New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection upgraded the designation of 600 miles of waterways to Category One, a level that seeks to limit pollution and development. | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Borough residents and area environmental groups are hoping to stop a proposal for housing that includes a very large sewer-service area they fear will overheat and possibly pollute the Musconetcong River, one of the major tributaries of the Delaware River in New Jersey. | Delaware Currents
COVID-19 Panic-buying leads to unnecessary stockpiling of plastic water bottles. Here’s what you need to know about your tap. | Green Philly Blog
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