GRS Projects - Connecticut

This page summarizes active and completed GRS Development and Testing projects in Connecticut and provides a link to all final GRS documents. Contact EPA Region 1 or Nuka Research via the information provided on the Home Page to obtain additional information on previously completed projects (e.g., meeting summaries and site selection matrices).

Active Projects

Test 2 Housatonic River GRS

Completed Projects

2024 - 2025 Housatonic River GRS Validation/Testing

This project was completed in 2025. Tactics from the GRS listed below were deployed and tested. Each GRS was updated based on the results of testing.

HR-CT-02 Addis Park

HR-CT-03 Indian Well State Park

HR-CT-04 Sunnyside Twomile Brook

2022 - 2023 Connecticut River GRS Development Project

This project was completed in 2023. The 15 Geographic Response Strategies that were developed are listed below and available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.

CR-CT-01 Barnes Boat Launch

CR-CT-02 Windsor Locks Canal

CR-CT-03 Kings Island Boat Launch

CR-CT-04 Windsor Meadows Boat Launch

CR-CT-05 Hartford Riverside Park

CR-CT-06 Hartford Great River Park

CR-CT-07 Hartford Charter Oak Landing

CR-CT-08 Cove Park

CR-CT-09 Keeney Cove (A117) Crow Point Cove

CR-CT-10A Mattabessett River

CR-CT-10B Pecausette Meadows (A118)

CR-CT-11 Haddam Meadows Boat Launch

CR-CT-12A Salmon Cove (A119)

CR-CT-12B East Haddam Public Launch

CR-CT-13 Parkers Point/Champman Pond (A120)

CR-CT-14 Hamburg Cove (A124)

CR-CT-15 South and Middle Cove (A110)

2018 - 2019 Housatonic & Naugatuck River GRS Development Project

This project was completed in 2019. The 10 Geographic Response Strategies that were developed are listed below and available at the Regional Response Team 1 website located here.

Housatonic River

HR-CT-01 Housatonic Meadows State Park

HR-CT-02 Addis Park

HR-CT-03 Indian Wells State Park

HR-CT-04 Sunnyside

Naugatuck River

NR-CT-01 Torrington

NR-CT-02 Chase Brass

NR-CT-03 Waterbury

NR-CT-04 Naugatuck

NR-CT-05 Riverbend Park

NR-CT-06 Kinneytown Dam