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DNREC : Division of Watershed Stewardship

Division of Soil and Water Conservation

Highlights

Delaware Bay economic analysis under way

DNREC has begun an analysis of shoreline management alternatives for portions of the Delaware Bay shoreline. This analysis will evaluate the economic impacts (both positive and negative) of various management alternatives, such as beach nourishment and strategic shoreline retreat.

Click here for details on this and other updates from the Delaware Bay Beach Work Group

     DNREC's Division of Watershed Stewardship offers
      assistance to Prime Hook Beach property owners

DNREC's Division of Watershed Stewardship and the department's engineering partner, URS Corporation, are providing assistance to owners of properties on Prime Hook Beach who have experienced severe flood damage to their homes. Click here for more information.

Delaware Floodplain and Drainage Standards Committee

Click here for Floodplain and Drainage Code Workgroup Committee updates.



Soil & Water Conservation-related topics:

Delaware Dam Safety Regulations
SWC Publications and Newsletters

Coastal Connections Newsletter

Coastal Construction/Beach Preservation
Shoreline construction, construction permits, storm response, dune protection, beach grass planting and more.

Conservation Services/Programs
Conservation Districts, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Cost-Share, CREP, wetland restoration, debris pits and more.

Drainage & Tax Ditches
Technical assistance to landowners, drainage, tax ditches, channel restoration, and more.

Education/Volunteer Opportunities
Envirothon, environmental education programs, beach cleanup and more.

Flooding and Dam Safety
The Delaware Dam Safety Program, dam safety regulations, flood mitigation, coastal storm response and recovery, floodplain information and insurance rate maps, and more.

Navigable Waterways/Dredging
Indian River sand bypass system, inland navigation channels, tax lagoons, macroalgae harvesting, Assawoman Canal Dredging Project and more.

Restoration
Wetland restoration, tax ditch restoration and reserve restoration.

Sediment & Stormwater
Stormwater management, sediment and erosion control and inspection, contractor licenses and certification courses and more.

Watershed Assessment
Water quality standards, 305(b)/303(d), TMDLs (total maximum daily loads), PCSs (pollution control strategies), WIPs (watershed implementation plans), restoration, wetlands, shellfish and recreational water programs, and more

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Alphabetical listing of topics covered by the Division of Soil & Water Conservation.

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