Land Use Change and Water Quality: Assessing the Impacts and Planning for the Future
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2004-07-01
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We are pleased to present the proceedings of the Delaware Policy Forum titled Land Use Change and Water Quality: Assessing the Impacts and Planning for the Future held on Thursday October 2, 2003 at Clayton Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark, Delaware. The University of Delaware, Institute for Public Administration, Water Resources Agency and Delaware Water Resources Center co-sponsored this event in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Delaware Geological Survey and Center for Inland Bays. This was the third in an annual series of policy forums designed to examine water issues in Delaware.
Our speakers expressed a common theme – what happens on the land can affect the quality and quantity of Delaware’s water resources. We can conclude that one of the challenges for Delaware’s future will be to accommodate economic development of public and private land, with a growing population base, while employing mechanisms to protect the watersheds and aquifers.