Water Quality and Quantity

Summer flooding in Delaware River Basin to increase in size and frequency, study finds

Summer flooding in the Delaware River Basin is expected to increase in both size and frequency as the climate continues...
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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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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...
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Concerns about water and power demands surface as data centers boom in Delaware River watershed

Most Pennsylvanians probably couldn’t point out Tobyhanna Township on a map. But parents of young children likely know Kalahari resorts,...
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Trenton City continues to fight NJ over troubled water utility

This article, written by Joanna Gagis, originally appeared on NJ Spotlight. In a fiery city council meeting Monday night, Shawn...
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Advocates dream of Philadelphia as a water recreation wonderland

On an unseasonably cool Saturday during one of this spring’s stretches of wet weather, 14-year-old Yazmine Acosta of South Philadelphia,...
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Burn scars can exacerbate flooding, posing compounding climate hazards

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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New Jersey reaches historic $2B settlement with DuPont over decades of pollution

Note: This article and video interview were reported by NJ Spotlight News. In what’s being hailed as a landmark victory...
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Is the Upper Delaware River ready for a Texas-like flood?

Molly Oliver knows of the flood risks lurking in the twisty-turny valleys of the Delaware River’s headwaters near the New...
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Gaining water quality clarity in New Jersey

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles to educate readers in southwestern New Jersey about the...
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