Avi sa a anonse ke Rapò Pwovizwa 2024 a disponib kounye a. Rapò sa a gen ladan Evalyasyon Basen Vèsan yo (305(b)) ak yon Lis Dlo ki Bezwen Kantite Maksimòm Polisyon Pa Jou (Total Maximum Daily Load, TMDL) yo selon Seksyon 303(d) Lwa sou Dlo Pwòp la (yo rele sa tou Rapò Entegre a).
Borrador del Informe de Evaluación Combinada de Cuencas Hidrográficas de 2024 (305(b)) y la Determinación para la Lista de Aguas que Necesitan TMDL (el Informe Integrado) de la Sección 303(d) de la Ley de Agua Limpia.
The Department is accepting comment on a Draft 2024 Combined Watershed Assessment Report (305(b)) and Determination for the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List of Waters Needing TMDLs (the Integrated Report).
DNREC and the DHSS Division of Public Health are working with federal agencies to protect the environment and public health in Delaware from the effects of a group of synthetic chemicals known as PFAS. A dual-federal-agency supplemental report released on Dec. 10, 2024, outlines findings from settled dust samples
The federal Safe Drinking Water Act governs the quality and testing of all public drinking water supplied by water systems in the United States. The EPA works with states, localities and water suppliers to implement drinking water regulations. PFAS Menu
PFAS and other toxic contaminants can enter surface water through overland flow, such as stormwater runoff, through industrial discharges, through atmospheric deposition and through discharge of contaminated groundwater. PFAS Menu
Nationwide studies since the early 2000s indicate that PFAS exist in influent, effluent and residuals (biosolids) of wastewater treatment plants (Bogdan, D. 2021). Some of the most frequently detected PFAS compounds are PFAAs (perfluoroalkyl acids). This makes wastewater treatment plants important in managing and mitigating the environmental spread of PFAAs and a key participant in protecting both
The Division of Air Quality is providing the public an opportunity to inspect and comment on an exceptional event demonstration regarding the influence of wildfire smoke on air quality monitoring on June 2, 2023, prior to its submission to the EPA.
The Division of Air Quality is providing the public an opportunity to inspect and comment on the annual Air Monitoring Network Plan prior to submission of the final plan to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The US EPA, Region 3, has scheduled a thirty-day public comment period on its proposal to approve the State of Delaware’s revised hazardous waste management program.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added the East Basin Road Groundwater Site in New Castle County to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The site is an approximately seven-square mile area surrounding the city of New Castle’s public wells. [modal text=”DNREC Contacts” title=”DNREC Contacts”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added the Georgetown North Groundwater Site to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is EPA’s list of priority sites requiring evaluation for possible remediation from releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants. [collapse type=”success” title=”DNREC
The DNREC Nonpoint Source Program (NPS), in partnership with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3, hosted the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Nonpoint Source Program Training and Meeting in October of 2019. The states in the EPA Region 3 (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) take turns hosting this biennial event. The next meeting,
Small quantity and large quantity generators of hazardous waste must notify the state of Delaware of their activities. Large quantity generators are required to submit annual reports to the state.
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On Sept. 1, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the addition of the Blades Groundwater Site to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is EPA’s list of priority sites with releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants requiring evaluation for possible remediation. The public announcement of the listing appears in the
In June 2019, DNREC held a Brownfields Basics Workshop focused specifically on resources available to non-profits, local governments and state agencies to aid in the redevelopment of Brownfields. The presentations from that workshop are presented here as a resource. They are posted as PDF files. For additional information on
