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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2024

Listed below are the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order. 

City of Bridgeport Water Pollution Control Authority – Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to complete the design for the West Side Wastewater Treatment Facility upgrade and expansion. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Derby Water Pollution Control Authority – Derby, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000
  • This project will provide funding to repair a water facility and bring it back to full operation.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Meriden Department of Public Utilities, Water Division – Meriden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $30,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to construct a new water treatment plant.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Meriden Department of Public Utilities, Water Division – Meriden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,240,000
  • This project will provide funding to investigate the source of a dike leak.  
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of New Britain – New Britain, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,500,000
  • This project will provide funding to improve New Britain’s sewer distribution system in order to reduce and eliminate inflow and infiltration.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Norwalk – Norwalk, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,111,000
  • This project will provide funding to install new storm drainage infrastructure.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Stamford – Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,200,000
  • This project will provide funding to repair, replace, or construct catch basins, storm water pipes, and other infrastructure.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Waterbury Bureau of Water – Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $8,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for the construction and subsequent use of a water storage tank.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Congregational Church of Thompson, Inc. – Thompson, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,300,000
  • This project will provide funding to support the renovation of the Thompson Congregational Church.  
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Farmington Land Trust – Unionville, CT 

  • Amount Requested: $250,000
  • This project will provide funding to restore the circa 1800 farmhouse located on 25 acres of open space in Unionville, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

First Taxing District Water Department of the City of Norwalk – Norwalk, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,502,000
  • This project will provide funding to support the PFAS treatment of two wells.  
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Mystic Seaport Museum – Mystic, CT

  • Amount Requested: $251,000
  • This project will provide funding to preserve and make publicly accessible Mystic Seaport’s historic watercraft collection of nearly 560 American-made vessels and marine engines.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments – Seymour, CT

  • Amount Requested: $9,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to support the design and reconstruction of sewer siphons owned by the Town of Seymour that will be impacted by the removal of the Kinneytown Dam. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Save the Sound, Inc. – Ledyard, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,380,000
  • This project will provide funding to construct a nature-like fishway at Long Pond Dam.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Sea Research Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Mystic Aquarium – Mystic, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to support threatened and endangered species conservation efforts at the Sea Research Foundation in Mystic, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Connecticut Audubon Society, Inc. – Old Lyme, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding to upgrade the Connecticut Audubon Society’s 1756 National Historic Register building in Old Lyme.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Mark Twain House and Museum – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $487,000
  • This project will provide funding to upgrade and replace the aging heating/cooling/humidification system.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Metropolitan District Commission – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000
  • This project will provide funding for a critically needed new water transmission main across the Connecticut River to supply drinking water to East Hartford, South Windsor, Glastonbury, and Portland.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The South Central Regional Water Authority – Hamden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,285,000
  • This project will provide funding to re-coat the York Hill Tank to halt corrosion.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The South Central Regional Water Authority – New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,720,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace the existing Spring Street Pump Station.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The South Central Regional Water Authority – New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,400,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace the Route 80 Control Valve facility due to its criticality, condition, and operation along with associated siting and safety issues.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The South Central Regional Water Authority – New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,040,000
  • This project will provide funding for the construction of a pump station.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The South Central Regional Water Authority – North Branford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,012,000
  • This project will provide funding to install a second pipeline connection.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Southington Water Department – Southington, CT

  • Amount Requested: $17,144,000
  • This project will provide funding to construct a new drinking water treatment plant for removal of manganese.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Fairfield – Fairfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $7,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to demolish and replace the Fairfield Beach Pump Station to meet safety and flood proofing requirements.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Groton – Groton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for a municipal sewer extension in Groton.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Killingly – Killingly, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for a capacity expansion project at Killingly’s Water Pollution Control Facility.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of New Fairfield – New Fairfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $7,872,000
  • This project will provide funding to connect New Fairfield’s business/commercial district to the City of Danbury’s regional wastewater treatment facility.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Plymouth Water Pollution Control Authority – Plymouth, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for comprehensive upgrades to Plymouth’s Water Pollution Control Facility.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Sprague – Baltic, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for the design of a plan to upgrade Sprague’s Water Pollution Control Authority. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Stonington – Mystic, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to rehabilitate sewer infrastructure within the Mystic sewer shed to reduce inflow and infiltration.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Stratford – Stratford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $6,520,000
  • This project will provide funding to support the upgrade of Stratford’s Ferry Creek Pump Station.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Suffield – Suffield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,822,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace and fortify twenty-six pipe supports in two stream crossing locations.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Winchester – Winchester, CT

  • Amount Requested: $640,000
  • This project will provide funding to run a sewer line to Winchester’s Department of Public Works Facility.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Winchester – Winchester, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,960,000
  • This project will provide funding for sewer plant improvements in Winchester.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.