DOVER – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources Environmental Control’s Environmental Finance and the Delaware Division of Public Health’s Office of Drinking Water will host a State Revolving Loan Fund workshop from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 at the Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 South Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901. The workshop will focus on developing the FY2018 Project Priority Lists for the Clean Water (CWSRF) and Drinking Water (DWSRF) state revolving funds.

The workshop will provide municipal government representatives, privately-owned businesses, wastewater and drinking water utilities, consultant engineers, and other interested parties with detailed overviews of the CWSRF and DWSRF programs. Attendees also will learn more about requesting financial assistance for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure project needs, along with CWSRF and DWSRF program changes and infrastructure financing tools. Detailed information will be presented on submitting projects for funding consideration, project ranking criteria, project construction requirements, and applying for infrastructure planning grants.

Notices-of-intent for wastewater, drinking water, stormwater, and related infrastructure projects will be accepted beginning Jan. 3 and are due by Jan. 31, 2018 to prepare the FY2018 CWSRF and CWSRF project priority lists. Projects must be included on these lists to be considered for funding. Applicants and/or their consulting engineering firms who plan to apply for CWSRF and DWSRF assistance are required to attend the workshop.

Applicants who are ready to proceed and require assistance prior to the workshop may contact Greg Pope of DNREC Environmental Finance at 302-739-9941, or email greg.pope@delaware.gov.

To RSVP for the workshop, please contact Laura Rafferty at 302-739-9941, or email laura.rafferty@delaware.gov.

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Contact: Joanna Wilson, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

DOVER – DNREC’s Environmental Finance will host a special project notice-of-intent (NOI) workshop Thursday, Oct. 5 to discuss $5.7 million available to finance potential projects under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund’s (CWSRF) Land Conservation Loan Sponsorship Program (LCLP) and/or Water Quality Improvement Loan Sponsorship Program (WQILP). The workshop will be held from 1 – 3 p.m. in the DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.

Financial assistance will be provided based on a competitive evaluation of project proposals at zero percent interest rate over a maximum loan term of 25 years. A prior, existing, or future CWSRF municipal loan is not necessary for this special project notice-of-intent solicitation. Project funding will be based exclusively on the proposed LCLP and/or WQILP project information submitted.

Workshop attendees will receive detailed program information, including overviews of the LCLP and WQIP, project eligibility, project NOI evaluation criteria, and examples of projects that have been previously funded. Special project NOIs will be solicited starting the same day as the workshop and are due by Friday, Nov. 3. Submitted project NOIs will be ranked and scored based on evaluation criteria to be presented at the Workshop.

For more information or to RSVP for the workshop, please email Laura Rafferty or call 302-739-9941.

Contact: Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

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DOVER (June 19, 2017) – The Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council (WIAC) will hold a meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 21 in Conference Room 220, Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 South Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901.

Meeting Agenda

WIAC – Informational

• New DNREC, Environmental Finance employee – Laura Robbins
• Asset Management Presentation – Michael Harmer
• City of Wilmington’s Innovation and Technology Grant Review – John Heichel
• Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Project Eligibilities
• Proposed Wastewater and Drinking Water Statewide Facilities Needs Assessment Update
• CWSRF and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) 2017 Project Notice-of-Intent Workshop
• CWSRF and DWSRF Project Priority Lists and Intended Use Plans – Approved; no adverse comments received

New Business

• CWSRF Loan Requests
• City of Dover – Three Pump Stations Replacement Projects
• Surface Water Matching Planning Grant Requests
• 2018 Recommended CWSRF and DWSRF Non-Federal Administrative Accounts – allocations

Reports

• Administrators’ Reports
• Subcommittees’ Reports

For more information about WIAC, please call 302-739-9941.

Media Contact: Melanie Rapp, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902; Melanie.Rapp@delaware.gov

DOVER (April 4, 2017) – The Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council (WIAC) will hold a public hearing and meeting beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 19 in Conference Room 220, Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 South Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901.

Public Hearing Agenda

• Overview of the Draft Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Priority Lists (PPLs) and Intended Use Plans (IUPs)
• WIAC and Public Comments
• Public record will remain open until May 22, 2017.

Council Meeting Agenda

WIAC – Informational

• WIAC’s Bond Bill Presentation and Remarks
• Town of Frankford – Drinking Water Agreement Overview
• President’s FY 2018 Budget Cuts for USDA, Rural Development

New Business

WIAC vote to approve Draft CWSRF and DWSRF FY 2017 PPLs and IUPs DWSRF Loan Requests

• City of Wilmington – Transmission and Distribution Main Improvements Phase II
• City of Harrington – Water Main, Storage Tower and Well Improvement Project

CWSRF Loan Requests

• Sussex County – Rt. 54 Septic System Elimination project
• Town of Laurel – Supplemental Loan Request – 6^th Street Storm Water Project

Statewide Wastewater Facilities Assessment Update proposal
Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant requests
Clean Water Project Planning Advance request – City of Newark
Community Water Quality Improvement Grant requests
Surface Water Matching Planning Grant – extension request

Reports
Administrators’ Reports
Subcommittees’ Reports

For more information about WIAC, please call 302-739-9941.

Media Contact: Melanie Rapp, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

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DOVER – The Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council (WIAC) will meet Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 9 a.m. in Conference Room 220, Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 S. Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901.

The agenda includes:

• New Castle Municipal Services Commission-Innovation and Technology Grant presentation
• Overview Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFA)
• Work Group – Funding conservation projects with SRF Principal Loan Forgiveness

Also on the agenda:

New Business

• DWSRF Loan Requests
  • Town of Laurel, well replacement
  • Town of Delmar, water main replacement
• DWSRF Non-Federal administrative account-reallocation request
• Drinking Water Asset Management Plan development incentive requests
  • Town of Georgetown
  • Town of Selbyville
• CWSRF Non-Federal Administrative Account – reallocation request
• Septic System Extended Funding Option (SEFO) – additional funding request
• Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant requests
  •  Town of Milton
•  Delaware City-Fort DuPont Redevelopment Corporation
•  Assessment of Asset Management Plan Development Incentive Program

Reports

• Administrators’ reports:
  • CWSRF project status update
  • Financial reports
  • CWSRF – DWSRF cash flow models
• Subcommittees’ Reports
  • Wastewater Drinking water
  • Surface water management
  • Finance
• Public comment
•  Next WIAC meeting date and adjourn

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Media contact: Michael Globetti, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902