Water Quality and Quantity
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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