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Bus Driver, Bus Aide Shortage Challenges Delaware Schools
Date Posted: July 26, 2021
Mental Health Parity Examinations Find Inequities in Insurer Behavior
Date Posted: July 26, 2021
Weekly COVID-19 Update – JULY 23, 2021: Delaware Sees Uptick In New COVID-19 Cases
Date Posted: July 23, 2021
DOJ secures conviction in 2018 double murder
Date Posted: July 23, 2021
Forest Service Awards $40,000 to Fire Companies
Date Posted: July 22, 2021
Governor Carney Signs Clean Water for Delaware Act
Date Posted: July 22, 2021
COVID Vaccine Locations, Testing, In-Home and School-Based Testing
Date Posted: July 22, 2021
AG Jennings Announces $26 Billion Agreement With Opioid Distributors/Manufacturer
Date Posted: July 22, 2021
Governor Carney Signs Body Camera Legislation
Date Posted: July 21, 2021
Delaware Wildfire Crew Heads to Northern Rockies
Date Posted: July 21, 2021
DNREC to Host White Clay Creek State Park Master Plan Public Meeting
Date Posted: July 21, 2021
Delaware Has Preserved 143,000 Acres of Farmland After 25th Round
Date Posted: July 21, 2021
Information Session for White Creek Dredging Project to be Held on July 28
Date Posted: July 20, 2021
Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15
Date Posted: July 19, 2021
DPH Announces COVID-19 $15M Testing Partnership With Quidel In Schools
Date Posted: July 19, 2021
Weekly COVID-19 Update – July 16, 2021: Delta Variant Now Predominant Variant Strain in Delaware
Date Posted: July 16, 2021
Delaware Engine Crew on California’s Dexter Fire
Date Posted: July 16, 2021
Division of Small Business Announces Market Pressure Relief Fund Available for State Contractors
Date Posted: July 15, 2021
Delaware Captive Insurance Legislation Signed by Governor
Date Posted: July 15, 2021
FREE Medical, Eye and Dental Care
Date Posted: July 15, 2021
Curative, Delaware’s COVID-19 Testing Partner, to Shift Completely to New Testing Method by July 15
Date Posted: July 14, 2021
State Resolves Natural Resource Damage Claims
Date Posted: July 13, 2021
Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance to Gather Feedback on Managed Care Organizations, Ways to Improve Program
Date Posted: July 13, 2021
State Auditor McGuiness Says Jeanne Jugan Residence ‘Unauditable’
Date Posted: July 13, 2021
Covid-19 Update and Virtual Town Hall: July 13, 7:00pm
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
Lt. Gov Hall-Long Roundtable Discussion July 13, 2:00pm
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
Governor Carney Lifts COVID-19 State of Emergency
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
Secretary Magarik Announces Leadership Changes at Department of Health and Social Services
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
Despite End of State of Emergency, DHSS Guidance for Visitation at Delaware’s Long-Term Care Facilities Will Continue
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
ALEINE COHEN NAMED DTI DEPUTY CIO
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
Advances in Primary Care Reform Made Possible by Legislature
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
DNREC, DPH Offer Tips About Ticks
Date Posted: July 12, 2021
Weekly COVID-19 Update-July 9, 2021: No New COVID-19 Deaths Reported in The Last Seven Days
Date Posted: July 9, 2021
DNREC to Close Section of Tri-Valley Trail for Repairs
Date Posted: July 9, 2021
STATEMENT: Governor Carney on Appointment to Council of Governors by President Biden
Date Posted: July 8, 2021
7th Delaware Devoted Dads Virtual Summit
Date Posted: July 8, 2021
DNREC Issues Notice of Violation to Donovan Smith Mobile Home Park, LLC
Date Posted: July 8, 2021
Delaware Division of the Arts Announces First Round of Grants in Support of Arts Projects for Fiscal Year 2022
Date Posted: July 8, 2021
AG Jennings Sues Google for Antitrust Law Violation
Date Posted: July 8, 2021
Delaware’s P-EBT Program Will Provide One-Time Benefits to Feed Children During Summer
Date Posted: July 8, 2021
Register Now — Virtual Life Conference for People with Disabilities
Date Posted: July 7, 2021
Division for the Visually Impaired Hosts ‘Blind & Socially Savvy’ Transition Program Event at Delaware State University
Date Posted: July 7, 2021
DEMA Encourages Preparations for Tropical Storm Elsa
Date Posted: July 7, 2021
WATAR 2021
Date Posted: July 7, 2021
Independence Day Holiday Weekend DUI Checkpoint Results
Date Posted: July 6, 2021
Keith Gibson Indicted On 41 Felony Charges For Multiple Murders, Assaults, And Robberies
Date Posted: July 6, 2021
Delaware STEM students honored at national student conference
Date Posted: July 6, 2021
Check for Recalled Tyson Chicken Products: DPH Identifies Case of Listeria Linked to Multi-State Outbreak
Date Posted: July 5, 2021
Weekly COVID-19 Update – JULY 2, 2021: Delaware Achieves President Biden’s Vaccination Goal
Date Posted: July 2, 2021
Emergency Sirens To Be Tested Tuesday
Date Posted: July 2, 2021
Deadly Poison Hemlock and Spotted Water Hemlock Found in Delaware
Date Posted: July 2, 2021
Skunk in Newark Tests Positive For Rabies
Date Posted: July 1, 2021
Governor Carney Announces Summer Acceleration Milestones
Date Posted: July 1, 2021
STATEMENTS: Governor Carney and Dr. Rattay on Delaware Reaching 70 Percent Vaccination Goal
Date Posted: July 1, 2021
July 10, 2021 Trivia Event at Johnson Victrola Museum Cancelled
Date Posted: July 1, 2021
Energy Program Services Available Online
