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Water Quality

The Sea Grant Extension Program (SGEP) provides workshops and training on water quality for municipal officials, garden clubs, local land trusts, service organizations, and the general public. Workshops include topics such as water conservation, care of septic systems, household hazardous chemical and waste management, yard and garden care, naturalistic landscaping, and rain gardening.

Click on the links below to learn more
about Extension Programs in Water Quality

* Clean Waters
* Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)

* Focus on the Coast

For additional information, contact:
Juliana Barrett | juliana.barrett@uconn.edu
John Rozum | john.rozum@uconn.edu

Clean Waters

Clean Waters is an educational program developed by Extension Educator Heather Crawford, focused on everyday practices through which individuals can protect their local water resources. Contact Nancy Balcom to find out how to bring the Clean Waters presentation to your group.

The Connecticut Sea Grant Extension Program, with the Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Project, has developed a Clean Waters: Starting in your Home and Yard Fact Sheet series for homeowners. The 11 fact sheets cover a variety of activities that impact water quality. Click here to browse through the fact sheets.


 
Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)


SGEP collaborates with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Cooperative Extension System and is part of the Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials ("NEMO") team. NEMO provides training and information to help officials, commission members, and community leaders make well-informed decisions regarding development, land-use pattersn and non-point pollution control in their coastal towns.
Click here to visit the NEMO website.

FOCUS ON THE COAST, developed as a Sea Grant Coastal Community Development project in collaboration with the Connecticut NEMO program, is a web site that provides a wealth of resource and geographic information for coastal land use decision-makers in Connecticut, using GIS technology. Information includes maps and data on such things as tidal marshes, migratory fish runs, submerged aquatic vegetation, and other valuable natural resources. Try it out!

 


Connecticut Sea Grant College Program
University of Connecticut - Avery Point
Marine Science Building
1080 Shennecossett Road
Groton, Connecticut 06340-6048
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This Page Updated on January 18, 2007