Water Quality and Quantity
More than 3 years after Hurricane Ida, study aims to prepare communities along the Brandywine for future storms
This story originally appeared on whyy.org On Sept. 2, 2021, Tamika Brooks Collick, her husband, and their two children sought...
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...
State warns of looming ‘systemic failure’ of Trenton’s water utility
This article originally appeared in New Jersey Monitor. In the summer of 1975, Trenton’s public water utility experienced so many...
Road salt pollution isn’t just a winter problem anymore
Delaware River watershed scientists and volunteers are sounding an alarm about a worrying trend in water quality samples from local...
Winter Salt Week highlights challenges to curbing road salt use in the Delaware River basin
For wintertime drivers who expect clear roadways with near-blacktop conditions, a slow-moving salt-spreader spraying grayish granules from its spinning plate...
Lehigh Valley residents concerned by cement company’s haz-mat rail plan along Monocacy Creek
A cement company has proposed transporting hazardous waste on a railroad that runs along the Monocacy Creek, a concern for...
New York emerges from drought while dry conditions persist in other watershed states
Welcome precipitation has restored New York State ground and surface water levels to normal, allowing it to roll back advisories...
Delaware River watershed drought: Good for the birds, the trout – not so much
Dry conditions have prompted the posting of drought watches and warnings in many pockets of the Delaware River watershed, and...
DRBC urged to be a bulwark against climate change
After the Delaware River Basin Commission meeting on Thursday, there was a public comments session and the comments, while not...
DRBC hearing outlines dry conditions and possibility of calling a drought for the Delaware River
The Delaware River Basin Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday to gather comments about the abnormally dry conditions throughout...
Rain and snow coming but not nearly enough to end Delaware River watershed drought
Though welcome rain and snow is in the forecast for the parched Delaware River basin, it will make only a...
Delaware Aqueduct project on hold as drought complicates repairs
The on-again-off-again-on-again long-awaited repairs to the leaking Delaware Aqueduct are off again – after having gotten started last month –...
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