Sec. 22a-380. Water resources policy.
Sec. 22a-380. Water resources policy. The following are declared to be the goals
and policies of the state: (1) To preserve and protect water supply watershed lands
and prevent degradation of surface water and groundwaters; (2) to protect groundwater
recharge areas critical to existing and potential drinking water supplies; (3) to make
water resources conservation a priority in all decisions; (4) to conserve water resources
through technology, methods and procedures designed to promote efficient use of water
and to eliminate the waste of water; (5) to prevent contamination of water supply sources
or reduction in the availability of future water supplies; (6) to balance competing and
conflicting needs for water equitably and at a reasonable cost to all citizens; and (7) to
reduce or eliminate the waste of water through water supply management practices.
(P.A. 89-327, S. 1, 7.)