In the normal functioning of our older wastewater treatment systems (like Philly, Camden and Chester,) the “one pipe” conveyance systems were built to allow the rush of a heavy rainfall to bring that rainwater as well as wastewater out of the urban area and into the river and not to let it back up in people’s basements. A good thing, right? | Delaware Currents
WURD Radio’s ecoWURD initiative will host a series of monthly on-air/online/video conversations exploring the intersection of environmental justice, COVID-19 and the impact on Black and Brown communities. | Delaware Currents
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
The Delaware River Basin Commission plans to create a Climate Change Advisory Committee to intensify and unify the study of impacts of climate change on the Delaware River Basin. | Delaware Currents
It’s likely that those plants in the lower river and bay are a significant source of the dip in dissolved oxygen. | Delaware Currents
The river’s story is much more than whether it’s clean or dirty. Our water needs to be far more than clean. A healthy river is a dynamic ecosystem that provides, of course, the drinking water that we depend on, but also, a healthy habitat for all the river’s critters that depend on it as well. | Delaware Currents