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Item Christina Basin Pollution Control Strategy: A Watershed-based Strategy to Implement Total Maximum Daily Loads in the Brandywine, Red Clay, and White Clay Creeks, and Christina River in Delaware(2008-07-10T15:51:16Z) Christina Basin Tributary Action Team; Corrozi, Martha; Kauffman, Gerald; Micheva, Angelina; Zechiel, MelissaThe Pollution Control Strategy (PCS) includes narrative on the unique characteristics of the basin, the resources that make the basin valuable, the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) set for the basin, and the Christina Basin Tributary Action Team process. The most significant component of this document are the 40 recommendations grouped by the following categories: stormwater, open space, wastewater, agriculture, and education. These recommendations were developed through a collaborative effort by the Christina Basin Tributary Action Team. The PCS also includes a chapter on the monitoring stations located throughout the Delaware portion of the basin and the water quality parameters tested at these stations. This chapter discusses the importance of water quality monitoring upon implementation of the PCS. The final chapter in the PCS quantifies the economic benefits of the Christina Basin and provides an estimate of the cost of implementing the recommendations set forth in the PCS. This chapter provides quantifiable evidence that improving the water quality in the Christina Basin makes economic sense.Item Proceedings of Water Policy Forum Series No. 4 - The Historic Christina Basin: Delaware's First Watershed(2004-10-13T13:23:43Z) Corrozi, MarthaThis policy forum, the fourth in a series that examines statewide water policy issues, was designed to explore past, present, and future issues in the watershed that is the largest source of drinking water supply in the state of Delaware – the Christina Basin. Over 200 attendees heard the speakers discuss a list of firsts attributable to the Christina Basin. The Christina Basin is the home of the first permanent European settlement in 1638 at the mouth of the Christinakill, now the present day location of the City of Wilmington. The only Revolutionary War battle in Delaware was fought at Cooch’s Bridge along the banks of the Christina River near Newark. The basin is an interstate watershed, the only one in Delaware, where the streams flow through three states. It is the home of the only six trout streams in Delaware as well as home to Wyeth and Winterthur and DuPont. The Brandywine Valley Association (BVA), formed in the late 1940s, was the first small watershed association in the United States. Accordingly, the Christina Basin holds a very special status for our small state.Item Water-Friendly Landscape Design: A Prescription for Healthy Watersheds(2006-05-31T18:37:16Z) Corrozi, Martha; Sims, TomThis policy forum, the fifth in a series that examines statewide water policy issues, was designed to explore current practices that incorporate water-friendly landscape design into a variety of settings, including the public realm, university campuses, and residential yards. Over 100 attendees heard the speakers discuss a variety of techniques that can be incorporated into the landscape to encourage nonpoint source pollution reduction in order to increase the health of our watersheds.Item White Clay Creek State of the Watershed Report: A Report Card on the Health of the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Watershed in Delaware and Pennsylvania(2009-01-20T18:39:56Z) Corrozi, Martha; Homsey, Andrew; Kauffman, Gerald; Farris, Erika; Seymour, MaureenThe White Clay Creek watershed is rich in natural resources and history and provides numerous benefits to people. However, increasing suburbanization and legacy pollutants threaten to degrade the ecological landscape of the White Clay Creek. The University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration’s Water Resources Agency has reviewed 21 environmental indicators to assess the state of the White Clay Creek watershed. These indicators are divided into four major categories: landscape, hydrology, water quality, and habitat.