Wilton Villager Online

Wilton Villager Online: ... "Gov. Rell last week proposed increasing the funding for the Clean Water Fund to $245 million a year. I commend and agree with the Governor's decision to put more money into the Clean Water Fund. Recent legislative inaction has resulted in inadequate funding, to the point where in 2005 the legislature did not authorize any Clean Water Fund bonding; it has authorized $20 million in each of the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years. The $20 million annual funding level is significantly less than the $144 million and $120 million than the Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] requested for fiscal years 06 and 07, respectively. The DEP bases its requests on the number of treatment plants that had completed the design phase of their projects and were ready for construction." ....