Financial Assistance Branch
The Financial Assistance Branch provides planning, engineering and financial assistance to a broad range of customers that request help in preventing or eliminating activities that cause water pollution. The Branch has a staff comprising an administrator, four engineers, five fiscal/loan officers, and two administrative support personnel. Branch activities include:
- Providing wastewater planning grants for the development of general wastewater facility plans, long range wastewater facility plans, and regional wastewater facility plans.
- Providing engineering and technical assistance for developing new sanitary sewer districts and/or solving problems in existing sewer districts. The Branch provided assistance that has led to the development of the Ellendale Sanitary Sewer District, the Northeast Sanitary Sewer District (Leipsic), the Kenton Sanitary Sewer District, and the Farmington Sanitary Sewer District. Sanitary sewer systems are either under design or construction for each of these communities. Assistance is currently being provided for two additional areas.
- Providing financial assistance in the form of economic feasibility studies, low interest loans, and grants for wastewater projects that eliminate sources of pollution or prevent future sources of pollution. Financing is available to municipalities for community wastewater management facilities, to individuals for the rehabilitation of failing septic systems, to dairy and poultry farmers for the implementation of manure management practices on their farms, and to individuals and businesses for underground storage tank sites that need groundwater cleanup. Financial assistance in the form of determining the economic feasibility of a project is also provided to communities with water utilities. (Water utilities requesting funds for planning grants, construction loans, or construction grants should contact the Division of Public Health at 302-739-5410)
Branch Administrator: Terry Deputy
Phone: 302-739-9941
Email: Terry.Deputy@state.de.us
