Increase in Gypsy Moth Activity Detected For 2022
Date Posted: October 4, 2022
DEMA Seeks Applicants for Mitigation Grant Programs
Date Posted: October 3, 2022
The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Polymer Paintings” by Joseph Barbaccia
Date Posted: October 3, 2022
La División de Servicios de Manutención de Menores de Delaware Regresa Licencias a Padres Cumpliendo con Manutención
Date Posted: October 1, 2022
State Auditor McGuiness Releases Annual Fire Special Report
Date Posted: September 30, 2022
DPH Announces Start Of Flu Season: Encourages Vaccination In Face Of Potentially Active Flu Season
Date Posted: September 29, 2022
Emergency Sirens Tested on Tuesday, October 4
Date Posted: September 29, 2022
Investor Protection Unit Grills “Pig Butchering” Scammers
Date Posted: September 28, 2022
Great Oaks Charter School Placed on Formal Review
Date Posted: September 28, 2022
Zwaanendael Museum Offers ‘Mysteries Of History’ Tours
Date Posted: September 28, 2022
Delaware Division of the Arts Award Winners Exhibit Opening at Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Date Posted: September 28, 2022
Nominations Open for Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Awards
Date Posted: September 28, 2022
Postponed: Schools to Recruit Educators at Saturday’s DSU Football Game
Date Posted: September 27, 2022
Delaware Emitirá Beneficios de Emergencia el 29 de Septiembre
Date Posted: September 27, 2022
Delaware Will Issue Monthly Emergency Benefits on Sept 29
Date Posted: September 27, 2022
Delaware Hunting Seasons to Open in October Include Antlerless Deer, Muzzleloader Deer, Duck and Snow Goose
Date Posted: September 27, 2022
Buena Vista Fall Event On Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022
Date Posted: September 27, 2022
Delaware Division of Child Support Services Returns Licenses to Parents Complying with Child Support
Date Posted: September 26, 2022
Delaware EARNS Program Board Members Named
Date Posted: September 26, 2022
John Dickinson Plantation’s 2022 ‘18th Century Trades Day’
Date Posted: September 26, 2022
Delaware Natural Resources Police Cite Sussex Man for Illegal Dumping
Date Posted: September 23, 2022
Delaware Division of the Arts Announces 2022-2023 POETRY OUT LOUD Poetry Recitation Contest
Date Posted: September 23, 2022
Governor Carney, Keep Delaware Beautiful, Delaware Department of Transportation Launch Litter Free School Zone Program
Date Posted: September 23, 2022
2023 Delaware Teacher of the Year to be Named Next Month
Date Posted: September 22, 2022
DNREC to Seek Community Water Project Proposals
Date Posted: September 22, 2022
Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site public workshops
Date Posted: September 22, 2022
Eligibility For Monkeypox Vaccine Expands Again In Delaware
Date Posted: September 22, 2022
Las Oficinas De La División De Servicios De Manutención Infantil (DCSS Por Sus Siglas En Ingles) Cerrarán Sept 23
Date Posted: September 21, 2022
Delmarva Natural Gas Prices Set to Rise Ahead of Winter Heating Season
Date Posted: September 21, 2022
2,075 Seedlings Planted for the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Tree Planting
Date Posted: September 21, 2022
Blackbird State Forest’s Meadows Tract Renamed in Honor of Senator Bruce C. Ennis
Date Posted: September 20, 2022
‘The War of 1812: Over Two Centuries Later’
Date Posted: September 20, 2022
DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation Achieves National Accreditation after Rigorous Review
Date Posted: September 20, 2022
DPH Announces #MyReasonWhyDE Youth Campaign
Date Posted: September 20, 2022
DHSS to Expand Community Well-Being Initiative to Kent County
Date Posted: September 19, 2022
Historical Affairs programs in October 2022
Date Posted: September 19, 2022
Division of Child Support Services Offices Will Be Closed Sept. 23
Date Posted: September 19, 2022
2023 Health, Dental, Small Group Insurance Rates Announced
Date Posted: September 19, 2022
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Decline In Last Month; DPH Shares Information On Bivalent Boosters
Date Posted: September 16, 2022
DNREC Announces Grants to Support Communities With Pollution Restoration Projects
Date Posted: September 16, 2022
Brandywine Zoo Awarded Re-Accreditation by Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Date Posted: September 15, 2022
Governor Carney Formally Extends Public Health Emergency
Date Posted: September 15, 2022
September is Preparedness Month in Delaware
Date Posted: September 15, 2022
DOJ Secures 646 Charges Against Husband, Wife for Serial Child Abuse and Torture
Date Posted: September 14, 2022
DPH Shares Activities As Part Of Falls Prevention Awareness Week
Date Posted: September 14, 2022
Delaware Waterfowl and Trout Stamp Art Winners Chosen
Date Posted: September 14, 2022
Stephen Taylor to Lead Delaware Captive Bureau
Date Posted: September 13, 2022
Delaware Hunters Reminded Harvest of Delmarva Fox Squirrels is Prohibited
Date Posted: September 13, 2022
Delaware Office Of Highway Safety Anticipates Increase in Motorcycle Traffic for Delmarva Bike Week
Date Posted: September 12, 2022
State Auditor McGuiness Releases 19 More School District Audits
Date Posted: September 12, 2022
Nominations Open for 2022 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
Date Posted: September 12, 2022
DPH Announces Expanded Monkeypox Vaccination Access and Vaccination During AIDS Walk Delaware Events On September 17
