Philadelphia assures residents drinking water is safe after a chemical leak          
Tests have showed no signs of contamination, officials said, but skeptical Philadelphians made mad dashes for bottled water.

Philadelphia officials on Monday sought to reassure skeptical residents that the city’s drinking water was safe for consumption days after a chemical leaked into the Delaware River, prompting questions about the city’s response and setting off a panic buying of bottled water. In a news conference on Monday evening, city officials repeatedly said that no…

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Full steam ahead for the Delaware Aqueduct shutdown
The public is invited to three New York City DEP presentations on its repair plans for the fall.

The temporary shutdown of the Delaware Aqueduct that was postponed last year is scheduled to happen on Oct. 1, and...
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Restoring the (other) artwork of Washington crossing the Delaware
Money is being raised to restore a 1921 mural of Washington's crossing for the nation’s 250th birthday in three years.

While looking into the history of Washington Crossing Historic Park for a book she was working on, Pat Millen discovered...
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Future of Gibbstown-LNG project remains far from certain
A pending federal ruling about LNG by rail is one of numerous puzzle pieces still needed for the project.

A proposal to bring liquified natural gas via rail to a Delaware River port in Gibbstown, N.J., awaits a critical...
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Population served by the Delaware River Basin jumps by 600,000
New census figures reveal that 14.2 million people are served by the basin

The Delaware River Basin serves a population of 14.2 million people, up from 13.6 million based on population figures from...
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Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership gains $260,000 stormwater grant 
The project will help reduce runoff volume and prevent floods at a Leech’s Run tributary

Leech’s Run, a tributary of Tookany Creek, flows past the eastern edge of Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park, in...
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For the first time in a dozen years, the feds will pay their fair share of DRBC funding
The federal government has allocated $715,000 to the commission but only for this year.

There's good news about funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission. The shortfall between what the states and the federal...
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‘The Big Think’ with Andrew Johnson
A series of conversations with people who have worked in and for the watershed, sharing their expertise and knowledge

Andrew Johnson was an environmental grant-maker at the William Penn Foundation from 2001-21 and oversaw its Watershed Protection Program for...
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‘We’re not going to beat Mother Nature’: Tackling climate change in the Delaware River basin
Environmental officials say urgency and innovative thinking are needed

The effects of climate change are already readily apparent in the Delaware Estuary and the window to respond is rapidly...
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A ‘sobering’ look at the effects of climate change on the Delaware Estuary
“The challenges we are facing are really immense,” a keynote speaker on Monday warned.

Climate trends in the Delaware Estuary and Basin reflect a blend of spiking temperatures, with a growing number of 90-degree-plus...
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$500,000 grant to help the Neversink River
A National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant will be used to develop a watershed management plan

The Sullivan County (N.Y.) Planning Division has received a $500,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to develop...
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