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“It’s 300 million gallons a year that didn’t go to the Delaware, or Newton Creek, or Cooper River, and polluted it with viruses and bacteria and nutrients,” said Oleg Zonis, the CCMUA’s director of ...
A four-year-old, permanent ban against drilling for energy in the Delaware River watershed has positively affected the city ...
The Delaware River Basin Commission has a plan for situations like this, and could step up its efforts to repel the salt front if conditions worsen. Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the ...
If you plan on boating, fishing or enjoying any water recreation on the Delaware River, you need to be mindful of its depths, which could vary depending on where you enter the water. Here's what ...
The Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition, which nominated the river, will get a $15,000 grant from the DCNR and Pennsylvania Organization for Waterways and Rivers to support the activities ...
Feb. 15—The Delaware River has been named Pennsylvania's 2025 River of the Year after securing the most votes in a public competition, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR ...
For the Lenape Nation, an indigenous tribe in Pennsylvania, the Delaware River is their ancestral home and a place they come to pay their respects. Clan Mother Shelley Windamakwi DePaul and her ...
And, it has seen a few battleships grace its waters. The Delaware River and Delaware Bay are a special part of the First State. Here are some things to know about the Delaware River and Delaware Bay.
The Delaware River isn't green, but it's named (for now) after the Philadelphia region's favorite Super Bowl-bound football team decked out in green. On Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, Delaware Gov.
The Delaware River, which separates the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey, was named Pennsylvania’s 2025 River of the Year, marking the first time it’s had such a distinction in over a decade ...