5 天之前 · State of the Basin 2025 Report (March 24 Webinar Scheduled) Next DRBC Business Meeting: March 12 (Public Hearing held February 5) Most Recent Notice of Applications …

2025年1月21日 · A breakthrough in water resources management occurred in 1961 when President Kennedy and the governors of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York for the first time signed concurrent compact legislation into law creating a regional body - the Delaware River Basin Commission - with the force of law to oversee a unified approach to ...

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is a United States government agency created in 1961 by an interstate compact, signed into law by President John F. Kennedy, between four states (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York).

5 天之前 · The Delaware River has come a long way from its polluted past in the late 1800s to mid 1900s, and its clean-up is hailed as one of the world's top water quality success stories. Historic Dissolved Oxygen Levels & Recovery; The Clean Water Act: 50th Anniversary; Delaware River: American Rivers' 2020 River of the Year

In 1961, the federal government and the governments of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, entered into an agreement that created the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). The Commission has the independent legal authority to oversee and manage the Delaware River Basin.

1 天前 · The commission’s 2025 State of the Basin report, which assesses the health of the river basin using 36 indicators, found most areas received a “good” or “very good” rating. The basin spans parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware along the 330-mile-long river.

6 天之前 · The Delaware River Basin Commission said its existing plan to release water from upstream reservoirs if needed to prevent a so-called salt front from approaching the intakes might no longer work, given the steady rise in sea level in the river’s tidal stretch and the expectation that downstream flows will sometimes be reduced by droughts ...