Meg McGuire, Author at Delaware Currents

After years-long deliberation, the Delaware River Basin Commission today voted to ban fracking in the watershed. More study is set for the import to and export from the waters of the basin.

A long-awaited vote on fracking in the watershed is coming Feb. 25. You can attend virtually, see story.

Mostly because there aren’t that many people in the Upper Delaware River, it’s beautiful. But towns need help to keep it that way. Something’s afoot in New York to help some of those towns.

A manmade chemical called 1,4-dioxane “a likely human carcinogen,” has been found in the Delaware River in the more industrialized section of the river and in the Lehigh River and south — that part of the river designated by the Delaware River Basin Commission as Special Protection Waters. Here’s some mapping of the sites: www.drbc.maps.arcgis.com…

Of the 330 miles of the main stem Delaware River, only 27 miles aren’t swimmable and fishable — the designations used by the Clean Water Act as the national goal for all waters. But there’s a plan afoot to find solutions.

A new DRBC climate change committee seeks to get the best-informed, most reliable data for the entire Delaware River watershed and work on local problems that sea-level rise is already creating, as well as discovering what the future holds.

Where Are You in the Watershed?

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Full coverage of New Fortress Energy's plan to transport LNG from Pennsylvania to a Delaware River port

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A full deck at the Delaware RIver Basin Commission’s Sept.11 meeting. From left (Bryan Ashby (Delaware); Kenneth Kosinski (New York); Steve Tambini, ED DRBC; LTC David Park (USACE); Aneca Atkinson (Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Hoffman (New Jersey) Not pictured Pamela Bush, Secretary and Asst Gen. Counsel; Kenneth Warren, Gen Counsel

Another day, another DRBC advisory committee meeting - this one is Water Mngmt Advisory Committee. All are open to the public. #delawareriver @delrivcoalition

Meeting of the Subcommittee on Ecological Flow at the DRBC trying to ascertain what’s the best flow to keep the upriver critters healthy. #delawareriver

Another day, another advisory committee at the DRBC. This one is all about the toxics that grab headlines like the PFAs and the growing concern about micro plastics. #delawareriver @delrivcoalition

Not a great picture but great ambition for a better river: the agenda of (alphabet soup) STAC/MACC meeting RIGHT NOW at the DRBC offices in Trenton, NJ

The Blue Ridge Mountains are another way that nature reveals herself in all her glory.

Penn State’s #THON is about to start- dancers stand in 6 minutes and won’t sit down until 6 p.m. Sunday #Forthekids

Delaware River Basin Commission meeting in Wasingtons Crossing, Pa.

The very full Delaware River from the Lordville Bridge, looking toward New York.

$These are the pro-fracking ban folks gathered outside the Delaware River Basin Commission. About 25 people spoke against fracking and pipelines at todays meeting.$

$Here are the deciders on whether the Delaware River Basin will ban fracking in the Basin. These are the representatives of the 4 states and the federal government - the Delaware River Badin Commission meeting today in Trenton$

Posts by Meg McGuire

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Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: 2021 Science Summit
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Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: 2021 Science Summit
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Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: 2021 Science Summit
Part One

Fracking ban approved

DRBC fracking vote coming Feb.25

New alliance seeks to amplify Upper Delaware River voices

1,4-dioxane found in Delaware, Lehigh Rivers

27 miles to go: getting the last piece of the Delaware swimmable and fishable