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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2027

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. 

Borough of Jewett City Department of Public Utilities — Jewett City, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,694,000
  • This project will provide funding to design and construct flood mitigation improvements at wastewater pump stations.  
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Brookfield Water Pollution Control Authority — Brookfield, CT

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

City of Hartford — Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $6,000
  • This project will provide funding to purchase tree saplings and supplies. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Norwalk — Norwalk, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,360,000
  • This project will provide funding to support the separation of the existing combined sanitary and storm sewer system and provide associated drainage improvements.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Norwalk — Norwalk, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,061,000
  • This project will provide funding for sewer extension. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Stamford— Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to design and implement stormwater and flood mitigation improvements.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Torrington— Torrington, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,600,000
  • This project will provide funding for equipment purchase.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Brownfield Land Bank, Inc.  — Seymour and Ansonia, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for proper management of sediment removal at the Kinneytown Dam.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Earthplace, Inc. — Westport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $129,000
  • This project will provide funding for invasive species management.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

First Church of Christ in Wethersfield — Wethersfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding to restore a historic steeple.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Hill-Stead Museum — Farmington, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for HVAC replacement. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Metropolitan District of Hartford, Connecticut — Hartford and Wethersfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000
  • This project will provide funding to address combined sewer overflow. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Music Mountain, Inc. — Falls Village, CT

  • Amount Requested: $300,000
  • This project will provide funding to repair and upgrade historic buildings.  
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

National Audubon Society — Greenwich, CT

  • Amount Requested: $454,000
  • This project will provide funding for wildflower sanctuary restoration.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments — Seymour, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,370,000
  • This project will provide funding for construction of the relocation and reconstruction of sewer siphons.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Northwest Connecticut Association for the Arts DBA Warner Theatre — Torrington, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding to support rehabilitation and renovation of a historic theatre. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Norwich Public Utilities — Norwich, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for a force main upgrade.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Remote Ecologist, LLC — Darien, CT

  • Amount Requested: $268,000
  • This project will provide funding for horseshoe crab restoration efforts.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Southington Water Department — Southington, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to construct a manganese removal drinking water treatment plant. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management — Statewide

  • Amount Requested: $1,200,000
  • This project will provide funding to develop geospatial data. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Connecticut Audubon Society, Inc. — Hampton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $300,000
  • This project will provide funding to renovate a historic building.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Last Green Valley, Inc. — Ashford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for the restoration of a historic property.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Beacon Falls — Beacon Falls, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,200,000
  • This project will provide funding to rehabilitate a wastewater treatment plant.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Bethel — Bethel, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to design and construct a new treatment facility at the Maple Avenue Wellfield.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Canton — Canton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,888,000
  • This project will provide funding to design and construct an infiltration and inflow reduction project. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Easton — Easton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $375,000
  • This project will provide funding for roof replacement at a historic town hall. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Enfield — Enfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for critical improvements to aging wastewater infrastructure. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Fairfield — Fairfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to repair an outfall pipe. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Fairfield — Fairfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for improvements at a water pollution control facility.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Greenwich — Greenwich, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000
  • This project will provide funding for pump station replacement design. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Mansfield — Mansfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to improve stormwater quality. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Morris — Morris and Litchfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,800,000
  • This project will provide funding for aluminum sulfate treatment in Bantam Lake.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Simsbury — Simsbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $6,500,000
  • This project will provide funding to fortify a water pollution control facility against flood risks. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Simsbury — Simsbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for renovations to a historic building.  
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Wallingford — Wallingford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for renovations, repairs, and improvements to historic railroad station.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Wethersfield — Wethersfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $145,000
  • This project will provide funding for repairs to historic building.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Windham/Windham Water Works — Mansfield Center, CT

  • Amount Requested: $6,632,000
  • This project will provide funding to construct new drinking water infrastructure.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Woodbury— Woodbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $206,000
  • This project will provide funding for renovations to historic buildings. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Trustees of the Colt Bequest — Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for roof replacement. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Woodlake Tax District — Woodbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to decommission an obsolete wastewater treatment plant.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.