Canal Water Quality Committee
South Bethany Canal Water Quality Committee (SBCWQC)
Chairman: Chris Vanuga
Council Liaison: Bob Biciocchi
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
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)
- Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 12/16/2024
Past Meetings:
- Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 11/18/2024
- Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 10/21/2024
- Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 09/16/2024
- Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 08/19/2024
- Canal Water Quality Committee Meeting - 07/15/2024
- 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