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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Water Resources Commission

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page : 
Not available

Statutory Authority : 
Public Act 364, 1957.

Agency History :

1925, established as State Water Commission by Public Acts chpt. 143.
1957, June 1, per P.A. 364, Water Resources Commission formed by merger of the State Water Commission, State Flood Control and Water Policy Commission and the State Board of Supervision of Dams
1971, merged into the new Dept. of Environmental Protection

Published Histories/Articles :
Hupfer, Merwin E.  Forty Years of Water Pollution Control in Connecticut. Hartford : Connecticut Water Resources Commission, 1965. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc W292 for]

Agency Documents and Reports in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut. State Water Commission.
Connecticut. Water Resources Commission.

 Annual Reports are located in :

1925-1946, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc W291]

1947-1971, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F 40 d]

State Archives Record Group: RG 079:023

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

Chairman  
Frederic C. Walcott 1925-1928
Director  
Sanford H. Wadhams February 1926-1931, 1934-1946
Richard Martin 1946-April 30, 1952
William S. Wise May 1, 1952-1967
John J. Curry 1967-1971

 

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 8/2008.