Water Quality and Quantity
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...
Hazardous-waste polluters on the Delaware River will fund more than $1.3M in environmental restoration work
The federal government reached settlements with a Philadelphia salvage yard and a former DuPont landfill in Wilmington that released PCBs and other harmful substances
Settlements with two former hazardous waste sites along the Delaware River — one in Philadelphia and one in Wilmington –...
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...
‘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...
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...
EPA sides with environmental groups
It demands that the DRBC speed up the process to improve the water quality of the Delaware River.
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed a surprise victory to environmental groups that were arguing for faster action to raise...
Sand lost to erosion being restored at a Delaware Bay beach
3,500 cubic yards of sand at Pickering Beach, southeast of Dover, Del., is being replenished
Walk along a narrow strip of sand between private homes at Pickering Beach, southwest of Dover, Del., and you will...
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Experimental device to take aim at plastics in the Delaware
Smart Trash Boom, which is specially designed to work in the heavily trafficked river, is expected to be tested in 2023
A new weapon is set to be tested next year in the battle against plastics pollution that can accommodate the...
Delaware River is largest source of plastics pollution in North America, report says
The study is one of several efforts to call attention to the issue
Amid continuing efforts to curb plastics in the Delaware River, a study finds that the river, among all the waterways...
Looking for healthy bugs
DRBC’s biomonitoring team investigates the Upper Delaware
The Upper Delaware was looking every inch “special” recently when a team from the Delaware River Basin Commission investigated its...
Microplastics prevalent in samples from the Delaware River
Fibers made up the majority of the tiny plastics collected, study finds
Microplastics, tiny plastic fragments about as big as a sesame seed that can be harmful to aquatic life, were found...
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