Rival Delaware River ports go to court over Port Wilmington expansion

The operators of the main container terminal at the Port of Philadelphia and two other cargo terminals on the Delaware...
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Even more rain is coming to the Delaware River watershed after this week’s deluge

The Delaware River watershed barely has had time to bail out from the deluge of flood-triggering rain on Tuesday and...
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Camp FIMFO plan divides Park Service and Upper Delaware Council

Until last year, the National Park Service and the Upper Delaware Council had never disagreed on determinations about whether a...
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Batten down the hatches!

Wherever you live in our watershed, flooding is increasing, from Bristol, Pa., to Dover, Del., from Delaware County in New...
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Effort to create Delaware River National Park grinds on

Since steps were first announced in 2021 to create a national park straddling the Delaware River in New Jersey and...
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USS New Jersey to travel the Delaware River in 2024, headed for repairs

The nation’s most decorated battleship and a beloved tourist attraction, the USS New Jersey, is expected to be towed along the...
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EPA seeks to improve dissolved oxygen levels and water quality in urban stretch of Delaware River

All in all, it was a good week for the Delaware River. Two significant developments point toward possible improvements in...
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$50 million federal grant boosts Port Wilmington expansion project

The much-discussed-and-delayed plan to expand Port Wilmington by turning the former Edgemoor titanium dioxide manufacturing site into a new, modern...
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Sewage is overflowing into Philly’s rivers. Is the city’s $2B+ fix working?

Editor’s note: Delaware Currents, in partnership with Grid magazine and Chestnut Hill Local, spent several months examining Green City, Clean...
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Tookany/Tacony-Frankford: Water connects us

The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford waterways are a big name for what is really a rather small stream or two, or three, or...
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Polluted streams continue to plague Delaware River watershed in Pennsylvania

The quality of water in the Pennsylvania sub-basins that make up the Delaware River watershed deteriorated only slightly from an...
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