Delaware Earns $1.4 Million Epa Grant To Control Storm Water
A $1.4 million grant from the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be used to help control pollution from storm water runoff throughout the state of Delaware.
The grant, which goes to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s nonpoint source program, will be combined with almost $1 million in state and local funds to support storm water projects.
Storm water pollution, sometimes called nonpoint source pollution, is caused by rainfall or melting snow moving over or through the ground and carrying natural or human-made pollutants into lakes, streams, rivers, oceans and other water bodies.
With the newly granted funding, state personnel will work with shoreline property owners to develop erosion-control projects that will help stabilize and protect the Delaware shoreline.
A tree planting program by Delawares Department of Agriculture Forest Service will be implemented to develop riparian buffers in rural and urban environments throughout the state.
Farmers will be assisted to develop nutrient management plans and applications for dairy manure storage systems, poultry manure storage systems, poultry composters, nutrient management plans, and cover crops to prevent polluted runoff.
Manufactured ponds, filtration systems and piping will be instaffed to better control storm water runoff throughout the Inland Bays Watershed in Sussex County.
Finally, the grant funding will be used to assess and restore a subwatershed in the Hockessin Village area of New Castle County at the headwaters of Mill Creek. This project would rely on the use of best management practices and mitigation.
Provided by the Environmental News Service.
