The Delaware River Basin provides drinking water for around 14.2 million people, but that is now at risk due to the rising ...

The Delaware River Basin Commission has a plan for situations like this, and could step up its efforts to repel the salt front if conditions worsen. Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the ...

The rising threat of saltwater intrusion on the Delaware River poses a major danger to the water supplies of many communities ...

A view of the Delaware ... basin water diversions by New York City and New Jersey, water conservation orders or reduced river flow targets, which allow upstream reservoirs to release less water. These ...

Drought and sea level rise have caused salt water from the Atlantic Ocean to creep into the Delaware River Basin, a major source of drinking water for Philadelphia and the surrounding area ...