Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2025
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 Wastewater Division — Jewett City, CT
- Amount Requested: $682,000
- This project will provide funding to rebuild and replace failing capital assets located at the wastewater treatment plant in Jewett City, CT.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
The Children’s Museum Inc. — West Hartford, CT
- Amount Requested: $1,500,000
- This project will provide funding to create, operate, manage, and preserve a 21-acre habitat conversation wetlands elevated trail system.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
City of Danbury — Danbury, CT
- Amount Requested: $1,250,000
- This project will provide funding for the engineering design of the replacement of the East Ditch piping system.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
City of Stamford — Stamford, CT
- Amount Requested: $3,200,000
- This project will provide funding to build Stamford’s stormwater capacity with improved catch basins, larger pipe sizes, and better conveyance systems.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
City of Torrington — Torrington, CT
- Amount Requested: $2,320,000
- This project will provide funding to replace the Toro Field Siphon with a new interceptor pipe (or force main) and demolition of the existing siphons.
- 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 to support the management of sediment that has accumulated behind the Kinneytown Dam.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center — Mystic, CT
- Amount Requested: $715,000
- This project will provide funding to construct a new birds of prey enclosure and educational facility complaint with USFWS and USDA regulations for captive wild birds.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation, Inc. — East Haddam, CT
- Amount Requested: $500,000
- This project will provide funding to support upgrades to the historic Godspeed Opera House and its adjacent parking area.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Greenwich Historical Society — Greenwich, CT
- Amount Requested: $250,000
- This project will provide funding to support critical environmental upgrades and renovations to ensure long-term preservation of the National Historic Landmark Bush-Holley House and its collections.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Litchfield Housing Trust, Inc. — Litchfield, CT
- Amount Requested: $1,800,000
- This project will provide funding to support the public water extension in Litchfield.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Metropolitan District of Hartford — Hartford, CT
- Amount Requested: $2,500,000
- This project will provide funding to help address the combined sewer overflow discharges into Wethersfield Cove.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Music Mountain, Inc. — Falls Village, CT
- Amount Requested: $250,000
- This project will provide funding to complete renovations, repairs, and improvements to Music Mountain’s buildings.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments — Seymour, CT
- Amount Requested: $5,578,000
- This project will provide funding for construction of the relocation and reconstruction of sewer siphon that will be impacted due to the removal of Kinneytown Dam.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Norwich Public Utilities — Norwich, CT
- Amount Requested: $960,000
- This project will provide funding to modernize a significant portion of the Norwich Public Utilities’ wastewater infrastructure along North Main Street.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
The South Central Regional Water Authority — Cheshire, CT
- Amount Requested: $1,760,000
- This project will provide funding for the construction and contracting costs of a new Devonwood Booster Pump Station.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
The South Central Regional Water Authority — New Haven, CT
- Amount Requested: $2,400,000
- This project will provide funding for installation of a new control valve and a new chamber for the Route 80 Throttling Valve.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
The South Central Regional Water Authority — West Haven, CT
- Amount Requested: $2,960,000
- This project will provide funding to replace a 730,000 gallon steel water tank with a new concrete water storage tank.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
The South Central Regional Water Authority — North Branford, CT
- Amount Requested: $4,640,000
- This project will provide funding for the replacement of the North Branford tank with two smaller tanks.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
The South Central Regional Water Authority — West Haven, CT
- Amount Requested: $5,720,000
- This project will provide funding to support the construction and contracting for the replacement of the Spring Street Pump Station.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Southington Water Department — Southington, CT
- Amount Requested: $4,000,000
- This project will provide funding for construction of a new water treatment plant to remove PFAS from water withdrawn from Wells 9 and 10 in the town of Southington.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Barkhamsted — Barkhamsted, CT
- Amount Requested: $350,000
- This project will provide funding for a pedestrian bridge over the Farmington River that will connect People’s State Forest and American Legion State Forest.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Brooklyn — Brooklyn, CT
- Amount Requested: $1,000,000
- This project will provide funding for the design and construction of Quinebaug River restoration and erosion abatement.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Clinton — Clinton, CT
- Amount Requested: $500,000
- This project will provide funding to advance design of a wastewater collection system and treatment facility for the downtown center area of Clinton.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of East Windsor — East Windsor, CT
- Amount Requested: $800,000
- This project will provide funding for the replacement of two culverts within the Blue Ditch.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Ellington Water Pollution Control Authority — Ellington, CT
- Amount Requested: $750,000
- This project will provide funding to clean and line sanitary sewer piping to reduce the infiltration of ground water, as well as smoothing the joints that are showing separation.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Ellington Water Pollution Control Authority — Ellington, CT
- Amount Requested: $1,010,000
- This project will provide funding to address critical infrastructure issues to the sanitary sewer infrastructure in the Farmstead Lane area.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Enfield Water Pollution Control Facility — Enfield, CT
- Amount Requested: $2,000,000
- This project will provide funding to support updates to the West Shore Drive Pump Station.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Enfield Water Pollution Control Facility — Enfield, CT
- Amount Requested: $3,500,000
- This project will provide funding to support updates to the South Maple Street Pump Station.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Enfield Water Pollution Control Facility — Enfield, CT
- Amount Requested: $4,200,000
- This project will provide funding to support updates to the Simon Road Pump Station.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Enfield Water Pollution Control Facility — Enfield, CT
- Amount Requested: $15,500,000
- This project will provide funding to support the replacement of the South River Street Lift Station.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Enfield Water Pollution Control Facility — Enfield, CT
- Amount Requested: $16,500,000
- This project will provide funding for the design and replacement the 1.13-mile force main from the Grape Brook pump station to New King Street.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Essex — Centerbrook, CT
- Amount Requested: $500,000
- This project will provide funding to restore, upgrade, and improve a newly-acquired community resource, the Centerbrook Meeting House
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Fairfield — Fairfield, CT
- Amount Requested: $9,208,000
- This project will provide funding to replace two aging pump stations and force mains in the Town of Fairfield.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Killingly — Killingly, CT
- Amount Requested: $31,222,000
- This project will provide funding to support an expansion of the Town of Killingly’s Water Pollution Control Facility.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Newington — Newington, CT
- Amount Requested: $568,000
- This project will provide funding to acquire a parcel of land and construct a wetland and storm drainage water quality basin.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Portland — Portland, CT
- Amount Requested: $7,649,000
- This project will provide funding to find an alternate water source to support residents and businesses in Portland and possibly neighboring towns (East Hampton).
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Winchester — Winchester, CT
- Amount Requested: $680,000
- This project will provide funding to design and construct approximately 4,200 feet of municipal low-pressure sanitary sewer system.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.
Town of Winchester — Winchester, CT
- Amount Requested: $2,650,000
- This project will provide funding to continue ongoing rehabilitation efforts of critical components of the Winchester sewer plant.
- Click HERE to read the required certification letter.