Date Posted: September 12, 2022
MONEY MATCH Program reunites over $460,000 to Delaware Taxpayers
Date Posted: September 12, 2022
State Awards More Than $3.8 Million to Support High-Quality Professional Learning
Date Posted: September 12, 2022
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: The Adams Home Farm of Northwest Fork Hundred
Date Posted: September 12, 2022
Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: September 10, 2022
Arrest on Charge of DUI Made After Newark Man Drives Vehicle Into Surf on Navy Beach at Cape Henlopen
Date Posted: September 9, 2022
Two Wilmington Gang Members Sentenced for Murders, Gun Charges
Date Posted: September 9, 2022
Free Fly-Fishing Lessons Offered for Anglers
Date Posted: September 9, 2022
Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: September 8, 2022
Wilmington Man Sentenced in Revenge Murder Case
Date Posted: September 8, 2022
Delaware Climate Leadership Academy to Launch Second Cohort
Date Posted: September 8, 2022
Volunteers Needed To Plant Trees on September 17 at Blackbird State Forest, Enhancing the Chesapeake Bay
Date Posted: September 7, 2022
DNREC Completes Murderkill Channel Dredging, Takes Momentum Into Fall for More Navigability Projects
Date Posted: September 7, 2022
State Auditor McGuiness Announces the First Ever Fraud Hotline Annual Report
Date Posted: September 6, 2022
AG Jennings Announces $438.5 Million Multistate Agreement with JUUL Labs
Date Posted: September 6, 2022
Governor Carney Announces Sales Agreement for New Wilmington Library Location
Date Posted: September 6, 2022
Heritage Commission’s Book of the Week: The Perennial Apprentice
Date Posted: September 6, 2022
October Declared Delaware Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Date Posted: September 2, 2022
Wilmington Man Arrested After Lewdness and Indecent Exposure Incidents at First State National Historical Park
Date Posted: September 2, 2022
DPH Announces Updates To Monkeypox Cases, Vaccine Access And Launch Of Public Health Alert Web Portal
Date Posted: September 1, 2022
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend Event to be Held Oct. 7 to 9 at Camp Barnes
Date Posted: September 1, 2022
DNREC to Reopen The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park Sept. 1
Date Posted: September 1, 2022
FDA Authorizes Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters; CDC Sign-Off Expected By Weekend
Date Posted: August 31, 2022
DPH Announces First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Of The Year In Sussex County Man
Date Posted: August 31, 2022
Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission to Hold Virtual Public Hearing on Horseshoe Crab Draft Addendum VIII
Date Posted: August 31, 2022
Division Of Public Health Releases Information On 2020 Delaware Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths
Date Posted: August 31, 2022
Delaware Division Of Public Health Re-Accredited As Nationally Accredited Public Health Agency
Date Posted: August 31, 2022
Flag Lowering for International Overdose Awareness Day
Date Posted: August 30, 2022
Governor Carney Announces Central Delaware Career Expo
Date Posted: August 30, 2022
Governor Carney Announces Appointments to State Board of Education
Date Posted: August 30, 2022
Numerous Delaware Hunting Seasons to Open in September, Including Archery Deer, Resident Canada Goose, Teal
Date Posted: August 30, 2022
Division of Small Business to Reopen EDGE Grants Competition for Applications
Date Posted: August 30, 2022
DMV Announces New Medical Tint Waiver Application Process
Date Posted: August 29, 2022
Delaware Division of Public Health Launches New Fentanyl Test Strip Distribution
Date Posted: August 29, 2022
Delaware’s Annual Chautauqua Tent Show, Sept. 8–11, 2022
Date Posted: August 29, 2022
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: Gov. Charles L. Terry – Oral History Series
Date Posted: August 29, 2022
DEHAP Rental Assistance Will Temporarily Pause On September 9
Date Posted: August 29, 2022
Air Permitting Training Session Scheduled for Sept. 20
Date Posted: August 29, 2022
Plans Underway for High-Capacity Magazine Buyback for Delaware Residents
Date Posted: August 26, 2022
Delaware Transit Corporation Receives 5th Federal Grant for Energy Efficient Buses
Date Posted: August 26, 2022
DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to Close Sept. 1 for Season
Date Posted: August 26, 2022
Back to School…It’s Go Time
Date Posted: August 26, 2022
State Auditor McGuiness: “Delaware Criminal Justice Council Policy Updates Improve Justice for All”
Date Posted: August 25, 2022
DNREC Encourages Visitors to Utilize Guarded Beaches at Delaware State Parks for Swimming
Date Posted: August 25, 2022
Delaware Emitirá Beneficios de Emergencia el 25 de Agosto
Date Posted: August 24, 2022
Delaware Will Issue Monthly Emergency Benefits on August 25
Date Posted: August 24, 2022
The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Inner Reflections” by Kiara Florez
Date Posted: August 24, 2022
TranspARTation Grant Opportunity for Schools Returns for 2022-2023 School Year
Date Posted: August 24, 2022
Felony Arrests Made Following Killens Pond State Park Water Park Burglary
Date Posted: August 23, 2022
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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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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