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May— June, 2004
Volume 3, Issue 3
Welcome to
the newest issue of Tributary Times, our online newsletter about
Delaware's Tributary Action Teams and their activities. We've
also got some news items that we'd like you to know about, and
would also like to invite you to join the Team that's working
in your part of the State.
Most
of the items you see on this page are linked to more detailed
information, either on our site or at another Internet resource.
Please feel free to link to those articles, and then come back
here to learn more!
If you
like what you see, why not invite your family, friends, and neighbors
to visit our site and sign up for their own copy? The more we
help build awareness of the condition of our waterways and their
challenges, the sooner we'll be able to make all of Delaware's
water as clean as it can be.
Statewide News
Green
Technology Best Management Practices — In
recent years a "green technology" approach
has been designed to intercept runoff
from rooftops, parking lots, roads, and
other impervious surfaces as close as
possible to its source. Here's
a look at what we're doing in Delaware Click
here for more...
Making
a Splash with Project Wet — On
April 29th approximately Delaware 225 seventh
graders participated in the
fourth annual “Make
a Splash” with Project Wet Water Festival at
Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island off the coast of
Delaware City. Come see what they learned Click
here for more...
Looking
at Freshwater Use in Delaware — The
water we use in our daily activities comes from multiple
sources. We may use water from a public supply system
or from our own wells or surface water sources. Homes
and small communities relying on individual wells are
typically classified as domestic “self supplied” users. In
2000 we were using about 584 million gallons a day. Click
here for more...
Include
Your Organization's Events in Our Calendar — If
your organization is working on issues that involve
water and watershed quality in Delaware, we would
like to invite you to include your meetings and events
in our calendar. Please click
here for our convenient event information form.
Appoquinimink
Tributary Action Team
Summer
has Arrived in the Appoquinimink Watershed! — Summer
is here and we'll be finalizing
the organization of our new non-profit organization;
meeting with committees; hiring an education and outreach
coordinator; and working on outreach projects and events. Click
here for more...
Convert
Your Back Yard into a "Smartyard" — If
you live in the Appoquinimink Watershed, you can provide
an oasis for local birds, butterflies, and other wildlife
while helping to ensure the health of our streams and
rivers by converting your back yard into a “Smartyard.” This
unique program, offered by the Delaware Nature Society,
the Appoquinimink River Association, and the Delaware
Department of Natural Resources is free of charge. Click
here for more...
Public
Hearing on Wastewater Spray Irrigation Facility Set for
July 21 in Middletown — The
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July
21 on the application of New Castle County Department
of Special Services for a permit to construct, operate
and maintain a wastewater spray irrigation facility on
a 950-acre parcel in Southern New Castle County. The
hearing will be held in the Middletown High School auditorium,
Middletown. Click
here for more...
Christina
Basin Water Quality Management Team
George
Washington Knew the Value of the Watershed — The
waters of the Christina Basin are unique in Delaware for
their water supply, ecological, economic, and historic
values. The watershed, with headwaters in Maryland
and Pennsylvania, is the only one in Delaware with waters
that flow through three states. We're taking a brief
look at the Christina Watershed's history. Click
here for more...
Inland
Bays Tributary Action Team
Delaware's
Clean Marina Initiative — The
Delaware Clean Marina Initiative is a voluntary
pollution prevention program, developed
by a group of marine industry, regulatory,
and other environmental advocacy representatives,
intended to provide for safe and environmentally
sound operation of marinas through pollution
prevention and incorporation of good housekeeping
procedures. Click
here for more...
Ocean
View May Adopt Ordinance
Protecting Water Resources — The
town of Ocean View has seen increasing development over the past few years, and
would like to provide for some degree of resource protection. On May 27,
the Ocean View Town Manager, Town Council, and Planning Commission met with Mark
Biddle of DNREC’s Division
of Water Resources and Joe Farrell from the University
of Delaware Sea Grant Program to
discuss the possibility of developing an ordinance that protects water bodies
within the town, potentially including tax ditches and freshwater wetlands. Click
here for more...
Murderkill
Tributary Action Team
Murderkill
Tributary Action Team Takes to the Water — On
Sunday, May 23rd, members of the Murderkill
Tributary Action Team took to the water to gain a
new perspective of the watershed they are working
so hard to protect. Eight members of the team
and several guests, including amateur and professional
naturalists, spent a successful warm and sunny Sunday
afternoon canoeing on Spring Creek, a tributary of
the Murderkill near Frederica, learning about the
watershed and gaining sunburns and sore muscles. Click
here for more...
Proposed
Coastal Zone Overlay Ordinance for Kent County Turned
Down — The
Kent County Levy Court met on Tuesday June 8th to
discuss the proposed
Coastal Zone Protection Overlay ordinance which,
if approved, would have amended County zoning to
include additional requirements and restrictions
for development east of Route 1 and even stricter
requirements for land east of Route 9. Click
here for more...
Amendments
to the 2001 Murderkill River TMDL Proposed — The
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control (DNREC) is planning to hold a public workshop
on August 12, 2004 to present proposed amendments
to the 2001 Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL) for the Murderkill River. Click
here for more...
Nanticoke
Tributary Action Team
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