Water Resources AgencyA unit of the Institute for Public Administrationwithin the College of Arts & Sciences’ School of Public Policy & Administration

WRA Staff

Gerald KauffmanProject Director and State Water

Coordinator

Andrew HomseyAssociate Policy Scientist

Nicole MinniAssociate Policy Scientist

(Lewes Office)

Martha Corrozi NarvaezAssociate Policy Scientist

Martin WollastonPolicy Scientist

Bernard DworskyPolicy Scientist

Graduate and UndergraduatePublic Administration Fellowsbachelor’s and master’s degree

students hired annually by the

Institute for Public Administration

to work for WRA

WRA Partners

Artesian Water Company

Brandywine Conservancy

Brandywine Valley Association

City of Wilmington

City of Newark

Delaware Nature Society

Delaware Center for Horticulture

Delaware Greenways

DelDOT

Delaware River Basin Commission

DNREC

Duffield Associates

FishAmerica Foundation

New Castle Conservation District

New Castle County

NOAA

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

The Nature Conservancy (Delaware)

Tidewater Utilities

UD Colleges (College of Engineering,College of Agriculture & NaturalResources, College of Earth, Ocean, and the Environment)

United Water Delaware

U.S. EPA

What is WRA?

The mission of the Water Resources

Agency (WRA) is to provide water-

resources planning and policy

assistance to governments in

Delaware, the Delaware Valley, and

along the Eastern Seaboard through

the University’s land-grant public

service, education, and research role.

Its goal is to be recognized as the best

university water-resources planning

and policy organization east of the

Mississippi River.

Funding support for WRA comes from

federal, state, and local government

partners, including the State of

Delaware, New Castle County, the City

of Newark, and the City of Wilmington,

as well as specific local, regional, and

federal grants.

Where is WRA?

WRA is located in Newark, Del., on

UD’s main campus, off Academy

Street in the Delaware Geological

Survey (DGS) Annex, which is a little

house behind Penny Hall and a rain

garden.

WRA is involved with… • White Clay Creek Dam Removal • Database of Delaware Flora

• Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership • Floodplain and Stormwater Management • Economic Value of Watersheds

• Water Supply and Water Demand Forecasts • Water and Wastewater Rate Surveys • Delaware Dam Safety Program

• Water Resources and GIS Education/Outreach • GIS Mapping Services • Delaware Watersheds Website

• City of Wilmington Green Jobs Program • White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Management Committee

• Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council • Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program

www.ipa.udel.edu/wra

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