CT Water awards water stations, support grants

CLINTON — Connecticut Water recently announced the recipients of its 2022 School Water Bottle Filling Station and Firefighter Support Grant programs.

The programs, launched in 2020, provide touch-free water bottle filling stations to schools served by Connecticut Water and financial support for equipment or training for fire departments within Connecticut Water’s service communities, according to a statement.

Each program includes a minimum funding commitment of $15,000 from Connecticut Water, part of its annual $120,000 commitment to support community and charitable organizations. Connecticut Water’s charitable giving programs are funded by the company and not recovered in customer rates.

In addition to supporting the needs of Connecticut Water’s service communities, the School Water Bottle Filling Station Grant Program also aims to support Connecticut Water’s commitment to the environment by promoting the use of reusable bottles.

Schools awarded with water stations include Broad Brook Elementary, East Windsor, Ellington High School, Ellington, Center Elementary School, Ellington, Prudence Crandall School, Enfield, Pomperaug Elementary, Middlebury/Southbury, Cross St. Intermediate School, Naugatuck, Hillside Intermediate School, Naugatuck, Hop Brook Elementary School, Naugatuck, Baldwin Middle School, Guilford

and Maple St. School, Vernon.

More than $15,000 was awarded to area fire departments by Connecticut Water through the 2022 Fire Department Support Grant Program. Those departments include Burlington Volunteer Fire Department, Burlington; Danielson Dire Department, Danielson; Essex Fire Engine Co #1, Essex; Thomaston Volunteer Fire Department, Thomaston; Old Saybrook Fire Department, Old Saybrook; Atwood Hose Fire Company, Wauregan; Beacon Host Co. 1, Beacon Falls; Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, Middlebury; Willington Fire Department No. 1#1, Willington; Deep River Volunteer Fire Department, Deep River; and Warehouse Point Fire Department, East Windsor