Water Quality and Quantity

11 dams removed in Delaware River Basin to benefit wildlife

Eleven dams in the Delaware River Basin were removed last year, in a move that environmental advocacy groups say will...
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Trump cuts upend major NJ storm protection projects

This story originally appeared on NJ Spotlight News. The latest cut by the Trump administration to jeopardize community projects in...
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Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority honored for its accomplishments

One can suppose that the commission meeting room for the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority is rarely the host for...
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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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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...
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Delaware Aqueduct repair remains in limbo

The possibility this year of seeing the three-times postponed Delaware Aqueduct repair go forward remains in limbo. The repair was...
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Could the Northeast burn again?

Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and...
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‘Startlingly high’ levels of PFAS pollution found in Warren County hot spot

This article originally appeared in NJ Spotlight News and is reprinted with permission. A private well at the heart of...
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Water agency renews concern that sea-level rise will flood drinking-water intakes in Philadelphia, Southern N.J.

Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and...
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As Indian River Inlet dune repair finishes, long-term solution still needed

After a year of dune breaches threatened to cut off a major traffic artery to Delaware’s southernmost beaches, the Department...
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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...
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