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EPA issues new water quality rules for urban stretch of Delaware River

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced new water quality standards for a 38-mile stretch of the Delaware River between...
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Dissolved oxygen rules set to come Sept. 22: EPA official

Dissolved oxygen (and the lack of it) has been the star of the show for many Water Quality Advisory Committee...
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Activists pledge to resist any federal effort to lift fracking ban in Delaware River Basin

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign...
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Federal bill would heighten DRBC accountability and oversight

A bill introduced by a Pennsylvania congressman proposes to bring greater scrutiny to the operations of the Delaware River Basin...
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‘The Big Think’ with Steve Tambini, former executive director of the DRBC

A series of conversations with people who have worked in and for the watershed, sharing their expertise and knowledge. What...
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Delaware Aqueduct repair remains in limbo

The possibility this year of seeing the three-times postponed Delaware Aqueduct repair go forward remains in limbo. The repair was...
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Judge dismisses Wayne Land and Mineral Group suit against DRBC over fracking ban

A federal court judge has dismissed a nearly 9-year-old challenge to the Delaware River Basin Commission’s ban on fracking in...
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Rules to improve water quality of Delaware River Estuary might finally be in sight

The Delaware River Estuary has been pretty close to long-planned improvements in its water quality ever since the Delaware River...
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New DRBC head promises a steady hand on the tiller

Kristen Bowman Kavanagh is the new executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission. So new, in fact, that her...
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DRBC declares a water-supply emergency, not a drought

Yes, we've had rain (and snow) but not enough. We still have drought watches and warnings all around the river....
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