Martin W. Wollaston

Martin started working with WRA in 1983 (when it was the Water Resources Agency of New Castle County) after graduating from the University of Delaware and was with WRA when it joined IPA in 1998.  While with WRA, he was responsible for providing water-resources management assistance to the state and the local governments in New Castle County.  WRA now works with local jurisdictions throughout Delaware and the neighboring states.  Through the years, Martin has worked on numerous projects to protect and improve the quality of and increase public water supply. 

In addition to his public service work, he supervises undergraduate and graduate research assistants and serves as a guest speaker in classes on a variety of water-resources and land-use management issues.  His experience with IPA goes back to his graduate student days, where he was one of the first two Legislative Fellows when the program was initiated in 1982.
 

BA, University of Delaware 1978, Economics/Political Science
 

American Planning Association

American Planning Association, Delaware Chapter, Officer

American Society for Public Administration

Delaware Association for Public Administration, Treasurer
 

Town of Bethany Beach Comprehensive Plan Update, with William Fasano, Troy Mix, Nicole Minni, Mark Deshon, and Graduate Research Assistants, June 2005.

Town of Elsmere Comprehensive Plan, with Edward O’Donnell, Troy Mix, Lori Athey, Anna Hunter, Nicole Minni, Mark Deshon, and Graduate Research Assistants, July 2004.

Town of Wyoming Comprehensive Plan Update, with Nicole Minni, Mark Deshon, and Graduate Research Assistants, January 2004.

Town of Cheswold Comprehensive Plan, with Nicole Minni and Graduate Research Assistants, October 2003.

Fifth Report to the Governor and the State Legislature Regarding the Progress of the Delaware Water Supply Coordinating Council, with Jerry Kauffman, John H. Talley, Stephanie Baxter, and Stewart Lovell, January 17, 2003.

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

Source Water Assessment of the City of Newark, Delaware Public Water Supply Intake Located on the White Clay Creek, Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, with Jerry Kauffman, final draft May 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 Natural Resources and Environmental Control, with Jerry Kauffman, final draft May 2002.

Source Water Assessment of the United Water Delaware at Stanton Water Supply Intake Located on the White Clay and Red Clay Creeks, Delaware Source Water Assessment and Protection Program, for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, with Jerry Kauffman, final draft 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 Natural Resources and Environmental Control, with Jerry Kauffman, final draft May 2002.

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

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

Town of Odessa Comprehensive Plan, with Nicole Minni, David Edgell and Edward O’Donnell, and Graduate Research Assistants, April 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 Jerry Kauffman and John H. Talley, November 2000.

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

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

WATER 2020, Volume III: Water Use in New Castle County, with Water Resources Agency for New Castle County staff, February 1990.

WATER 2020, Volume I: Public Water Supply Systems for New Castle County, with Water Resources Agency for New Castle County staff, March 1989.

WATER 2000, Volume IX: Plan Management Summary, with Water Resources Agency for New Castle County staff, November 1984.

WATER 2000, Volume VII: Future Water Supply for Southern New Castle County, with Water Resources Agency for New Castle County staff, September 1984.

WATER 2000, Volume VII: Future Water Supply Projects for Northern New Castle County, with Water Resources Agency for New Castle County staff, June 1984.

WATER 2000, Compilation of Environmental Assessments for Northern New Castle County, with Water Resources Agency for New Castle County staff, February 1984.
 

“IPA’s Planning Services Group – Who Are We, presented at the workshop Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law,” by the National Business Institute, Newark, Del., December 2006.

“Protecting Public Drinking Water Sources,” with Jerry Kauffman, Charles Baker, and Jeffrey Bross, presented at the Delaware-Maryland Regional American Planning Association Conference, Wilmington, Del., October 2006.

“Source Water Protection: A Toolbox of Measures to Assist Local Governments Protect Public Drinking Water Supplies,” with Kevin Coyle, Charles Baker, and Kevin Vonck, presented at the American Planning Association Annual National Conference, San Francisco, Cal., March 2005.

“Municipal Annexation and Regional Growth,” with David Edgell, Michael Petit de Mange, and David Hugg, presented at the American Planning Association Annual National Conference, Denver, Col., March 2003.

“Whole Government Planning: The Delaware Experience,” with Edward O’Donnell and David Edgell, presented at the American Planning Association Annual National Conference, Denver, Col., March 2003.

“SWAPP – Going to the Source to Protect Delaware Drinking Water,” presented at 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 Hydrologic Cycle and Local Government presented at the 11th Delaware Institute for Local Government Leaders,” with Jerry Kauffman, Dewey Beach, Del., October 1999.

“Protecting Public Water Supplies in Delaware – Building on Established Foundations” (the Delaware Source Water Assessment & Protection Program), with Jerry Kauffman and Steven Smailer, presented at the American Water Works Association Conference, Chicago, Ill., June 1999.

“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 Jerry Kauffman, presented at the Water Environment Federation 70th Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Ill., October 1997.

“Wellhead Protection Area Data Grant Project,” with Bernard Dworsky, Thomas Russell, and Jerry Kauffman, presented at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wellhead Protection Conference, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., November 1994.