Water Quality and Quantity

Mussels: A powerful solution to pollution in the Delaware?

When the Fairmount Water Works was built in the early 19th century to provide clean drinking water to Philadelphia, it...
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New York City to stop most land purchases in Catskill watershed

Residents and local officials in the Catskills are celebrating an agreement that puts an end to part of a decades-long...
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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...
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Agencies sign on to a re-evaluation of a Lehigh River dam

Representatives from three government agencies last month agreed to share the costs of a study to consider the current and...
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DRBC to explore water-storage possibilities to alleviate drought

The scientists, engineers and planners at the Delaware River Basin Commission work on all sorts of projects, almost invisibly, and...
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Where does your drinking water come from Gloucester, Burlington and Camden Counties?

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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Where does your drinking water come from Camden, N.J.?

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles to educate readers in southwestern New Jersey about the...
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Where does your drinking water come from Evesham, N.J.?

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles to educate readers in southwestern New Jersey about the...
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Our leaky river basin

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The River Reporter of Narrowsburg, N.Y., and is republished with permission. All water...
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A guide to fighting warehouses in your community from a New Jersey activist

Looking to defend your neighborhood against a proposed warehouse that you fear will harm the environment and local quality of...
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