Report on Source Water Protection in the City of Newark, Delaware

Abstract

This report summarizes the natural resources protected by the City of Newark’s municipal code in the source waters (Levels 1A, 1B, and 2) upstream from the drinking water intakes along the White Clay/Red Clay Creeks above Stanton and the Christina River at Smalley’s Pond. This GIS analysis tabulates the area already protected by code as part of Newark’s approach to meet the Delaware Source Water Protection Law of 2001.

Level 1A areas are defined as 100-year floodplains and/or erosion-prone slopes, and Level 1B areas as buffer areas 200 feet from each side of streams. For the purposes of this study Level 2 areas are areas of the watersheds which lie within the corporate limits of Newark.