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WEBSep 23, 2024 · The Upper Delaware Council will honor Meg McGuire, the founder, publisher and editor of Delaware Currents, with a special recognition award at its annual awards dinner on Sunday. Delaware Currents, which McGuire started in 2015, is the only news outlet dedicated to covering the entire 330-mile Delaware River and four-state watershed.
Delaware Aqueduct shutdown for repairs set to begin tomorrow
WEB5 hours ago · By Meg McGuire | September 30, 2024. Tomorrow’s the big day. Oct. 1 is the date set by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to shut down the Delaware Aqueduct for much needed repairs. The aqueduct, which supplies about 50 percent of New York City’s drinking water, is planned to come back on line after the …
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · About Us. Delaware Currents is a news project dedicated to telling the story of the Delaware River from its headwaters in the Catskill Mountains of New York to the Delaware Bay, where it meets the ocean. Delaware Currents seeks to host an intelligent conversation about the river's future, understanding that there is a natural tug-of-war …
Debuting on Wednesday: a flyover video of the entire Delaware …
WEBMay 31, 2024 · Editor’s note: This is a free newsletter that was sent to subscribers. To sign up for the newsletters, email us. I’m really proud to bring you a flyover video of the whole Delaware River. And, to blow my own horn, it’s here because I worked like a maniac on it!!
Ta-DA! First big step in getting the Delaware River cleaner
WEBMay 12, 2022 · The compact that created the Delaware River Basin Commission 60-plus years ago was the beginning of finding solutions to that problem. The commission enacted regulations that required municipalities to treat their wastewater, but the regs back then focused on the biggest problem — which was carbon from our poop.
Delaware River watershed faces flooding as the remnants of …
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Editor’s note: This is a free newsletter that was sent to subscribers. To sign up for the newsletters, email us. As we’ve talked about in newsletters and on Delaware Currents, we have to get used to a new reality in our weather systems.
Delaware River drownings: Persistent and preventable
WEBBy Meg McGuire | July 29, 2021. Here’s a terrifying prediction about drownings in the two National Park units on the Delaware River: According to the data: Our next victim will be a 27-year-old male from NJ. He will drown while swimming in the river without a lifejacket on a Saturday afternoon in July or August. It will happen between 3 and 6 pm.
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EPA seeks to improve dissolved oxygen levels and water quality in …
WEBDec 19, 2023 · EPA’s proposed rules for DO in the urban corridor of the Delaware River. Not surprisingly, the dissolved oxygen level is raised from its current 3.5 mg/L.
A ‘sobering’ look at the effects of climate change on the Delaware ...
WEBJan 30, 2023 · Raymond Najjar is a professor of Oceanography in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Pennsylvania State University. A ‘sobering’ look at the effects of climate change on the Delaware Estuary. “The challenges we are facing are really immense,” a keynote speaker on Monday warned. By Chris Mele | January 30, 2023.