Delaware River Basin Commission
Delaware • New Jersey • Pennsylvania
New York • United States of America
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New York • United States of America
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Recent Postings
- 2026
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Releases Framework for Water Resources Resilience
- Most Recent Notice of Applications Received (NAR) - April 2026
- Most Recent DRBC Pending Project Status Page: April 2026
- Most Recent One Process/One Permit Program Project Status Page: April 2026
- DRBC Request for Proposal: Taxonomic ID Contractor (Deadline: April 30)
- DRBC Request for Proposal: WRRP Consultant (Deadline: April 24)
- Bacterial Data from the Delaware Estuary Water Quality Monitoring Program: March 2026
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River Basin Commission Hosts Spill Preparedness Exercise (March 26, 2026)
- New Publication! A Framework for the DRBC's Water Resources Resilience Plan (PDF)
- New Publication! 2025 Annual Hydrologic Conditions Report
- DRBC Business Meeting Archive: March 4, 2026
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River Basin Commission and Partners to Conduct Angler Survey (March 3, 2026)
- DRBC & PADEP to Host Water Loss Training Workshops: March 2026
- DRBC Publishes Report Evaluating Sea Level Rise and Salinity in the Delaware River
- Data Centers: An Emerging Industry
- 2025
- Recap of the DRBC's 4Q Business Meeting: December 10, 2025
- DRBC Water Resources Resilience Plan
- Recap of DRBC Special Business Meeting: August 26, 2025
- DRBC News Release: Registration is Open for the 2025 Delaware River Sojourn: June 14-20
- Notice of Request for Docket Extension & Opportunity for Written Comment (Deadine: April 24)
- New Publication! DRBC's 2024 Annual Hydrologic Conditions Report
- 2024
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River in the Running for Pennsylvania's River of the Year (December 17, 2024)
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River Basin Commission Approves Drought Management Operations (December 5, 2024)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Calls Drought Hearing for the Delaware River Basin (November 6, 2024)
- News Release: Wildlands Conservancy & Partners Celebrate Success of Bushkill Creek Stream Restoration (October 15, 2024; issued by Wildlands Conservancy)
- News Release: Rep. Watson Coleman Gathers Community Partners to Celebrate $715,000 in Funding for DRBC (October 7, 2024; issued by Rep. Watson Coleman's office)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Releases Key Scientific Reports to Improve Delaware River Estuary Dissolved Oxygen Levels (October 3, 2024)
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River Basin Commission Names New Executive Director (September 5, 2024)
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River Basin Commission to develop its first Climate Resilience Plan
- DRBC's Upper Delaware Day: June 5, 2024
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Launches Food Drive Ahead of Meeting in Narrowsburg, N.Y. (May 13, 2024)
- DRBC News Release: Flood Loss Reduction Funding Focus of DRBC/PEMA Training for Local Officials (May 2, 2024)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Gives Regional Climate Resilience Efforts a Boost with New Interactive Tool (March 20, 2024)
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River Basin Commission's Executive Director Announces Retirement
- DRBC Publication: 2023 Annual Hydrologic Conditions Report for the Delaware River Basin
- DRBC Publication: A Comprehensive Assessment of the DRBC's Water Audit Program (2012-2021)
- 2023
- DRBC News Release: DRBC's Water Audit Program Highlights Leadership in Water Conservation
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking & Public Hearing: Amendments to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (Public Hearings held Nov. 13, 2023; Comment Deadline Nov. 30, 2023)
- DRBC Statement on Proposal to Revise Delaware Estuary Water Quality Standards (pdf)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Awarded 2023 Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Grant (September 6, 2023)
- DRBC Publication: PFAS Water Quality & Fish Tissue Assessment Study: Year 1 (pdf)
- DRBC Publication: PFAS in Surface Water, Sediment & Fish in the PA Coastal Zone (pdf)
- DRBC Publication: 2022 Annual Hydrologic Conditions Report (pdf)
- Delaware Aqueduct to Shut Down for Repairs: October 2024 (new date!)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Completes Water Storage Study to Support Resilience Planning
- News Release: New Study Estimates Groundwater Availability for the Delaware River Basin
- 2022
- Publication: Estimated Groundwater Availability in the DRB 2020-2060 (December 2022; pdf)
- News Release: DRBC Adopts New Rules to Prohibit High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater Discharges
- Notice of Final Rulemaking: Water Imports, Exports & Prohibition of HVHF Wastewater Discharges
- EPA Determination & DRBC Response Re: Aquatic Life Designated Use Study
- DRBC News Release: Delaware River Basin Commission's Pamela Bush Honored by Water Resources Experts
- DRBC News Release: Microplastics Pervasive in Waters adjacent to Delaware River’s Population Centers
- Openings on DRBC Advisory Committees: Climate Change, Monitoring & Toxics
- New Report Availability: 2021 Hydrologic Conditions Annual Report (pdf)
- Proposed Rulemaking & Public Hearing: Water Imports/Exports & Ban HVHF Discharges to DRB Lands & Waters - View Comments Received
- News Release: DRBC Announces Additional Public Hearing on Proposed Regulations Addressing Importation and Exportation of Water and Prohibiting the Discharge of Wastewater from High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (January 20, 2022)
- 2021
- News Release: DRB Commissioners Celebrate the DRBC’s 60 Years of Managing, Protecting & Improving the Basin’s Water Resources (Dec. 8, 2021)
- The DRBC Turns 60: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
- News Release: New DRBC Report Shows Peak Water Demands in the Delaware River Basin Have Likely Occurred (October 19, 2021; incl. link to report)
- DRBC News Release: New Technology Allows Bacteria to be Monitored in Near Real-Time in the Urban Corridor of the Delaware River (October 12, 2021)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Welcomes Elizabeth Koniers Brown as its Director, External Affairs and Communications (October 4, 2021)
- NEW! DRBC's 2020 Annual Report Published
- DRBC News Release: Registration Open for the 2021 Delaware River Sojourn - August 7-13 (Volunteer Cleanup Aug. 6)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Start of Basin-Wide Reservoir Storage Study
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Says Existing Uses at F.E. Walter Should be Protected
- DRBC News Release: New DRBC Regulation Prohibits High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in the Delaware River Basin
- DRBC Rulemaking Information: Final Rule with Respect to High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing
- New Report Availability: Nitrogen Reduction Cost Estimation Study (pdf; January 2021; Kleinfelder, Inc.)
