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More than 90% of Delawares waterways are classified as impaired due to elevated nutrient levels. In accordance with Clean Water Act requirements, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) established Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for each nutrient-impaired waterbody in the State. In addition, one-third of the state drains to the Chesapeake Bay and must adhere to the basin-wide TMDL currently under development by EPA. While reductions from point sources can be achieved through permitting processes, to achieve reductions from nonpoint sources, we all must change how we interact with the land. DNREC has engaged nine watershed stakeholder groups, called Tributary Action Teams (TATs), to develop recommendations for Pollution Control Strategies (PCSs). Teams have recommended both voluntary and regulatory best management practices to reduce nutrient inputs to ground and surface waters from agriculture and developed lands.