Some scientists have been arguing that phragmites could be a key line of defense against rising sea level | Delaware News-Journal
Indeed, a host of hazardous chemicals including cancer-causing benzene lurk beneath the land where crude oil was processed, stored, and shipped starting 150 years ago, according to government and corporate documents. | The Philadelphia Inquirer
A source of drinking water for upwards of 13 million people, the Delaware Watershed is imperative to Americans as far north as New York’s Schoharie County to the southern beach towns of Delaware. | Green Philly
Many residents report their well water is unsafe or undrinkable. To connect to a public water supply, they must first clear several high hurdles. | WHYY
It’s part of an effort to allow shad, eels and other fish to return to their ancestral spawning grounds again for the first time in two centuries. | Delaware Public Media
Locals worry that New York would influence how and when water is released into the river — essential to maintaining tourist-drawing recreation | The Philadelphia Inquirer
A crowd estimated at about 500 people packed a meeting on whether Francis E. Walter Dam on the Lehigh River can play a new role in combating drought | LehighValleyLive.com
On Thursday, Jan. 9, there will be a public meeting — really more of a brainstorming session –on a reevaluation study of the F.E. Walter Dam on the Lehigh River in Luzerne County in northeast Pennsylvania. | Delaware Currents
Our expectations for the river have moved from those simple judgments of rubbish, stink and death and toward a more sustainable view of the river as it affects our quality of life and its uses for tourism. | Delaware Currents
Researchers throughout the Delaware River Basin also are taking a closer look for microplastics in sand, sediments and organisms. | Delaware News Journal
Microplastics can end up in the environments and stomachs of much smaller marine organisms at the very base of the food chain. | Delaware News Journal