Regulators and Watershed Organizations
Philadelphia Water Department celebrates Manayunk Canal’s restoration and reopening
Philadelphia’s Manayunk Canal was a stagnant water body that suffered from low dissolved oxygen, frequent algal blooms and sedimentation for...
Deadline looms for new rules to improve Delaware River water quality. Will the EPA follow through?
This coming Monday, June 30, marks a significant deadline in the years-long fight over improving the water quality of a...
‘Politics has reached into the watershed’: DRBC adopts resolution about DEI and climate change
On the agenda for the Delaware River Basin Commission's June 11 meeting, the resolution didn't look all that newsworthy: "A...
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...
118 acres of forested land preserved in the Delaware Bay watershed in New Jersey
Nearly 120 acres of forested land in New Jersey in the Delaware Bay watershed has been preserved, according to the...
Racing to save Stone Harbor’s Scotch Bonnet Island before it’s swallowed by rising seas
Lenore Tedesco doesn’t need to venture far to witness sea-level rise. She tracks its relentless advance from her window at...
How a nonprofit uses oysters to prevent shoreline erosion on the Delaware Bay
If you’ve eaten at an oyster bar in Philadelphia or Wilmington recently, it’s likely that you have helped to prevent...
What lies beneath? A mixed bag of drought conditions in the watershed
New York, statewide, is mostly drought free. In the watershed sections of the other states, New Jersey still has some...
Saltwater intrusion into the Delaware River: Drought in the Delaware Valley
This article was originally published in South Jersey Climate News, a collaborative environmental reporting project of the Rowan University Journalism Department....
The Water Table is tackling workforce development
When the Water Table was inaugurated, about three years ago, the goal was to develop a watershed-wide group focused on...
Editorial report: Assessing the effects of the Trump administration on the Delaware River watershed
Right now, the Delaware River watershed is mired in a fog, and it's not meteorological. It's born of the anxiety...
Sewage plant operators resist pending EPA water quality rules for Delaware River
Several wastewater treatment operators on the Delaware River are pushing back against pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations that would...
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