Series: Atlantic Sturgeon
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...
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...
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...
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...
EPA plans to finalize rules to improve water quality in the Delaware River
A longtime effort to improve the water quality of a 38-mile stretch of the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pa., and...
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...
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...
Delaware Riverkeeper threatens to sue three watershed states over Atlantic sturgeon killings
An environmental group is threatening to sue three Delaware River watershed states — New York, New Jersey and Delaware —...
EPA hearing focuses on new dissolved oxygen rules for section of Delaware River
The tussle over revising the uses of the urban section of the Delaware River, as well as the accompanying water...
Latest salvo in the battle to save endangered sturgeon comes from the Philadelphia Water Department
As the largest single source of treated wastewater in the Delaware Estuary, the Philadelphia Water Department contributes the lion's share...
EPA seeks to improve dissolved oxygen levels and water quality in urban stretch of Delaware River
All in all, it was a good week for the Delaware River. Two significant developments point toward possible improvements in...
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