NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
March 10, 2008
Vol. 38, No. 90
For further information, contact Doug Rambo, Hydrologist, Water Supply Section, 302-739-9945, or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs Office, 302-739-9902.
Citizens Source Water Protection Committee to Meet March 26
The Source Water Protection Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 26 in Conference Room 220 A&B of the Kent County Administrative Offices on Bay Road in Dover.
The agenda includes the following items:
· A roundtable discussion on Source Water Protection Ordinance development with representatives from Kent, New Castle, and Sussex counties and the cities of Dover, New Castle, and Seaford
· An update by Pete McLaughlin of the Delaware Geological Survey on the Sussex County Ground-Water Availability Study that is currently in progress
· A presentation by Vicki Binetti from U.S. EPA Region III on the Source Water Collaborative
Comprised of federal, state, and local partners, the Source Water Collaborative (SWC) has united to further the goals of protecting sources of drinking water by recognizing that resources are extremely limited, authorities are split, and those who can protect source waters are widespread. Members of the SWC understand and appreciate the importance of source water protection and promote implementation of source water protection as part of their overall mission. Each organization recognizes the need for coordinated actions and for leveraging each other’s resources in order to increase the chances for success.
Delaware’s Source Water Assessment Plan was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in October 1999. The program is charged with delineating source water areas around all sources of public drinking water in the state, identifying all existing and potential sources of contamination within those areas and making the information available to the public.
For more information about the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, including a full agenda for this meeting, please visit http://www.wr.udel.edu/swaphome/meetings.html, or contact Program Manager John Barndt at 302-739-9945.
