The agreement assists the state of delaware to develop and implement a public water system supervision (PWSS) program to adequately enforce the national primary drinking water regulations and the…

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware Division of Public Health $863,799 on January 1, 2026, under the State Public Water System Supervision program (CFDA 66.432) to develop and implement a Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) program enforcing the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations and Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.

The recipient will develop state drinking water regulations no less stringent than federal regulations, maintain an inventory of drinking water systems, manage public water system information, ensure public participation in drinking water governance, provide technical assistance to public water systems, and enforce drinking water regulations. Work includes completing sanitary surveys for one-third of all public water systems in Delaware, training water system operators and personnel, updating the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), enhancing emergency response preparedness, supporting Safe Drinking Water Act regulation development, and performing compliance and enforcement activities. Deliverables include semi-annual PWSS program reports, an annual compliance report for calendar year 2026, quarterly federal data reports, and state adoption of new drinking water regulations as stringent or more stringent than federal regulations. Expected outcomes are improved public health protection in drinking water, improved public health data management, trend monitoring of drinking water quality and compliance, and increased public education.

The Division of Public Health is passing funding to the Delaware Division of Public Health Laboratory (DPHL) for acquisition of testing and analytical equipment to collect and analyze emerging contaminants including but not limited to PFAS and Legionella. The award of $863,799 obligated represents $73,000 in incremental federal funds, with $574,849 contingent upon availability. Performance period runs January 1 through December 31, 2026, in Delaware.

The agreement assists the state of delaware to develop and implement a public water system supervision (PWSS) program to adequately enforce the national primary drinking water regulations and the requirements of the safe drinking water act. This action provides incremental federal funds of $73,000. Federal funds of $574,849 are contingent upon availability. Activities:proposed work includes: developing state drinking water regulations no less stringent than the federal regulations, maintaining an inventory of drinking water systems, managing information on public water systems, ensuring that public participation occurs regarding drinking water systems, providing technical assistance to public water systems and enforcing drinking water regulations. These activities will support completion of sanitary surveys for a third of all public water systems in the state, provide training to water system operators and personnel, update sdwis, enhance emergency response preparedness, support safe drinking water act regulation development for upcoming regulation changes, and ensure compliance and enforcement activities are performed. Subrecipient:delaware is providing assistance to the delaware division of public health laboratory (DPHL) utilizing funding included in the 2026 PWSS grant allotment for emerging contaminants. This funding will assist with the acquisition of testing and analytical equipment for the collection and analysis of emerging contaminants including but not limited to PFAS and legionella.outcomes:anticipated deliverables include semi-annual PWSS program reports, annual compliance report for calendar year 2026, quarterly federal data reports, state adoption of new drinking water regulations as stringent or more stringent than the federal regulations. Expected outcomes include improved public health protection in drinking water, improved public health data management and trend monitoring of drinking water quality and compliance, increased public education of drinking water quality, increased education of personnel around regulatory updates and increased input to EPA around programmatic issues. Intended beneficiaries include residents of the state of delaware.