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Water Resources Agency
A unit of the Institute for Public Administration
within the College of Arts & Sciences’ School of Public Policy & Administration
WRA Staff
What is WRA?
WRA Partners
Gerald Kauffman
The mission of the Water Resources
Agency (WRA) is to provide waterresources 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.
Artesian Water Company
Project Director and State Water
Coordinator
Andrew Homsey
Associate Policy Scientist
Nicole Minni
Associate Policy Scientist
(Lewes Office)
Martha Corrozi Narvaez
Associate Policy Scientist
Martin Wollaston
Policy Scientist
Bernard Dworsky
Policy Scientist
Graduate and Undergraduate
Public Administration
Fellows
bachelor’s and master’s degree
students hired annually by the
Institute for Public Administration
to work for WRA
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.
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 & Natural
Resources, College of Earth,
Ocean, and the Environment)
United Water Delaware
U.S. EPA
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