Gerald J. Kauffman, PE

 
Gerald Kauffman is Director of the Water Resources Agency, an arm of the Institute for Public Administration in the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy at the University of Delaware. Jerry serves on the faculty as Instructor in the UD Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the UD School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. Since 2000 Mr. Kauffman has served as the State’s first Water Coordinator as appointed by Governors Tom Carper and Ruth Ann Minner and the General Assembly in accordance with the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council Act.

Mr. Kauffman is responsible for providing water resources assistance to federal, state and local governments in Delaware and the Delaware Valley through the University's public service, education, and research role. As part of this role, Jerry and his colleagues actively form relationships to convene and collaborate and communicate with the public to protect and restore the watersheds and aquifers that flow into and through Delaware’s borders.

Mr. Kauffman’s degrees include a Master of Public Administration (MPA) with specialization in watershed policy from the University of Delaware, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rutgers University. He is also a Certified Public Manager awarded by the Rutgers University Graduate Program in Public Administration.

Mr. Kauffman is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) who has been licensed in four states (New Jersey 1988, Wisconsin and Illinois 1990, and Delaware 2000) and has over 25 year’s experience in water resources and watershed management. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Water Resources Association (AWRA), the Delaware Academy of Sciences, the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), and the River Network.

In 1986 Jerry was named an employee of the year in New Jersey state government and in 1992 was awarded a national floodplain fellowship grant from the Association of State Floodplain Managers for the design of a greenway in the Flint Creek watershed northwest of Chicago, Illinois. In 2002 he received a University of Delaware Professional Merit Award. In 2004, the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin awarded Jerry the Samuel L. Baxter Memorial Award for contributions in water resources management.
 

 
Director of the Water Resources Agency within the University of Delaware, Institute for Public Administration, 2005 – present.

Instructor, secondary faculty appointment by the University of Delaware, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, 2006 – present.

Instructor, secondary faculty appointment by the University of Delaware, College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006 – present.

State Water Coordinator and voting member of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, by the Governor and General Assembly of Delaware, under the authority of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council Act, July 2000 – present.

Watershed Coordinator (for Delaware portion of watershed), for the Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership, a committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delaware River Basin Commission, and the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, 1995 – present.

Resource Protection Area Technical Advisory Committee (RPATAC), by the New Castle County Executive, under the authority of the New Castle County Unified Development Code, 1996 – present.

Watershed Committee Co-chair, by the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic River Watershed Management Committee, under the authority of the Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 2001 – 2004.

Board Member, Water Resources Association for the Delaware River Basin, 2003 – present.

President, Newark American Baseball Little League, Newark, Delaware, 2001 – 2002.

Faculty Advisor, University of Delaware Student Section of the American Water Resources Association, 2004 – present.

Faculty Advisor, University of Delaware Club Baseball Team, 2004 – 2005.
 

 
MPA, University of Delaware 2003, Water Resources Policy

Certified Public Manager, Level III, Rutgers University 1988, Graduate Programs in Public Administration

BSCE, Rutgers University 1981, Civil and Environmental Engineering (water resources)
 

 
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

American Water Resources Association (AWRA)

Delaware Academy of Sciences

The River Network

Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
 

 
Samuel L. Baxter Memorial Award, Water Resources Association for the Delaware River Basin, 2004

University of Delaware Professional Merit Award, 2002

Flood Hazard Fellowship Award, Flint Creek Greenway Plan, Association of State Floodplain Managers, 1992

Employee of the Year, New Jersey DOT Bureau of Research, 1988

Performance Suggestion Award, New Jersey DOT Bureau of Research, 1988
 

 
Research - Watershed Policy, Planning, and Management

Interests - Water Resources Governance and Finance; Water Resources Engineering, Hydrology and Hydraulics; Hydropolitics
 

 
CIEG 440 Water Resources Engineering. 3 credits. Fall semesters, 2001 through 2006. University of Delaware, College of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

CIEG 467 Watershed Engineering, Planning, and Design. 3 credits. Spring semesters, 2004 through 2006. University of Delaware, College of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

LEAD 201 Introduction to Consumer Policy. 3 credits. Spring semester 2006. University of Delaware, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, Leadership Program.

UAPP 611 Regional Watershed Management. 3 credits. Fall semesters, 1999 through 2005. University of Delaware, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy.
 

