Brandywine River Dam Sediments Reveals Encouraging Results
Scientists from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control published research today related to sediment quality behind eight dams in the Brandywine River, which finds there would be low risk of harm to fish or human health from toxic compounds if the sediments were released due to dam modification, removal or failure.
Conducted by DNREC’s Watershed Approach to Toxics Assessment and Restoration (WATAR) team, results of the study indicate that the volume of sediment trapped behind the dams is less than originally predicted, which translates to an overall lack of legacy toxic contaminant buildup. The report compares concentrations of contaminants in accumulated sediment across the eight dams investigated, and describes techniques used to evaluate potential impacts from the contaminants to aquatic life and human health. The overall findings are encouraging, as an increase in risk of adverse effects
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Local author Illona Holland pens story about gunpowder mill explosion
A newly released children’s book by local author Ilona E. Holland is based on a firsthand account of an explosion at a DuPont gunpowder mill in 1818. December 12, 2020
Author, educator and presenter Ilona E. Holland of Rehoboth Beach recently released her new children s book, “The Great Explosion: A Powder Mill Chronicle.” Published by Hagley Museum and Library, the book tells the story of the courageous du Pont children as they escape the Great Explosion of 1818. It is based on a firsthand account and includes much informational background about life on the Brandywine in the 19th century. The illustrations were done by Judy Love, who also collaborated with Holland on “The Lost Locket of Lewes,” which won first-place awards in children’s fiction from the National Federation of Press Women and the Delaware Press Association.