South Bethany

Canal Water Quality Committee

Mission & Purpose

To improve water quality within the South Bethany canal network. 

Scope of Work

• Educate the community on canal water quality issues and provide them with strategies that can be used to help clean up the canals.
• Work with the Town, State, and Federal Government to eliminate pollutants entering our canals.
• Review current Town Ordinances and, if necessary, create new ones that would eliminate pollutants entering our canals.
• Partner with other organizations working on clean water initiatives.

Membership

• Chris Vanuga, Chair
• Bob Biciocchi, Liaison
• John Beauregard
• Christopher Carlyle
• John Roberts
• Peter Trelenberg
• Dave Wilson

Important Documents

• South Bethany 5-Year Water Quality Trend (2023)
• Woods Hole Final Report – South Bethany Canals Sediment Evaluation
• Floating Wetlands Explained.pdf
• 2007 SB DRAWING-REVISED DREDGE LAYOUT6249.pdf
• SB Water Quality Status June 23 2017.pdf
• Map_of_Canals.pdf

Historical Reports

• Studies conducted over the past 20 years relative to canal water quality.pdf

Summary of Projects

• 2014-Diffuser-Status-Report-Final-1.pdf
• Demonstration Pilot Project – Status Report.pdf
• Diffuser November 2013 Report.pdf
• Diffuser Data.pdf
• Overview_of_Projects.pdf
• Historical_Monitoring_Data-Through_2011-08.pdf
• Continuous DO Summary – 2010.pdf

Homeowner Education

• How to Make Canal-Friendly Weed Killer
• Tips on Helping to Clean Up our Canals and Yard Maintenance to Help Protect Water Quality
• Shellfish Aquaculture in the Delaware Inland Bays (by the University of Delaware CEOE in Cooperation with the CIB and DNREC).pdf
• Getting Stormwater into the Ground and Out of Our Canals and Bays!.pdf
• Attention Homeowners in South Bethany with Canal Property – the Future Water Quality of our Canals is at Risk.pdf

Upcoming Meetings – held on the third Monday of each month at 10 a.m. (Unless noted otherwise) 

Past Meetings:

• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 06/11/2024
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 04/15/2024
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 03/18/2024
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 02/19/2024
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 01/29/2024
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 12/18/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 11/20/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 10/23/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 09/18/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Mtg. - 08/21/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 07/17/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 06/20/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 05/15/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 04/17/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 03/27/2023
• Canal Water Quality Special Mtg. - 03/14/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 02/20/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 01/17/2023
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 12/19/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 11/21/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 10/17/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 09/26/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 08/15/2022
• CWQC Meeting - 07/18/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 06/20/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 05/16/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 04/18/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 03/31/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 02/28/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee Virtual Meeting - 01/24/2022
• Canal Water Quality Committee CANCELLED - 12/20/2021
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 11/15/2021
• Canal Water Quality Committee - 10/18/2021
• Canal Water Quality Meeting - 09/20/2021
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 08/16/2021
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting HAS BEEN CANCELLED - 07/23/2021
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 09/13/2019
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 06/06/2019
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 07/12/2018
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 06/15/2018
• Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 04/19/2018