 
Wollaston, M. W. and G. J. Kauffman, manuscript under review April 2007. Water Supply: Newark’s Life Source. Chapter 12. The History of Newark. Wall Flowers Press. Newark, Delaware.

Homsey, A., G. J. Kauffman, and K. J. Vonck, manuscript under review August 2007. The Link between Stream Base Flow and Watershed Impervious Cover in the White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic Watershed. American Society of Civil Engineers. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. Special Issue: Impervious Surfaces in Hydrologic Modeling and Monitoring.

Vonck, K. J. and G. J. Kauffman, manuscript under review April 2007. The Severity of the Drought of 2002 in the Brandywine Creek Watershed of Delaware and Pennsylvania Based on Tree Rings Dating to 367 A.D. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Grehl, E. and G. Kauffman, Winter 2007. The University of Delaware Rain Garden: Environmental Mitigation of a Building Footprint. Journal of Green Building. Volume 2, Number 1. pages 53 – 67.

Kauffman, G. J., draft book April 2007, An Invitation to Water Resources Engineering, Reference Manual for the Water Resources Depth Portion of the Civil Professional Engineer Exam. Professional Publications, Inc. Belmont, California. Pages 1 – 203.

Kauffman, G. J. manuscript under review April 2007. The Historic Christina Basin: Delaware’s First Watershed. Delaware Medical Journal.

Homsey, A., G. J. Kauffman, and L. Schnick, July 2006. Southern New Castle County Priority Watershed Strategy: A Watershed-based Approach to Protect Natural Resources in the MOT Planning District of Southern New Castle County, Delaware. Prepared for the New Castle County Department of Planning.

Kauffman, G. J., December, 2006. Perspectives on Ethics and Water Policy in Delaware. Journal of Philosophical Research. Special issue: Ethics and the Life Sciences. Pages 93 – 126.

Kauffman, G. J., M. B. Corozzi, and K. J. Vonck, June 2006. Imperviousness: A Performance Measure of a Delaware Water Resource Protection Area Ordinance. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Volume 42, No. 3. pages 603 – 616.

Kauffman, G. J. and K. J. Vonck, June 2006. Ninth Report to the Governor and General Assembly Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, Estimates of Water Supply and Demand in Southern New Castle County through 2030.

Kauffman, G. J. and K. J. Vonck, March 2006. Eighth Report to the Governor and General Assembly Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, Updated Water Supply and Demand Projections for Northern New Castle County.

Kauffman, G. J. and K. J. Vonck, June 2005. Seventh Report to the Governor and General Assembly Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, Northern Delaware Drought Operating Plan.

Optimization of Minimum Instream Flow Needs along the White Clay Creek in Delaware, prepared for the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, with Kevin J. Vonck, January 10, 2005.

"Watershed Moments Continue in the Historic Christina Basin," Perspective Column, Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, Del., July 18, 2004.

Synthesis of Water Rates in Delaware and Contiguous States, with Martha Corrozi and Marlyse Williams, July 2004.

Annual Water Budget for the Cockeysville Formation: For the Hockessin Village Plan, prepared for the New Castle County Department of Land Use, New Castle, Del., with Kristen Sentoff and Kevin J. Vonck, June 2004.

Sixth Report to the Governor and the General Assembly Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, with Kevin J. Vonck, March 26, 2004, revised June 7, 2004.

Delaware Ground-Water Recharge Design Manual, Prepared for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, with Sara L. Wozniak and Kevin J. Vonck, March 2004.

Source Water Protection Guidance Manual for the Local Governments of Delaware, Prepared for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware General Assembly, with Martin Wollaston, Sara Wozniak, and Kevin J. Vonck, March 2004.

Book Review: Governance in Public Administration, Public Performance and Management Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, December 2003.

A Watershed Restoration Action Strategy (WRAS) for the Delaware Portion of the Christina Basin: A Clean Water Strategy to Protect and Restore the Watersheds of the Brandywine, Red Clay, and White Clay Creeks and Christina River in Delaware, prepared for the Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership, with Sara Wozniak and Kevin Vonck, June 2003.

The Development of a Dam Safety Program for the State of Delaware, prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Delaware Emergency Management Agency, and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, April 2003.

Fifth Report to the Governor and the General Assembly Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council (The Drought of 2002), with Kevin Donnelly, Stewart Lovell, John Talley, Stefanie Baxter, Sara Wozniak, Kevin Vonck, and Martin Wollaston, January 2003.

