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UD heads Delaware Basin water research project
The $145,000 research project, which is funded by the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), will be carried out by team from DRBC, the Delaware Estuary Program, the Cornell New York State Water Research Institute, the Penn State Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Institute and the Rutgers New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute. “Since September 2005, the water resources institutes have been collaborating to collect water resource data and land use and socio-economic information on a watershed basis to prepare the state of the basin report,” Gerald J. Kauffman, director of IPA-WRA, said. “The purpose of the report is to describe for the general public and policy makers the condition of water resources and water-related resources throughout the Delaware River basin” The Delaware River basin, which covers 13,000 square miles in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, extends 300 miles from the headwaters in the Catskills to the mouth at Cape Henlopen. DRBC aims to harmonize competing river interests of the economy and the environment with the interests of the states and the federal government. UD faculty and staff on the state of the basin team include Kauffman, Tom Sims, associate dean and director of the Delaware Water Resources Center in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Jerome Lewis, director of IPA; Martha Corrozi, policy specialist in IPA; Kevin Vonck, doctoral candidate in urban affairs and public policy; and Andrew Homsey, associate policy scientist in IPA-WRA. Christi Desisto, a senior civil and environmental engineering major, and Melissa Zechiel, graduate student in public administration, are conducting research for the project. Article by Martin Mbugua |
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