Delaware taxpayers can use a tax check-off to designate contributions to the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Preservation Fund, which was created to protect and improve water quality of the White Clay Creek, Delaware’s only federally designated wild and scenic river.

Please help by making a contribution on your next tax return by checking White Clay Creek on line 17M, Resident Schedule III.

Not a Delaware resident? That's OK - you can still support projects that protect an important drinking water source -White Clay Creek - with a donation to the White Clay Creek Watershed Association.

Past projects:

Current and ongoing projects:

  • Delaware bacteria studies and water quality monitoring

  • Catch the Rain Program in Delaware 

  • Environmental education programming for Delaware schools

  • Educational signage and drinking water fountain for the new inclusive park ‘Preston’s Playground’ adjacent to the Newark reservoir. Newark residents rely on clean water from the Newark reservoir, yet many aren't aware that White Clay Creek is the source of that drinking water. This is an effort to make that connection real. 

  • Support for dam removals, ecological restoration, and fish passage.

  • Fish studies along the lower White Clay Creek

Potential projects:

  • Benthic studies - There is limited data on benthic populations in the Delaware portion of the White Clay. Options are being explored to conduct more research.