Editor. Proceedings of DROUGHT.02: A Debate and Panel Discussion Concerning Water Supply Policy in Delaware, A Delaware Public Policy Forum, sponsored by the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Water Resources Center, October 9, 2002.

Editor. Proceedings of Drinking Water 2001: The Issues Concerning Delaware's Most Precious Natural Resource, A Delaware Public Policy Forum, sponsored by the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, October 11, 2001.

"A GIS-based Performance Evaluation of the New Castle County, Delaware Water Resource Protection Area Ordinance," in Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association Specialty Conference, Keystone, Colorado, with Martha Corrozi and Kevin Vonck, pages 1-6, July 2002.

"Politics Muddies Water," Perspective Column, Sunday News Journal, March 17, 2002.

Fourth Report to the Governor and the State Legislature Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, with Martin W. Wollaston, John H. Talley, and Stewart Lovell, May 1, 2002.

Source Water Assessment of the City of Wilmington, Delaware Public Water Supply Intake Located on the Brandywine Creek, Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, for the Delaware Department of Environmental Protection and Environmental Control, with Martin Wollaston, May 2002.

Source Water Assessment of the United Water Delaware at Smalley's Pond Water Supply Intake Located on the Christina River, Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, for the Delaware Department of Environmental Protection and Environmental Control, with Martin Wollaston, May 2002.

"What if… The United States of America Were Based on Watersheds?," in Water Policy Journal, published by Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford, United Kingdom, Volume 4, pages 57-68, May 2002.

"The Ethical Dilemma of the Public Natural Resources Manager," in PA Times, a publication of the American Society for Public Administration, Volume 4, No. 8, July 2001.

Third Report to the Governor and the State Legislature Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, with Martin W. Wollaston, John H. Talley, and Stewart Lovell, July 27, 2001.

"Development of the University of Delaware Experimental Watershed Project," in Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association/University Council of Water Resources Conference, pages 81-86, with Jennifer Campagnini, Martha Corrozi, and Justin Bower, June 2001.

"Bank on Standards to Save Delaware's Gold Coast," Delaware Voice Column, The News Journal, June 3, 2001.

Second Report to the Governor and the State Legislature Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, with Martin W. Wollaston, John H. Talley, and Stewart Lovell, March 1, 2001.

"The Drought of 1999: The Efforts of the Governor's Water Supply Task Force in Delaware," in Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association Conference, pages 249-253, with Martin W. Wollaston and John H. Talley, 2000.

Economic Synthesis of Water Rates in Delaware and Surrounding River Basins, with Kareem Ali, August 2000.

"The Role of Impervious Cover as a Watershed-based Zoning Tool to Protect Water Quality in the Christina Basin of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland," in Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, Watershed Management 2000 Conference, with Tammy Brant, pp. 1-13, 2000.

Report to the Governor and the State Legislature Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, with Martin W. Wollaston, John H. Talley, and Stewart Lovell, May 2000.

Final Report of the Governor's Water Supply Task Force, with Martin W. Wollaston, John H. Talley, Stewart Lovell, and Mark Headd, 1999.

Instream Flow Needs Analysis for Northern New Castle County, Delaware, Phase III: Water Supply Operating Plan, Hoopes Reservoir, City of Wilmington, Delaware, with David Yaeck and Stewart Lovell, 1999.

Phase III Report, Christina Basin Water Quality Management Strategy, with Dan Greig and Janet Bowers, 1999.

"The Anatomy of a Drought," in Watershed Management, Practice, Policies, and Coordination, Chapter 16, pp. 313-331, editor Robert J. Reimold, 1998.

Phase I and II Report, Christina Basin Water Quality Management Strategy, with Dan Greig and Janet Bowers, 1998.

Report of the Joint Task Force, Instream Flow Needs Analysis for Northern New Castle County, Delaware, Phase Two: 7Q10 Assessment, with David Yaeck, Stewart Lovell, Richard Greene, Mike Stangl, and Roy Miller, 1997.

Report of the Joint Task Force, Instream Flow Needs Analysis for Northern New Castle County, Delaware, Phase One: 7Q10 Assessment, with David Yaeck, Stewart Lovell, Richard Greene, Mike Stangl, and Roy Miller, 1995.

Comprehensive Stormwater/Floodplain Management Plan, Phases I, II, and III, Village of Bolingbrook, Ill., 1993.

