CT School Water Bottle Filling Station Applications Being Accepted

HARTFORD/TOLLAND Counties, CT — Applications are now being accepted by the Connecticut Water Company for school water bottle filling stations. The company will fund up to a total of $15,000 in water bottle fill stations, which is enough for approximately 10 units across all schools served by Connecticut Water.

The program is entirely funded by the company’s shareholders.

"Connecticut Water and its employees are committed to being a force for good in the communities we are privileged to serve by protecting public health and being good stewards of the environment," said Denise Poole, of Connecticut Water’s Charitable Giving Committee. "Water bottle fill stations align with our priorities by allowing for easy access to high-quality drinking water for students and school staff while reducing the germ spreading potential of traditional water fountains. Further, by using refillable water bottles the waste generated by single use water bottles is avoided."

Any accredited school served by Connecticut Water is eligible. Applications will be accepted through Jan 31, 2023, and awards will be made in February for an anticipated delivery in spring.

This is the fourth year Connecticut Water has funded the program. To date, Connecticut Water has funded 25 water bottle fill stations in schools served by the company.

More information on the program, the application, and information on 2021/2022 school water bottle fill station recipients can be found at ctwater.com/community.

About Connecticut Water Company

Connecticut Water Company provides water service to nearly 350,000 people in 60 Connecticut communities and wastewater service to 10,000 people in Southbury.

The towns served are Ashford, Avon, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Bolton, Brooklyn, Burlington, Canton, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Deep River, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Farmington, Griswold, Guilford, Haddam, Hebron, Killingly, Killingworth, Lebanon, Madison, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Oxford, Plainfield, Plymouth, Portland, Prospect, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southbury, Stafford, Stonington, Suffield, Thomaston, Thompson, Tolland, Vernon, Voluntown, Waterbury, Westbrook, Willington, Windsor Locks and Woodstock.