For Earth Day, Delaware Currents launches another one of its ambitious projects. This story kicks off a 10-part series to help you understand the health of the nine basins in Pennsylvania that are ...
Most Pennsylvanians probably couldn’t point out Tobyhanna Township on a map. But parents of young children likely know Kalahari resorts, a popular indoor waterpark that draws visitors to this rural ...
We have our work cut out for us. A recent report from the scientists at the Delaware River Basin Commission indicates there is a significant presence of toxic chemicals in the tributaries that feed ...
Molly Oliver, the new executive director of the Friends of the Upper Delaware River, is clear-sighted about the troubling times that environmental organizations face, yet she is excited by the ...
Recent volunteer cleanups at three sites in the Delaware River Basin organized by an environmental group not only collected 900 pounds of trash but also gained key detailed data to help better define ...
At the end of a sparsely traveled road in northern Delaware, one drinking water provider is tens of millions of dollars and years ahead of nationwide efforts to address toxic “forever chemicals” in ...
An ongoing initiative to recognize the Paulins Kill, a 41-mile tributary of the Delaware River, as a National Wild and Scenic River gained the support of Warren County, N.J., which is home to a ...
All in all, it was a good week for the Delaware River. Two significant developments point toward possible improvements in water quality in the urban section of the river — approximately from ...
A class of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that have been identified as a health hazard are more commonly found in the lower reaches of the Delaware River where industrial uses are more heavily ...
Faced with “imminent collapse” and dire deteriorating conditions, the Skinners Falls Bridge, which connects Pennsylvania and New York in the Upper Delaware River, will be dismantled and pieces of it ...
The effects of climate change — such as sea level rise, more intense rainfall and flooding — can increase the likelihood of hazardous materials getting into the Delaware River and put socially ...
Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of stories exploring water quality in the nine basins in Pennsylvania that are part of the larger Delaware River watershed. How clean are your waterways, ...