Date Posted: July 1, 2021
Governor Carney Signs Fiscal Year 2022 Operating and Capital Budgets
Date Posted: June 30, 2021
Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Expand and Make Permanent Opportunity Funding in Schools
Date Posted: June 30, 2021
Scientists Investigate Mysterious Songbird Deaths in Delaware, Several Other States and D.C. Area
Date Posted: June 30, 2021
20 Delaware Teachers Named Local Teachers of the Year
Date Posted: June 30, 2021
Auditor McGuiness: Time to Reform Pharmacy Benefit Manager’s Oversight of State Employees’ Prescription Drug Plan
Date Posted: June 30, 2021
Statement from AG Jennings on House passage of Senate Bill 147
Date Posted: June 29, 2021
Garrisons Lake Boat Ramp to Temporarily Close for Reconstruction
Date Posted: June 29, 2021
June 29, 2021: COVID-19 Briefing
Date Posted: June 29, 2021
Office of the State Treasurer Completes ARPA Funds Distribution
Date Posted: June 29, 2021
Delaware Office Of Highway Safety Activates July 4th Statewide DUI Checkpoints + Soberlift Program At The Beaches
Date Posted: June 28, 2021
Every Public School Student Now Has Digital Access To Books
Date Posted: June 28, 2021
Governor Carney Announces Additional DE Wins Raffle Prizes
Date Posted: June 28, 2021
Work Based Learning & Jobs For Students And Adults With Disabilities
Date Posted: June 28, 2021
2021 Diabetes Report Recommends Increasing Access to Programs and Establishing Delaware Diabetes Registry
Date Posted: June 28, 2021
Delaware Engine Crew Fighting Colorado Wildfire
Date Posted: June 28, 2021
Weekly COVID-19 Update – June 25, 2021: Delaware Nears President Biden’s Vaccination Goal
Date Posted: June 25, 2021
Governor Carney, DPH, DEMA Announce COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Sites
Date Posted: June 25, 2021
Dejoynay Ferguson Sentenced to Life In Prison for Murder, Abuse of Child Victims
Date Posted: June 25, 2021
Ruth Ann Irwin, BG (Ret.) Sworn in as the U.S. Selective Service System’s Delaware State Director
Date Posted: June 25, 2021
STATEMENT: Governor Carney on Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework
Date Posted: June 24, 2021
STATEMENT: Governor Carney on Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Passing General Assembly
Date Posted: June 24, 2021
Statement from AG Jennings on final passage of House Bill 195
Date Posted: June 24, 2021
Historical Affairs to Sponsor 4 Programs During July 2021
Date Posted: June 24, 2021
El gobernador Carney levantará el Estado de Emergencia por COVID-19 el 13 de julio
Date Posted: June 24, 2021
Rebate Program for Electric Vehicles Extended
Date Posted: June 24, 2021
Governor Carney Issues Statement on Senate Confirmations
Date Posted: June 23, 2021
Youth Fishing Tournament Results Announced
Date Posted: June 23, 2021
Delaware emitirá beneficios de emergencia para Junio para hogares elegibles de SNAP, TANF y de asistencia general
Date Posted: June 22, 2021
Del. Will Issue Emergency Benefits for June to All SNAP Households, Eligible TANF and General Assistance Households
Date Posted: June 22, 2021
June 22, 2021: COVID-19 Briefing
Date Posted: June 22, 2021
State Auditor McGuiness Demands $24.5M in Overcharges Back From State Employees’ PBM, Express Scripts
Date Posted: June 21, 2021
AG Jennings Announces More than 120 Charges in NorthPak Gang Indictment
Date Posted: June 21, 2021
Governor’s Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board Honors Statewide Winners of Video PSA Scholarship Contest
Date Posted: June 21, 2021
Weekly COVID-19 Update – June 18, 2021: Delaware Cases, Hospitalizations On Steady Decline
Date Posted: June 18, 2021
Student State Board of Education Member Application Due July 2
Date Posted: June 18, 2021
Governor Carney, DPH, DEMA Announce COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Sites
Date Posted: June 18, 2021
State Auditor McGuiness Estimates State Overpaid Its Pharmacy Benefit Manager by $24.5 Million over Three Years
Date Posted: June 17, 2021
Governor Carney Signs Black History Education Legislation
Date Posted: June 17, 2021
Governor, DHSS Offer Providers Second Round of COVID-19 Support through Health Care Relief Fund
Date Posted: June 17, 2021
AG Jennings applauds Senate passage of opioid settlement legislation
Date Posted: June 16, 2021
Delaware Forum on Racial History and Juneteenth
Date Posted: June 16, 2021
Unfair Business Practices Bill Passes Senate, Ready for Governor’s Signature
Date Posted: June 15, 2021
AG Jennings Announces Formal Murder Charge in Killing of Cpl. Keith Heacook
Date Posted: June 15, 2021
Governor Carney to Lift COVID-19 State of Emergency on July 13
Date Posted: June 15, 2021
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Office of the Secretary | Date Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2020
DOVER – Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control staff were dispatched today to the Lewes wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) after Tidewater Utilities notified the Department that the facility was once again forced to bypass stages of its treatment and discharge partially-treated effluent into the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal late Wednesday evening. The bypass lasted two hours while Tidewater operators worked to find a solution for problems with new treatment membranes. By 11:45 p.m. Wednesday Tidewater was able to end the bypass and resume normal treatment of effluent at the wastewater treatment plant.
