Sale of Conservation Easement

On April 15, 2008, Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (the Company) announced that its principal operating subsidiary, The Connecticut Water Company ("CWC"), intended to abandon its Windsor Locks public drinking water supply wellfield, and had begun discussions with the Town of Windsor Locks to secure the land as protected open space. The wellfield is approximately 200 acres, and the Company has determined that it is no longer needed for water supply purposes.

On May 7, 2009, CWC entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Town of Windsor Locks to sell a conservation easement for the former wellfield to the Town for $2.0 million. The transaction requires the approval of the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC). The Company filed an application with the DPUC and submitted the draft agreement and the form of Conservation Easement to the DPUC on April 3, 2009. DPUC approval is expected in the second half of 2009. Subject to successful receipt of DPUC approval, and of final authorization for the Town to proceed with the transaction, the Company expects the transaction to be completed in 2009. If the transaction closes, the Company estimates that it will generate approximately $1 million in net income in the Real Estate segment.

A copy of the Purchase and Sale Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

Proposal to Credit Customer Bills

On April 30, 2009, the Company announced that CWC had filed an application with the DPUC to temporarily credit customer bills and delay its next rate filing until after January 1, 2010 by adjusting certain depreciation rates.

A copy of the news release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

The following are filed herewith as exhibits

(c)      Exhibits

99.1     Purchase and Sale Agreement between
         The Connecticut Water Company and
         the Town of Windsor Locks, dated May
         7, 2009.
99.2     News release issue by The
         Connecticut Water Company, dated
         April 30, 2009.