Water Diversion Reporting
Requirements
NEW - Those that registered their diversions in 1983 pursuant to Section 22a-368 of the Connecticut General Statutes are now required to report their operating data pursuant to Section 22a-368a on the Annual Water Use Reporting Form provided below. Beginning with the annual report for calendar year 2020, the first annual report of operating data for registered diversions is due on or before January 31, 2021.
Holders of consumptive diversion permits are required to file annual water diversion reports as a condition of their permit using the same form provided below for registered diverters as discussed above. Separate forms should be completed for each authorized diversion as described in the permit or for each diversion registered in 1983.
Once completed for an entire yearly reporting cycle, the forms should be printed, signed and then scanned as a "PDF" document. To complete submission, email the following to DEEP.WaterUseReport@ct.gov (file size limitations may apply):
Once completed for an entire yearly reporting cycle, the forms should be printed, signed and then scanned as a "PDF" document. To complete submission, email the following to DEEP.WaterUseReport@ct.gov (file size limitations may apply):
- The original Water Use Reporting Form as an Excel file (for department database usage)
- The signed and scanned Water Use Reporting Form, in pdf format (to meet legal requirements)
- The Water Diversion Reporting Transmittal Form (available below)
- Any other scanned annual report documentation as specified in permit. All supplemental annual report documentation should be submitted as a single “PDF” document.
Note: It is not necessary to mail a hardcopy follow-up of your electronically submitted report.
If, and only if electronic submittal is not possible, mail hardcopy of your annual report package as described above to:
Director, DEEP Water Planning and Management Division, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Water Use Reporting Form:
If, and only if electronic submittal is not possible, mail hardcopy of your annual report package as described above to:
Director, DEEP Water Planning and Management Division, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Water Use Reporting Form:
- 2019 Annual Water Use Reporting Form
- 2020 Annual Water Use Reporting Form - new format to allow reporting of both registered and permitted diversions
Exemptions
If you were required to obtain a permit for a non-consumptive use, such as a stream channel alteration, culvert, or pond dredging, please consult your permit for any reporting or notice requirements.
No reporting is required for a non-consumptive diversion registration such as a stream channel alteration, impoundment, or culvert.
If you operate a consumptive diversion where water is withdrawn and removed from its native location, but withdraw less than 50,000 gallons of water during any 24-hour period and will not exceed that daily volume, you are exempt from the requirements of the Water Diversion Policy Act and not required to report.
Discontinued Diversions
Please contact the DEEP Water Planning and Management Division at (860) 424-3704 or deep.waterdiversionreporting@ct.gov if you have permanently discontinued your registered or permitted diversion, or sold or transferred the diversion to another party, so that we may update our records.
Water Diversion Program
Content last updated February 13, 2020