RI61 The Occurrence and Distribution of Several Agricultural Pesticides in...
In June 1996, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) proposed a regulation to require individual states to develop Pesticide Management Plans (PMPs) to protect their ground-water resources...
View ArticleRI65 Wellhead Protection Area Delineations for the Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Area,...
Water supply in the rapidly developing Lewes and Rehoboth Beach areas of coastal Sussex County in Delaware is provided by more than 80 individual public water wells and hundreds of domestic wells....
View ArticleRI74 Locating Ground-Water Discharge Areas in Rehoboth and Indian River Bays...
Delaware’s Inland Bays in southeastern Sussex County are valuable natural resources that have been experiencing environmental degradation since the late 1960s. Stresses on the water resource include...
View ArticleGroundwater affected by development, scientists say
August 17, 2009Groundwater is both the source of drinking water and the method of disposing of wastewater, said Scott Andres, hydrogeologist with the Delaware Geological Survey. There is plenty of...
View ArticleDelaware Inland Bays Tributary Total Maximum Daily Load Water-Quality...
The Delaware Inland Bays Water-Quality Database (DIBWQDB) is used to store, manage, and retrieve water-quality data generated by the “Nutrient Inputs as a Stressor and Net Nutrient Flux as an Indicator...
View ArticleNanticoke Watershed Water-Quality Database (Data Product No. 05-02)
The Nanticoke Watershed Water-Quality Database (NWWWQDB) is used to store, manage, and retrieve water-quality data generated by the “Nanticoke River Watershed” project. The database contains...
View ArticleWorld-renowned environmental scientists to speak at DENIN opening on October...
October 13, 2009Francois Morel, Albert G. Blanke Jr. Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University, and William H. Schlesinger, president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will present...
View ArticleDelaware Drinking Water at Risk, What you haven't been told about chemicals...
July 25, 2010Thomas McKenna was quoted in the News Journal feature on Toxic WaterReference: By JEFF MONTGOMERY • The News Journal • July 25,...
View ArticleDNREC raises capital request - Sixfold hike includes beach, water projects
November 23, 2010More money would go to projects that make Delaware cleaner, greener and safer under a mostly no-growth budget outlined Monday by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental...
View ArticleProtecting tidal wetlands - UD scientists study tidal flow, sediment movement...
April 17, 2013Three University of Delaware scientists are studying tidal water flow and sediment movement in a Kent County salt marsh to better understand changes to the marsh ecosystem due to a rising...
View ArticleB21A Evaluation of Wastewater Treatment Options Used in Rapid Infiltration...
This technical report evaluates several aspects of potential environmental risks, use, and regulation of rapid infiltration basin systems (RIBS) in Delaware. The report reviews and compares regulations...
View ArticleB21C Groundwater Quality and Monitoring of Rapid Infiltration Basin Systems...
A rapid infiltration basin system (RIBS) consists of several simple and relatively standard technologies; collection and conveyance of wastewater, treatment, and discharge to an unlined excavated or...
View ArticleDelaware Geological Survey Issues Report on Groundwater Monitoring and...
December 17, 2015The Delaware Geological Survey released a new technical report entitled “Groundwater Quality and Monitoring of Rapid Infiltration Basin Systems, Theory and Field Experiments at Cape...
View ArticleB21D Using Numerical Models to Assess a Rapid Infiltration Basin System...
The long-term performance of rapid infiltration basin systems (RIBS) and their potential impacts on the receiving environment have been previously unknown for Delaware. A variety of field experiments...
View ArticleJournal article "Hydrogeologic controls on groundwater discharge and nitrogen...
May 11, 2016A recently released article “Hydrogeologic controls on groundwater discharge and nitrogen loads in a coastal watershed” by the Journal of Hydrology details the results of a joint...
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