Best Management Practices. For Golf Course Water Use. Connecticut Department of. Environmental Protection. July 2006. In November of 2000, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection ( CT DEP) and the Connecticut Institute of Water Resources (IWR) began collaborating on a water management information transfer project. The focus of the project was to facilitate the development of a list of potential best management practices for golf course water use and to manage an outreach effort to include a one day conference for industry professionals