Item 8.01 Other Events

Investor Presentation

From time to time, members of senior management of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (the "Company") present information about the Company to investors. On December 4, 2008, a presentation was made to investors and other attendees in New York, N.Y. as part of the 12th Annual Water Utility Conference sponsored by the New York Society of Security Analysts. Such presentation material may be presented to investors in the future.

A Copy of the Company's investor presentation dated December 4, 2008 is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to the CWC 401(k) Plan

On November 21, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors approved an amendment to the amended and restated Savings Plan of The Connecticut Water Company, originally dated as of October 1, 2000, as amended to date (collectively, the " CWC 401(k) Plan"). The amendment revises the CWC 401(k) Plan as follows:

1) to become a "safe harbor plan" within the meaning of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "IRC");

2) to eliminate the Company's existing matching contribution (up to 50% of an employee's compensation up to 4% of the total), effective January 1, 2009; and

3) to establish Company non-elective contributions of three percent (3%) of compensation for all existing participants, and an additional contribution of one and one-half percent (1½%) of compensation for all employees hired on or after January 1, 2009.

The amendment to the CWC 401(k) Plan will be implemented by the execution of a formal amendment to the CWC 401(k) Plan which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following is filed herewith as an exhibit

(c) Exhibits

99.1 Company investor presentation, dated December 4, 2008.