The Town Of Bethel has earned Federal Environmental Protection Agency recognition for improvements to its Public Water System.  The Connecticut Department of Public Health recently released the names of the 2021 EPA Aquarius winners. Bethel and its Public Utilities Department received Honorable Mention for its work on the new Chestnut Ridge water storage tank. Only 22 water systems in the nation received recognition. Bethel was the only community in the state to be recognized through the Aquarius program. The Chestnut Ridge water tank was the most recent improvement made as part of a decades-long project to improve Bethel's public water supply. Other improvements include the first new storage tank at the Eureka Lake site, refurbishing current wells, starting work on two new wells, adding new pump station equipment, and an ongoing water main replacement program.