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Delaware Gets $517,060 EPA Grant for Safe Drinking Water

Release Date: 4/12/2001
Contact Information: Roy Seneca, (215) 814-5567

Roy Seneca, (215) 814-5567

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $517,060 to Delaware’s public water system supervision program to help protect drinking water supplies. Delaware will contribute $541,872 in matching funds.

“This funding supports the state in many ways, but the citizens of Delaware will benefit the most by having safe water to drink and by having information about the quality of their drinking water at their fingertips,” said Tom Voltaggio, acting regional administrator for EPA’s mid-Atlantic region.

EPA’s funding will help Delaware’s public water systems:

• Implement new drinking water regulations that promote the consumers’ right-to-know about the quality of their drinking water;
• Increase protection against microbial and other contaminants;
• Upgrade computer data bases to maintain the water quality monitoring and enforcement data

Funding will also provide technical assistance to small, financially challenged public water systems.

The EPA funds are awarded annually to states that assume the primary enforcement authority to help ensure the nation’s drinking waters remain safe. Funding will be distributed through Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Services, which assists public water systems in complying with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act by providing technical assistance, operator training, and water sample analysis.