The Flint Creek Greenway Plan, for the Association of State Floodplain Managers Flood Hazard Fellowship, Barrington, Ill., 1992.

An Eight-Year Performance Evaluation of Subsurface Drainage Research in N.J., with Victor Mottola, Transportation Research Board, 1988.

New Jersey Flood Control Master Plan, NJDEP, with Narinder Ahmed, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, N.J., 1983.

Technical Manual for Stream Encroachment in New Jersey, with Narinder Ahmed, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, N.J., 1983.
 

 
The Historic Christina Basin: George Washington Slept Here.  Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of Delaware.  Wilmington, Delaware.  April 19, 2005

Demand Side Management During Delaware's 100-year Drought of 2002, Annual Conference of the American Water Resources Association, Orlando, Fla., November 3, 2004.

Perspectives on Ethics and Water Policy in Delaware, Ethics and the Life Sciences Conference,  Sponsored by the American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware Department of Philosophy, and National Science Foundation, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., October 23, 2004.

The Historic Christina Basin: George Washington Slept Here, Proceedings of the Historic Christina Basin: Delaware's First Watershed, Delaware Policy Forum Series, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., October 6, 2004.  

Christina Basin Clean Water Strategy, Poster Session, University of Wisconsin Water Outreach Symposium, Madison, Wis., June 2, 2004.

Public Outreach for a Better World: Multi-scale Approaches across Institutions Around the Globe, 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pa., with Rex Honey, Stanley Okafor, Young-Doo Wang, Michael Scozzafava, and William James Smith, March 18, 2004.  

The Watershed Management Approach: The Christina Basin Case Study, Hearing of the International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States of America, Washington, D.C., December 11, 2003.  

Hydropolitics and Drought in Delaware, University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Environmental Studies, Seminar Series. Philadelphia, Pa., November 12, 2003.  

Henri Visits Delaware: September 15, 2003, Flooding in the Red Clay Creek Watershed,  Proceedings of Land Use Change and Water Quality: Assessing the Impacts and Planning for the Future. Delaware Policy Forum Series, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., with John H. Talley, October 2, 2003. 

The University of Delaware Experimental Watershed, Watershed Management and the University: A Working Conference for Higher Education, Institutions, Watershed Managers and Other Watershed Stakeholders, sponsored by the New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., May 29, 2003.

Water Supply Politics and Policy in Delaware, meeting of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), April 17, 2003.

Hydropolitics of Water Supply in Delaware, Responsible Water Use in the Garden, a symposium at Winterthur, an American country estate, co-hosted by the University of Delaware Longwood Graduate Program and Winterthur Garden Division, March 29, 2003.

The Public Land Grant University as the Basis for a National Network of Experimental Watersheds: The Delaware Model, Annual Conference of the American Water Resources Association, Philadelphia, Pa., November 5, 2002.

The Anatomy of a Drought, Proceedings of DROUGHT.02: A Debate and Panel Discussion Concerning Water Supply Policy in Delaware, A Delaware Public Policy Forum, sponsored by the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Delaware Water Resources Center, October 9, 2002.

Urbanization in the Christina Basin of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania: Cause of More Droughts and Floods?, University Council of Water Resources Institutes Conference, Traverse City, Mich., July 2002.

Water as the Blue Gold of the 21st Century: How Much Will There Be to Drink?, Drinking Water 2001: The Issues Concerning Delaware's Most Precious Natural Resource, A Delaware Policy Forum sponsored by the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Newark, Del., October 2001.

The University of Delaware Experimental Watershed. Spring Conference of the American Geophysical Union, with Jennifer Campagnini, Martha Corrozi, and Justin Bower, Boston, Mass., May 2001.

The University of Delaware Experimental Watershed Project, with Jennifer Campagnini, Martha Corrozi, and Justin Bower, Delaware GIS 2000 Conference, Delaware Geographic Data Committee, Dover, Del., November 2000.

The Role of Impervious Cover as a Watershed Zoning Tool in the Christina Basin of Delaware, Delaware Urban Erosion, Sediment and Stormwater Conference 2000, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., October 2000.

Clean Water Issues Affecting Delaware Municipalities, 12th Delaware Institute for Local Government Leaders, Rehoboth, Del., October 2000.