DNREC today monitored the WWTP’s operations and Tidewater Utilities’ continued efforts to mitigate recent system malfunctions at the plant. The Lewes WWTP discharged partially-treated effluent from Dec. 18-28, 2019 after a system malfunction caused contamination of the plant’s treatment membranes that filter flow. New membranes were installed Dec. 28, enabling full treatment to resume at that time, but Tidewater reported today that pressure build-up behind the new membranes required a bypass to avoid compromising their use. Tidewater, in consult with the membrane manufacturer, has instituted new operational protocols to minimize pressure build-up moving forward, with no further bypass events expected by plant operators. Tidewater also informed DNREC earlier today that an additional set of refurbished membranes are ready to be put back into service later today to help alleviate strain on the new treatment unit.
DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin confirmed Monday that an environmental violation had occurred when the Lewes WWTP bypassed normal treatment operations between Dec. 18-28 because of the plant’s system malfunction, and that DNREC is currently gathering pertinent information before determining appropriate action. Department staff will continue to monitor the situation at the plant daily as Tidewater Utilities works toward maintaining consistent treatment of effluent without further system malfunctions.
Although the plant is currently back online and has resumed normal treatment of effluent, DNREC also encourages the public who depend on the Lewes WWTP plant to handle their wastewater to continue practicing water conservation while corrective measures continue at the plant.
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Related Topics: bypass operation, full treatment resumed, Lewes wastewater treatment plant, Lewes-Rehoboth Canal, partially-treated effluent discharge, system malfunction, water conservation encouraged
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Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Office of the Secretary | Date Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2020
DOVER – Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control staff were dispatched today to the Lewes wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) after Tidewater Utilities notified the Department that the facility was once again forced to bypass stages of its treatment and discharge partially-treated effluent into the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal late Wednesday evening. The bypass lasted two hours while Tidewater operators worked to find a solution for problems with new treatment membranes. By 11:45 p.m. Wednesday Tidewater was able to end the bypass and resume normal treatment of effluent at the wastewater treatment plant.
DNREC today monitored the WWTP’s operations and Tidewater Utilities’ continued efforts to mitigate recent system malfunctions at the plant. The Lewes WWTP discharged partially-treated effluent from Dec. 18-28, 2019 after a system malfunction caused contamination of the plant’s treatment membranes that filter flow. New membranes were installed Dec. 28, enabling full treatment to resume at that time, but Tidewater reported today that pressure build-up behind the new membranes required a bypass to avoid compromising their use. Tidewater, in consult with the membrane manufacturer, has instituted new operational protocols to minimize pressure build-up moving forward, with no further bypass events expected by plant operators. Tidewater also informed DNREC earlier today that an additional set of refurbished membranes are ready to be put back into service later today to help alleviate strain on the new treatment unit.
DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin confirmed Monday that an environmental violation had occurred when the Lewes WWTP bypassed normal treatment operations between Dec. 18-28 because of the plant’s system malfunction, and that DNREC is currently gathering pertinent information before determining appropriate action. Department staff will continue to monitor the situation at the plant daily as Tidewater Utilities works toward maintaining consistent treatment of effluent without further system malfunctions.
Although the plant is currently back online and has resumed normal treatment of effluent, DNREC also encourages the public who depend on the Lewes WWTP plant to handle their wastewater to continue practicing water conservation while corrective measures continue at the plant.
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Related Topics: bypass operation, full treatment resumed, Lewes wastewater treatment plant, Lewes-Rehoboth Canal, partially-treated effluent discharge, system malfunction, water conservation encouraged
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