Regulators and Watershed Organizations

Delaware Riverkeeper sues EPA over dissolved oxygen standards

An environmental group has taken the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to federal court, accusing it of foot-dragging in finalizing regulations...
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Agencies sign on to a re-evaluation of a Lehigh River dam

Representatives from three government agencies last month agreed to share the costs of a study to consider the current and...
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Dozens of projects awarded $17.3 million from Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund

While the former residents of Thompson’s Beach gave up long ago on the effort to rebuild their homes, Alek “Capt....
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DRBC to explore water-storage possibilities to alleviate drought

The scientists, engineers and planners at the Delaware River Basin Commission work on all sorts of projects, almost invisibly, and...
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Kristen Bowman Kavanagh named as new DRBC executive director

Kristen Bowman Kavanagh has been named as the new executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission, beginning on Dec....
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Editorial report: The DRBC can help you understand floods and drought

How we manage our water supply is a serious concern for the whole watershed. (I'm looking at you Philly —...
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Roll out the (rain) barrels to promote sustainability and flood prevention

There was a bit of pushing and shoving in the parking lot of the Pike County Conversation District in Hawley,...
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141 acres in New Jersey watershed that feeds Delaware Bay are preserved

More than 140 forested acres in Gloucester County, N.J., in a watershed that feeds into the Delaware Bay have been...
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EPA: “Alarming” gaps in cybersecurity for water providers

Public water providers in the Delaware River watershed and across the United States are being urged to ramp up their...
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PWD airs its 25-year Water Revitalization Plan

On a sunny, warm Monday afternoon, Anna Kloiber pointed at a glistening body of water behind her just on the...
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EPA awards $6.8M to clean up brownfields in Delaware River watershed

Early on Monday afternoon, Shone London was fishing the lower Schuylkill River near his home in Southwest Philadelphia. London, 23,...
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‘A day of immense gratitude for water justice realized:’ EPA imposes limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water

In the first-ever national limits on toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that...
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