Dialogue on Financing Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure in Delaware
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In the fall of 2005, Governor Ruth Ann Minner asked the Delaware Public Policy Institute (DPPI) to help convene a policy dialogue on financing wastewater and stormwater infrastructure for the 21st Century to help guide the Governor, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), and the Wastewater Facilities and Surface Water Management Advisory Council (the Council) in discharging their responsibilities.
The Governor determined the need for identifying predictable sources of funding for both wastewater and stormwater and, within that statewide need, addressing regional differences in both needs and resources. CBI assisted Lt. Governor John Carney, Chair of the Livable Delaware Advisory Council, the Governor’s Office, DNREC staff, and DPPI to organize and convene a policy dialogue of stakeholders from across the state (attendance list is on page 19).
The dialogue was organized around three key questions:
- What are the current and future statewide challenges facing wastewater and stormwater infrastructure?
- Is a dedicated, longer-term funding source for wastewater and stormwater infrastructure needed?
- If such a funding source were established, what mechanism(s) might be used to provide those funds?
With CBI's help the diverse stakeholder group reached agreement and developed a final report. The report discusses the general background and need for such a study, the funding and future funding needs of Delaware's wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, and recommendations to the state of Delaware, the Clean Water Advisory Council, the Department of Natural Resources and Enviornmental Control, and to municipalities and utilities.
For more information on this case, please contact Managing Director Patrick Field.
