WATER LAW IN CONNECTICUT:
Fish & Faucet: Ensuring a Healthy Future
CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 2, 2005
Northeast Utilities
Berlin, CT
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Sponsored by: Yale Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems,
Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, Natural Resources Council of Connecticut
Co-Sponsored by: Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Connecticut Institute of Water
Resources, Connecticut League of Conservation Voters Education Fund,
Connecticut River Watershed Council, Connecticut Water Works Association,
Trout Unlimited
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Who owns the water in Connecticut?
Is water a property right?
How should Connecticut allocate water?
Is the law the same for ground water as surface water?
Is water a commodity?
Do fish have rights?
What’s reasonable use?
Who’s entitled to water?
Who controls water?
If you think you know the answers to these questions, come and learn what others think.
If you’re not sure you know the answers, come and learn what others think.
If you think these questions aren’t important to your life, think again.
This conference will address law and policy on the state’s most valuable natural
resource. Invited speakers include:
William Bright, Esq., McCarter & English; Marshall Chiaraluce, Pres., Connecticut
Water Co.; Curt Johnson, Esq., Connecticut Fund for the Environment; Kirt Mayland,
Esq., Trout Unlimited; Patrick Parenteau, Esq., Vermont Law School; David Silverstone,
Pres. & C.E.O., South Central Regional Water Authority; Gregory Sharp, Esq., Murtha
Cullina LLP; Professor Karin Sheldon, Vermont Law School; Mark Smith, Dir. of the
Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy; Kurt Strasser, Esq.,
University of Connecticut School of Law.
For more information: Contact Martha Smith at Yale Center for Coastal and Watershed
Systems, martha.smith@yale.edu; 203-432-3026. Or Margaret Miner at Rivers Alliance
of Connecticut; rivers@riversalliance.org; 860-693-1602. Pre-registration and payment
must be received by November 18. REGISTRATION FORM ON REVERSE
REGISTRATION FORM
For your convenience, you may either mail a check, register on-line at
www.conservationeducation.org or simply call 860-236-5442 with your
credit card information. Please complete the form below for each
registrant and submit your payment no later than November 18.
Registration is not confirmed until payment is received. Thank you!.
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