DOVER – DNREC’s Office of the Secretary, Environmental Finance, and DHSS Division of Public Health, Office of Drinking Water, will host a public workshop from 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, July 14, at the Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 South Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901, in preparation for the development of FY 2017 project priority lists for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Funds.

Workshop participants will learn about the following CWSRF and DWSRF program changes and infrastructure financing tools:

• One-stop loan application process for Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure Project Assistance
• CWSRF and DWSRF program loan interest rates (currently 2.0 percent)
• Land Conservation and Water Quality Improvement Loan sponsorship programs
• Source Water Protection Loans for drinking water supplies
• Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Stormwater Facilities Matching Planning Grants
• Community Water Quality Improvement Grants
• Asset Management Plan Development Incentives
• Project planning advances
• Expanded eligibilities for privately owned businesses

In addition, detailed information will be presented regarding how and when to submit projects for funding consideration, project ranking criteria, project construction requirements, and how to apply for infrastructure planning grants.

Please RSVP for the workshop by contacting Laura Rafferty at Laura.Rafferty@delaware.gov or by calling 302-739-9941.

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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

Proposals due by May 24

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship and office of Environmental Finance, and the Department of Health and Social Services’ (DHSS) Division of Public Health are now accepting project proposals from state, county and municipal governments and governmental subdivisions for matching grants for wastewater, surface water and drinking water project planning. Proposals must be received by 4:30 p.m. on May 24, 2017.

Eligible projects include: planning, preliminary engineering and feasibility analysis of wastewater and/or drinking water projects; stormwater retrofits; green technology practices; stream and wetland restoration projects; small watershed studies; master surface water and drainage plans; and other source water pollution control projects.

Wastewater Planning Grants assist with wastewater infrastructure project planning and design necessary to submit a loan application for funding consideration. Surface Water Planning Grants support projects and activities that focus on reducing surface water runoff and improving water quality in impaired watersheds. Drinking Water Planning Grants help municipal water systems prepare for large, often costly projects such as troubleshooting source water quality and proposing solutions, reconfiguring water plants to optimize treatment, and determining water main size and locations, among other activities.

Grant applications of up to $50,000 will be considered with a one-to-one cash match requirement. Up to 10 percent of the grant funds may be used for administrative costs. There is an annual cumulative grant award cap of $100,000 per successful applicant per fiscal year.

The Wastewater, Drinking Water and Surface Water Matching Planning Grant programs are set-asides in the State’s Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Funds. Projects will be recommended for funding by the Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council through a competitive grant process.

Wastewater Matching Planning Grant, project guidelines and application can be found online by clicking Wastewater Matching Planning Grant. Proposals must be submitted by email (less than 10 MB) to Greg.Pope@delaware.gov.

Surface Water Matching Planning Grant, project guidelines and application can be found online at Surface Water Matching Planning Grant. Proposals must be submitted by email (less than 10 MB) to James.Sullivan@delaware.gov.

Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant, project guidelines and the application can be found online at Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant. Proposals must be submitted by email (less than 10 MB) to Heather.Warren@delaware.gov.

For more information, please contact Greg Pope, Environmental Finance at 302-739-9941, Jim Sullivan, Division of Watershed Stewardship at 302-739-9922, or Heather Warren, DHSS’ Division of Public Health at 302-744-4739.

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DOVER – The Source Water Protection Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 10 in Conference Room 220 A&B of the Kent County Administrative Offices on Bay Road in Dover.

The agenda includes:

• An update on recent source water projects and initiatives in Delaware;
• A presentation by David Wunsch, State Geologist and Director of the Delaware Geological Survey, on Water Supply Issues in the Delaware River System;
• A presentation by Scott Andres, senior hydrogeologist with the Delaware Geological Survey, on Delaware’s Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring Infrastructure Improvements; and
• A presentation by Andrew Homsey, GIS Services manager with the Water Resources Agency at the University of Delaware, on the updates to the surface water source water assessments being done for the City of Wilmington, City of Newark, and SUEZ Water in Delaware.

The Source Water Assessment and Protection Program is charged with delineating source water areas around all sources of public drinking water in the state, identifying all existing and potential sources of contamination within those areas and making the information available to the public.

For more information, including a full agenda for this CTAC meeting, please visit delawaresourcewater.org, or contact Program Manager Anita Beckel at 302-739-9945.

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Proposals due by Nov. 16

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship, the office of Environmental Finance, and the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Division of Public Health are now accepting proposals from state, county and municipal governments and governmental subdivisions for matching grants for wastewater, surface water, and drinking water project planning. Proposals must be received by 4:30 p.m. Nov. 16, 2016.

Eligible projects include planning, preliminary engineering and feasibility analysis of: wastewater and drinking water projects; stormwater retrofits; green technology practices; stream and wetland restoration projects; small watershed studies; master surface water and drainage plans; and other source water pollution control projects.

Grant applications of up to $50,000 will be considered with a 1:1 cash match requirement. Up to 10 percent of the grant funds may be used for administrative costs. There is an annual cumulative grant award cap of $100,000 per successful applicant per fiscal year.

The Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Surface Water Matching Planning Grant programs are set-asides in Delaware’s Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Funds. Projects will be recommended for funding by the Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council through a competitive grant process.

For a Wastewater Matching Planning Grant, the project guidelines and the application can be found online by clicking Wastewater Matching Planning Grant. Proposals must be submitted by email (less than 10 MB) to Greg.Pope@delaware.gov.

For a Surface Water Matching Planning Grant, the project guidelines and the application can be found online at Surface Water Matching Planning Grant. Proposals must be submitted by email (less than 10 MB) to James.Sullivan@delaware.gov.

For a Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant, the project guidelines and the application can be found online at Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant. Proposals must be submitted by email (less than 10 MB) to Heather.Warren@delaware.gov.

For more information, contact Greg Pope, DNREC Environmental Finance at 302-739-9941, Jim Sullivan, DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship at 302-739-9922, or Heather Warren, Division of Public Health at 302-744-4739.

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

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