Regulators and Watershed Organizations
When local news and science go dark, the river loses its voice: A warning and a rallying cry from Stroud Water Research Center
As Delaware Currents prepares to shut down, many of us who work in and care for the Delaware River Watershed...
To Know A Watershed, Explore A Creek
I'm cruising around an affluent neighborhood in rural New Jersey. I look suspicious, like I'm casing out houses - which...
Managing microplastics across the watershed: How water providers are responding to another ‘emerging’ contaminant
As communities grapple with decades of toxic pollution from “forever chemicals,” a group of governors are pushing for federal action...
Delaware Riverkeeper sues DRBC over Gibbstown LNG port permit extension
An environmental group has gone to federal court to block a permit extension granted to the developers of a controversial...
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...
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...
Improving water quality as a business: Why downstream users think it’s worth footing the bill
In a perfect world, polluters would take responsibility for their impact on local waterways, whether that means taking measures to...
Second dam on the Brandywine River being removed to restore fish passage
For centuries, dams have disrupted the natural flow of the Brandywine River and created barriers in migratory routes for fish,...
Clean-up of Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste at DuPont site along Delaware River continues in N.J.
Following the discovery of more contaminated soil last year, the cleanup of Manhattan Project-era radiological waste at the former DuPont...
Water operators appeal to Trump administration for reprieve to water quality improvement rules on Delaware River
Public water utilities are appealing to the Trump administration for a last-minute reprieve from new federal rules that would raise...
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...
Warren County backs effort to name Paulins Kill a National Wild and Scenic River
An ongoing initiative to recognize the Paulins Kill, a 41-mile tributary of the Delaware River, as a National Wild and...
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