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The Commercial and Government Services Section serves the permitting and licensing needs of industrial, municipal and agricultural customers.
On March 2, 2026, the DNREC Secretary approved a 60-day emergency variance to Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc. providing temporary relief from certain conditions in their spray irrigation permit. The temporary emergency variance allows the use of lagoon freeboard as additional treated wastewater storage and the discharge of treated effluent, on a limited basis, by spray irrigation during precipitation events and/or when saturated or frozen conditions exist with the implementation of specific conditions.
Letter from Mountaire Requesting a Temporary Emergency Variance
Memorandum from Division of Water Recommending a Temporary Emergency Variance
Letter from DNREC Secretary Issuing a Temporary Emergency Variance
The division regulates the construction of wastewater treatment facilities including spray irrigation systems, land treatment of waste, large systems and underground injection systems. The division also implements the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
The division regulates large water withdrawals, provides data on well permits and advises on water conservation and water supply coordination.
Protecting groundwater resources and the areas surrounding public water supply wellheads is an integral aspect of Assessment and Protection.
Commercial and Government Services Section Manager
John Rebar, Jr.
302-739-9948
Wastewater, Stormwater and Biosolids Management
Gordon Woodrow
Phone: 302-739-9946
Water Supply Assessment and Protection
Patricia Murray
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Wastewater, Stormwater and Biolsolids
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