Christina Basin Water Quality Management Strategy, with Jan Bowers, Advances in Stream Ecology Conference, Mason Dixon Task Force, Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pa., September 2000.

The Naamans Creek Watershed - What are the Current Solutions?, Looking at a Watershed Through Community Eyes Conference, Naamans Creek Watershed Association, Wilmington, Del., April 2000.

An Interstate Approach to Protect and Restore Watersheds in the Christina Basin of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, with Jan Bowers, Interstate Initiatives for Clean Water in the Christina Basin Conference, Delaware Nature Society, Ashland, Del., June 1999.

Impervious Cover as a Land Planning Tool in the Christina Basin of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, Flowing Toward the Future: Visions for the Delaware River Basin in the 21st Century Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., November 1999.

The Delaware Source Water Protection Program (SWAP), with Martin Wollaston and Steven Smailer, American Water Works Association Conference, Chicago, Ill., June 1999.

The Christina Clean Water Strategy, with Tammy Brant, Association of State Floodplain Managers Annual Conference, Portland, Ore., May 1999.

The Importance of Land Use in Maintaining Biodiversity: The Example of the Naamans Creek Watershed, with Marianne Cinaglia and Tammy Brant, Managing Biodiversity in the Delaware Valley Region Seminar, Society for Conservation Biology, Delaware Valley Chapter, Rowan University, Glassboro, N.J., March 1999.

The Hydrologic Cycle and Local Government in Delaware, with Martin Wollaston, Eleventh Delaware Institute for Local Government Leaders, Dewey Beach, Del., October 1999.

From Drought to Flood: Transmillenial Solutions for Water Supply in New Castle County, Delaware, Society of American Military Engineers, North Atlantic Regional Conference, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., October 1999.

Stormwater Planning for Urbanization - How far in the Future?, with Dr. William Ritter and Bernard Dworsky, American Society of Civil Engineers, International Water Resources Engineering Conference, Memphis, Tenn., August 1998.

GIS Applications for Watershed Management in New Castle County, Delaware, with Bernard Dworsky and Vern Svatos, Water Resources Association Seminar, Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, Pa., August 1998.

Christina Basin Clean Water Strategy, Keynote Speech, Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Water Resources Association Conference, Matamoras, Pa., April 1998.

The Christina River Basin - A Sedimental Journey, Christina Basin Restoration Conference, Wilmington, Del., February 1998.

Wetland Project Decision Making, A Matrix Approach, with Robert Reimold, William Moyer and Frank Cianfrani, Water Environment Federation 70th Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Ill., October 1997.

Using Technical, Environmental, Legal, Institutional, Neighborhood, and Economic (TELINE) Factors to Screen Public Works Projects for NEPA Compliance, with Robert Singer, Jonathon Weier, Robert J. Reimold, and Martin W. Wollaston, Water Environment Federation 70th Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Ill., October 1997.

Christina Basin Water Quality Management Strategy - Opening Speaker, with Dan Greig, Delaware Estuary Program Implementation Conference, West Chester University, West Chester, Pa., May 1997.

The Christina River Basin Study, Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Water Resources Association Conference, Matamoras, Pa., April 1997.

Wellhead Protection Symposium, The Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section, 32nd Annual Meeting, Valley Forge, Pa., March 1997.

GIS for Local and Regional Planning, with Bernard Dworsky and Vern Svatos, GIS Technology for Economic Development, Environmental Protection and Regional and Local Planning Conference, Neumann College, Aston, Pa., February 1997.

New Castle County Water Supply Plan, Delaware Association of Conservation Districts, Annual Conference, Dover, Del., February 1996.

Christina Basin Nonpoint Source Management Strategy, Landowners Watershed Protection Conference, Delaware Nature Society, Ashland, Del., September 1995.

Wellhead Protection Area Data Grant Project, with Bernard Dworsky, Thomas Russell, and Martin Wollaston, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wellhead Protection Conference, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., November 1994.

Preserving Small Stream Corridors in Metropolitan Chicago: The Flood Control, Economic, and Recreational Benefits, Association of State Floodplain Managers 16th Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, Mich., May 1992.

Innovative Stormwater Management Techniques in Northeastern Illinois, Association of State Floodplain Managers, 15th Annual Conference, Denver, Colo., May 1991.

An Eight Year Performance Evaluation of Subsurface Drainage in New Jersey, with Victor Mottola, Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington, D.C., January 1988.