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The Delaware River Basin Commission was formed in 1961 by concurrent compact legislation among the four basin states (, , and ) and the .
The DRBC was created so the entire Delaware River Basin would be managed collectively by the five members, without regard to political boundaries. Before the DRBC, some 43 state agencies, 14 interstate agencies, and 19 federal agencies exercised a multiplicity of splintered powers and duties within the watershed, which stretches 330 miles from the Delaware River's headwaters near Hancock, N.Y., to the mouth of the Delaware Bay.
The Delaware River Basin Compact that created the DRBC is federal law and law in each Basin state. Today, more than six decades later, the Commission remains the only entity authorized to manage the Basin as a single hydrologic system, replacing fragmented state-by-state oversight with coordinated regional governance.
In addition to parts of four states, the Delaware River Basin includes all or portions of 42 counties, 836 municipalities and multiple government entities and jurisdictions.
Federal
• Federal Representation/Government Links
State
• Basin State Representation/Government Links
County/Municipal
• DRB County & Municipality Information
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