Integrated Water Planning Management 2

The Response to Comments for IWPM2 and the IWPM2 Framework Document are now available. Thank you to all who submitted comments.

Overview of Integrated Water Planning Management

Integrated Water Planning Management (formerly known as Integrated Water Resource Management) is a long-term Water Quality Planning approach that identifies waterbodies for Water Quality Action Plan (WQAP) development. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the States began a 10-year planning approach that shifted the focus from the rate at which WQAPs were developed and focused more on state specific water quality priorities and using the right tool to restore or protect surface waters. EPA referred to this process as the 303 (d) Vision. CT called this approach Integrated Water Resource Management, now called Integrated Water Planning Management (IWPM).

CTDEEP worked closely with existing / potential partnerships, active Environmental Groups and other stakeholders to choose priority topics and focus watershed areas using this methodology for IWPM Phase 1. The focus topics that were chosen for Action Plan development for restoration and protection through public engagement were:

diagram of topics that were chosen for IWPM1.Restoration and Protection Plans for Swimming and shellfishing,Nutrients in Lakes and Embayments, Fish and Wildlife health

Nutrients in Lakes and Embayments

Fish and Wildlife health

Stormwater

Please refer to the IWPM Phase 1 website for more information on how CT waterbodies were chosen for Action Plan Development.

Swimming and shellfishing

IWPM Phase 2
CTDEEP is now in the 2nd phase of IWPM. The new 10-year planning period spans from October 2022 through September 2032. IWPM 2 will entail the same general process as IWPM 1. CTDEEP is recommending refining the topics that were outlined in IWPM 1 with a robust emphasis on Environmental Justice and Climate Change and recommending no new topics for IWMP 2. For more information on the proposed topics for IWPM 2.0 please refer to the IWPM Phase 2 Factsheet.

Comment #	Original Comment Letter Link	Topics	Affiliation
1-3	Paul Aresta	Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Public Water Supply-Protection	Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Director
4	Katherine Bennet	Tuttle Brook / New Haven Harbor	East Haven, Resident
5-11	Laura Cahn	Pesticides, Artificial Turf, Water Conservation, Single Use Containers, NPS Pollution, Wetland Preservation, Wastewater Treatment Facilities	New Haven, Resident
13	Jim Hutton	Chloride	Environmental Health & Safety Department, UConn
14-20	Valerie Seiling Jacobs	Artificial Turf, Chloride, NPS Pollution Management, Pesticides, Public Water Supply-PFAS, Water Conservation	Westport, Resident
21-24	Tyler Johnson	Chloride, Emergency Spill Notification, Invasive Plant Species, Water Quality Monitoring	Environmental Technician, Windham Water Works
25	Iris Kaminski	1,4 Dioxane	New Haven, Resident
26	Cierra Patrick	Baker Cove	Economic Development Manager City of Groton
27-29	Jean Pillo1 Jean Pillo2 Jean Pillo3	Implementation Funding, Avery Pond, Yantic River	Watershed Project Manager, Eastern Connecticut Conservation District
30-31	Denise Savegeau	Climate Change, Public Water Supply-protection	Chair, Connecticut Council on Soil and Water
32a-33	Toni Simonetti	Artificial Turf, Pesticides, Public Water Supply-PFAS	Westport, Resident
34	Jill Totenburg	Artificial Turf	Westport, Resident
35-37	Ian Warburg	Artificial Turf, Pesticides, Water Conservation	Westport Resident, Save Westport Now Co-Chair, Aquaya Chair
38-41	Rebekah White	Climate Change, Nutrients, Lake Lillinonah, Twin Lakes, Lake Waramaug, Upper Housatonic Watershed Partnership, TSS	Friends of the Lake
42	Shauna Williamson	New Drinking Water Resources	State Health Care
43-50	Marc Lemcke	Bacteria, Interagency Communication, Public Water Supply – PFAS, Staffing, Water Management, Advocacy, Water Quantity, Public Water Supply-Protection	Westport, Smarter Water

Infographic for IWPM 2 topics

Learn More

Presentation slides IWPM2
Morning and Evening Presentation Recordings IWPM2
CT Integrated Water Planning and Management Phase1 Webpage
CT Integrated Water Planning and Management Phase 1 Factsheet
CT Integrated Water Planning and Management Phase 2 Factsheet
CT Total Maximum Daily Load
CT Integrated Water Quality Report
Environmental Protection Agency 303 (d) Vision
CT Water Monitoring and Assessment Program
CT Water Quality Standards and Classifications

Content last updated July 22, 2025