Rule
Circular letter 2016-22 - Request for DWSRF Capital Budget Information for SFY 2018 and 2019
Circular letter 2016-24 - Harmful Algal Blooms/ Potential Cyanotoxin Concerns
Circular Letter 2016-25 - WS Emergency Preparedness Reminder as Tropical Storm Hermine Approaches
Circular Letter 2016-26 – School & Child Care Public Water Systems Lead & Copper Rule Compliance
Circular Letter 2016-27 - Reservoir Capacity Reporting
Circular Letter 2016-28 - Funding Eligibility of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Construction Work
Circular Letter 2016-29 - Webinar Explaining the Exclusive Service Area Declaration Process
Circular Letter 2016-30 - Drought Watch Announcement
Circular Letter 2016-31 - New Electronic Reporting Requirements and Transition to the Compliance Monitoring Data Portal
Circular Letter 2016-32 - Connecticut Drinking Water Vulnerability Assessment

2015

Circular Letter 2015-01 - Commissioner of Public Health’s High Quality Source (HQS) List /Call for New Sources and Improved Geographical Location Data for the 2015 HQS List Update.
Circular Letter 2015-02 - List of Critical Public Drinking Water Facilities for Power Restoration
Circular Letter 2015-03 - Application for a Bulk Water Hauler License.
Circular Letter 2015-04 - Change in "Disadvantaged Business Enterprise" (DBE) Requirements in State Fiscal Year 2015 DWSRF Assistance Agreements under $100,000.
Circular Letter 2015-05 - Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) Meeting on Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water for May 11, 2015
Circular Letter 2015-06 - Fluoridation – HHS/CDC announcement and CT Laws for adjusted water fluoridation
Circular Letter 2015-07 - Toxins Associated with Harmful Algal Blooms in Drinking Water
Circular Letter 2015-08 - Water Utility Coordinating Committees – Planning Update
Circular Letter 2015-09 - Inspection of hydropneumatic storage tanks and asset management plans
Circular Letter 2015-10 - Water Utility Coordinating Committees – Informational Meetings
Circular Letter 2015-11 - No-cost Cyanotoxin Testing Available to Public Water Systems that Utilize Active Surface Water Reservoirs
Circular Letter 2015-12 - Supply Capacity and Water Conservation
Circular Letter 2015-13 - Representative Sampling of Groundwater Sources for Compliance Purposes
Circular Letter 2015-14 - Hurricane Joaquin
Circular Letter 2015-15 - Comment Period on EPA Draft Technologies for Legionella Control

2014

Circular Letter 2014-01 - Revised Public Water System Screening Form.
Circular Letter 2014-02 - Use of American Steel Requirements
Circular Letter 2014-03 - Revisions to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund's Project Priority Lists
Circular Letter 2014-04 - Free Water Sector Emergency Response Training Opportunities
Circular Letter 2014-05 - Request for Existing Service Areas
Circular Letter 2014-06 - Community Development Block Grant – Superstorm Sandy Disaster Relief Funds
Circular Letter 2014-07 - Reporting and Notification of the UCMR3 results for public water systems serving less than 1000 persons.
Circular Letter 2014-08 - Reporting and Notification of the UCMR3 results for public water systems serving 1000 or more persons.
Circular Letter 2014-09 - Proposed Regulation Amendments to Conform to the Revised Total Coliform Rule- Invite to Informational Meeting and Presentation
Circular Letter 2014-10 - Revisions to the Project Priority Lists for State Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015
Circular Letter 2014-11 - Public Water System Improvement Plan
Circular Letter 2014-12 - Update Evaluation of Source Water Protection Measures
Circular Letter 2014-13 - Second Tranche Funding Applications - Superstorm Sandy Disaster Relief for Public Water Systems
Circular Letter 2014-14 - Review Stages of Response and Trigger Levels; Reservoir Capacity Reporting
Circular Letter 2014-15 - Free Emergency Response/CtWARN Training Opportunity for CPWS
Circular Letter 2014-16 - Final Altered Boundaries of the Public Water Supply Management Areas and Priorities for Initiation of the Water Utility Coordinating Committee Planning Process

2013

Circular Letter DWS 2013-01 - Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule Electronic Delivery option.
Circular Letter DWS 2013-02 - Off-Hours Reporting and Notification to the Department of Public Health
Circular Letter DWS 2013-03 - Annual Water Company Reporting Requirements and Public Water System Contact Requirement
Circular Letter DWS 2013-04 - Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule
Circular Letter DWS 2013-05 - Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act
Circular Letter DWS 2013-06- Connecticut General Statute (CGS) 25-33q - High Quality Source (HQS) List

2012

Circular Letter DWS 2012-02 - Review Stages of Response and Trigger Levels

2011

Circular Letter DWS 2011-01 - Water Operator Certification Fees
Circular Letter DWS 2011-02 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Changes for 2011
Circular Letter DWS 2011-03 - Hurricane Irene – Water Advisory
Circular letter Fluoridation – HHS/CDC announcement and CT Laws for adjusted water fluoridation

Connecticut State Department of Public Health

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