Aquifer Protection Agency

As a part of a State program to protect the quality of groundwater in Connecticut from contamination, towns regulate uses located on land that contributes water to public water supply wells. To better do so, Old Saybrook's Town Code names the Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission as the Town's Aquifer Protection Agency.

What is an Aquifer?

An "aquifer" is a large area of subsurface water in a geologic formation, known as stratified drift, that is able to yield water to wells. Old Saybrook has two aquifers -- the Holbrook Aquifer is in the northwestern part of Town extending over the Westbrook line, and the Saybrook Aquifer is in the area of Bokum Road/Middlesex Turnpike.

 

Lynette Wacker

Assistant Town Planner