This agreement provides support to the state of delaware to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted run-off from…

This $2.05 million formula grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 supports Delaware's implementation of its Nonpoint Source Management Program through September 2026. Under the EPA's Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460), the funding will enable the State of Delaware and subrecipients to conduct nonpoint source pollution reduction projects in impaired watersheds covered by EPA-approved plans. Projects will include the deployment of structural and non-structural best management practices, watershed planning, water quality monitoring, technology demonstrations, and education/outreach programs aimed at reducing pollutant loads. Beneficiaries include the citizens of Delaware. The award date was October 1, 2021, with $748,506 remaining contingent on availability of federal funds.

This agreement provides support to the state of delaware to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted run-off from nonpoint sources. Nonpoint source implementation projects can be conducted by both the state grant recipient as well as by a variety of subrecipients, and include a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (bmps), watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and a variety of education/outreach programs. The implementation projects are expected to primarily achieve pollutant load reductions in watersheds with clean water act section 319 approved watershed-based plans, ultimately leading to restoration of waterbodies and attainment of water quality standards. The beneficiaries of the award are delaware and its citizens. Federal funds in the amount of $748,506 remain contingent upon availability.