Watershed Assessment Section
State of Delaware 2000 Watershed Assessment Report (305(b))
Section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act requires states to report on the quality of their waters each April 1 of every even numbered year. Delaware's Watershed Assessment Report satisfies this requirement and serves as a means to inform interested citizens about the quality of Delaware's waters.
This electronic version has been prepared to allow greater exposure of the report than is otherwise practical. The original document has been converted to pdf files. These files can be read by using the free viewer located here and Netscape or Internet Explorer. These files are large. If you are using the Internet to access these files, you may want to try right clicking the links of interest and downloading to your computer before opening them. Some users have reported that the pages should be fully loaded before starting to read through them.
The following downloads are available:
Complete Report with all color maps and figures. This file is approximately 31 mb and will take some time to download.
Report without maps and figures. (Approximately 589k)
The color figures that have been extracted from the complete report are listed below and are approximately 1 mb each.
Figure I-1 Use Support Graphs
Figure I-2 Use Support Maps
Figure I-3 Nutrient Levels Maps
Figure I-4 Delaware Drainage Basins and Watersheds
Figure I-5 Whole Basin TMDL Schedule
Figure III-1 Monitoring Stations in the Report
Figure III-4 Shellfish Growing Area Classification
Figure III-5 Shellfish Growing Area Classification detail.
Figure III-6 Fish Consumption Advisories
Figure IV-3 Geologic Map of the State
Ground Water Recharge Potential Map
Inland Bays Potential Chemical Sources Map
Inland Bays Chloride Concentrations Map
Inland Bays Iron Concentrations Map
Inland Bays Nitrate Concentrations Map
Inland Bays Nutrient Sources Map
Inland Bays Septics Map
Inland Bays Recharge Map
