Long Island Sound Nonpoint Source Education

Currently under development with support from a NPS educational grant from the Office of Long Island Sound Programs



Download NPS publications: useful information for homeowners and others concerned about their impacts on Long Island Sound and its watersheds. Quantities of print publications are available through the Southwest Conservation District.

Long Island Sound NPS information available online:

Phase II Required Control Measures

2004 List of CT Waterbodies Not Meeting Water Quality Standards
Federal Clean Water Act Section 303(d) requires the maintenance of this impaired waters list. See also CT Watershed Maps to view the major drainage basins of CT.

http://nemo.uconn.edu/publications/index.htm#factsheets NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) offers extensive nonpoint resources. These fact sheets are targeted at local land use commission members, and the public at large. All are 2-6 pages in length.

http://dep.state.ct.us/olisp/index.htm Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Long Island Sound Programs.

http://www.longislandsoundstudy.net Long Island Sound Study.

http://www.savethesound.org Save the Sound is dedicated to the restoration, protection, and appreciation of Long Island Sound and its watershed through advocacy, education and research.

http://www.soundkeeper.org/ Soundkeeper, preserving Long Island Sound.

http://www.soundwaters.org/ SoundWaters, protecting Long Island Sound through education.

http://www.norwalkriver.org/ Norwalk River Watershed information: Working and partnering to improve the water quality and quality of life in the Norwalk, Silvermine, and Comstock watersheds.

http://www.earthplace.org/environment/water_quality.html Harbor Watch / River Watch is a water quality monitoring effort that is actively engaged in the scientific monitoring of local estuaries and watersheds in lower Fairfield County. Earthplace lies geographically within the ecologically important Long Island Sound (LIS) watershed.

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