Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition is among this year's National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Long Island Sound Futures Fund grant recipients with a $160,000 grant award given to support a planning phase project titled "Planning for Riparian Buffer and Supplemental BMP Strategies at Three Rivers Park in Woodbury (CT)."

Interested in where your donor dollars go? We invite you to view turn your attention to our Legal and Financials page where you can find our recently published FY 2025 Annual Report of Giving spanning July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

Every year, just as we celebrate Earth Day on April 22 we celebrate World Water Day on March 22. This year, we are pleased to highlight two special programs aligned in celebration.

Nominations are now open for the Dr. Marc Taylor Environmental Stewardship Award.

Though the vernal equinox is still weeks away, our watershed's amphibians are already springing into action!

PRWC is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students pursuing environmental careers for its Dr. Marc Taylor Summer Internship program.

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As temperatures drop, remember to be a River Smart Salter this season! That means shoveling before snow turns to ice, only using what you need, and remembering to sweep up what's left. It's that easy to protect the health of humans and aquatic life from the impacts of excessive road salt! Keep reading to learn more about the impacts of road salt on our rivers and drinking water and what PRWC is doing to help... What Chemicals Are Applied to Our Roads in the Winter? In Connect

This year marks PRWC's 20th macroinvertebrate sampling season!

Pomperaug River Low-Flow Plan Action Level Reached Second threshold, “Water Conservation Desired” reached People in the Pomperaug Basin asked to voluntarily conserve water (Aug. 28, 2025) – River flows in the Pomperaug River recently dropped below the second threshold in the Heritage Village water system’s low-flow operations plan. As called for in the plan, Connecticut Water’s Heritage Village water system, the Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition, and the Town of Southbury a

(July 25, 2025) River flows in the Pomperaug River recently dropped below the first threshold in the Heritage Village water system’s...