Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-245 (2026)

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For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Acquire a sewerage system” means obtain title to all or any part of a sewerage system or any interest therein by purchase, condemnation, grant, gift, lease, rental or otherwise; (2) “alternative sewage treatment system” means a sewage treatment system serving one or more buildings that utilizes a method of treatment other than a subsurface sewage disposal system and that involves a discharge to the groundwaters of the state; (3) “community sewerage system” means any sewerage system serving two or more residences in separate structures which is not connected to a municipal sewerage system or which is connected to a municipal sewerage system as a distinct and separately managed district or segment of such system, but does not include any sewerage system serving only a principal dwelling unit and an accessory apartment, as defined in section 8-1a, located on the same lot; (4) “construct a sewerage system” means to acquire land, easements, rights-of-way or any other real or personal property or any interest therein, plan, construct, reconstruct, equip, extend and enlarge all or any part of a sewerage system; (5) “decentralized system” means managed subsurface sewage disposal systems, managed alternative sewage treatment systems or community sewerage systems that discharge sewage flows of less than five thousand gallons per day, are used to collect and treat domestic sewage, and involve a discharge to the groundwaters of the state from areas of a municipality; (6) “decentralized wastewater management district” means areas of a municipality designated by the municipality through a municipal ordinance when an engineering report has determined that the existing subsurface sewage disposal systems may be detrimental to public health or the environment and that decentralized systems are required and such report is approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection with concurring approval by the Commissioner of Public Health, after consultation with the local director of health; (7) “electronic equipment” means any technology that facilitates real-time communication between two or more individuals, including, but not limited to, telephonic, video and other conferencing platforms; (8) “municipality” means any metropolitan district, town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, city, borough, village, fire and sewer district, sewer district and each municipal organization having authority to levy and collect taxes; (9) “operate a sewerage system” means own, use, equip, reequip, repair, maintain, supervise, manage, operate and perform any act pertinent to the collection, transportation and disposal of sewage; (10) “person” means any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or public agency; (11) “remediation standards” means pollutant limits, performance requirements, design parameters or technical standards for application to existing sewage discharges in a decentralized wastewater management district for the improvement of wastewater treatment to protect public health and the environment; (12) “sewage” means any substance, liquid or solid, which may contaminate or pollute or affect the cleanliness or purity of any water; and (13) “sewerage system” means any device, equipment, appurtenance, facility and method for collecting, transporting, receiving, treating, disposing of or discharging sewage, including, but not limited to, decentralized systems within a decentralized wastewater management district when such district is established by municipal ordinance pursuant to section 7-247.

(1949 Rev., S. 731; 1949, S. 312d; P.A. 78-154, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 11, 189; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 140; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-29, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 163.)

History: P.A. 78-154 defined “community sewerage system”; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 defined “alternative sewage treatment system”, redefined “community sewerage system” to require service to two or more residences, defined “decentralized system”, “decentralized wastewater management district” and “remediation standards”, redefined “sewerage system” to include decentralized systems within a decentralized wastewater management district, inserted Subdiv. designators and made technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subdiv. (6), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 21-29 amended Subdiv. (3) to except from the definition of “community sewerage system” any sewerage system serving only a principal dwelling unit and an accessory apartment located on the same lot; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 added new Subdiv. (7) defining “electronic equipment” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (7) to (12) as Subdivs. (8) to (13).

Cited. 218 C. 144.

Cited. 5 CS 256.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2026 · leading case: AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Sewer Comm'n, 853 A.2d 497 (Conn. 2004).

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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Sewer Comm'n, 853 A.2d 497 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 8× “The provisions of the Milford code that relate to the sewer system mirror the language and structure of General Statutes §§ 7-245 through 7-273a.”

Willow Springs Condo. Ass'n v. Seventh BRT Dev. Corp., 717 A.2d 77 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 2× “This “community sewerage system” was proposed in accordance with General Statutes § 7-245. Corporate Property Management, Inc.”

Wright v. Woodridge Lake Sewer Dist., 588 A.2d 176 (Conn. 1991). · cites it 4× “” General Statutes § 7-245; 6 see General Statutes §§ 7-246 (c), 7-247.”

Willoughby v. City of New Haven, 757 A.2d 1083 (Conn. 2000). “General Statutes § 14-12 (lc) provides in relevant part: “[T]he commissioner shall issue to a municipality, as defined in section 7-245, or a regional solid waste authority comprised of several municipalities, upon receipt of an application by the municipality or regional solid…”

Zahrijczuk v. Water Pollution Control Auth. of Branford, 50 A.3d 421 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 7-245 (8). Section 7-247 (a) thus provides that the entity responsible for the operation of a sewerage system is “[a]ny municipality by its water pollution control authority .”

Baywing, LLC v. Water Pollution Control Auth. (Conn. App. Ct. 2026). · cites it 2× “The defendant, the Wilton Water Pol- lution Control Authority,1 appeals from the judgment 1 The defendant is the agency authorized under General Statutes § 7-245 et seq. to oversee and administer the public sewer system in the town of Baywing, LLC v.”

Mumford Cove Ass'n v. Town of Groton, 647 F. Supp. 671 (D. Conn. 1986). · cites it 2× “In compliance with this court’s ruling of February 26,1986 Order, the Town’s WPCA, see Conn.Gen.Stat. § 7-245, et seq., applied to the City’s Conservation Commission on March 31, 1986 for approval of the construction of its sewer outfall pipeline at four locations where the…”

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