- New Report Availability: 2020 Hydrologic Conditions in the DRB
- DRBC News Release: NJ Gov. Phil Murphy to Kick Off DRBC Climate Change Forum
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Advisory Committee Hosts Climate Change Forum
- DRBC Advisory Committee Openings
- 2020
- Adjudicatory Hearing on Docket D-2017-009-2: DRBC Resolution for the Minutes Approved December 9, 2020
- Animated Graphics of the Salt Front Developed by DRBC Staff
- Hydrologic Conditions in the DRB: 2019 Report (pdf)
- DRBC News Release: Regional Climate Change Experts Meet Despite Tropical Storm Isaias
- 2019 DRBC Annual Report (pdf 3.85 MB)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces the Membership of the Advisory Committee on Climate Change
- DRBC Advisory Committee Openings
- 2019
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Establishes the Advisory Committee on Climate Change
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Welcomes Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. as its Deputy Executive Director
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Awarded Two Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Grants
- DRBC News Release: N.J. Assemblywoman Carol Murphy (NJ-7) Helps DRBC Announce Delaware Basin Summer Photo Contest Winners
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Releases Report on the State of the Delaware River Basin
- Regulatory Program Fees/Water Charges Annual Rate Adjustments Effective July 1, 2019
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Spring Photo Contest Winner
- DRBC News Release: Registration Underway for the 2019 Delaware River Sojourn: June 15-22
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Winter Photo Contest Winner
- 2018
- Happy Holidays & New Year from the DRBC
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Fall Photo Contest Winner
- DRBC News Release: Pa. Auditor General Releases Performance Audit of DRBC
- Bacterial Data from Delaware Estuary Boat Run Water Quality Monitoring Program: October 2018
- DRBC News Release: Water Conservation and Improved Efficiency Focus of DRBC/PADEP Training for Water Suppliers
- DRBC News Release: Pa. House and Senate Members Discover the Delaware Aboard the Schooner AJ Meerwald
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Summer Photo Contest Winner
- DRBC News Release: N.J. Governor Phil Murphy Elected DRBC Chair for FY19
- Annual Rate Adjustments for Regulatory Program Fees/Water Charges Effective July 1, 2018
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Summer Photo Contest
- DRBC Report: 2017 Hydrologic Conditions in the Delaware River Basin (pdf 6.5 MB)
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Spring Photo Contest Winner
- DRBC's Water Management & Toxics Advisory Committees Seeking Applications for Select Non-Reserved Members
- Subcommittee on Ecological Flows Seeking Applications for Non-Reserved Members (Due 6/14/18)
- DRBC Publishes 2017 Annual Report
- DRBC News Release: Registration Open for the 2018 Delaware River Sojourn: June 15-23
- Pending Rulemaking: Regulations Regarding Hydraulic Fracturing Activities
- Most Recent One Process/One Permit Program Project Status Page: April 2018
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Spring Photo Contest
- Recap of the March 14, 2018 DRBC Business Meeting
- DRBC News Release: Namsoo S. Suk, Ph.D. to Lead DRBC Science and Water Quality Management
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Winter Photo Contest Winner
- Most Recent DRBC Pending Project Status Page: March 2018
- News Release: DRBC Expands Public Input Opportunities on Revised Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations - Extends Written Comment Period & Adds Two New Hearings
- 2017
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Winter Photo Contest
- Recap of December 13, 2017 DRBC Business Meeting
- News Release: DRBC Publishes Revised Draft Regulations Addressing Hydraulic Fracturing Within the Delaware River Basin
- News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Fall Photo Contest Winner
- News Release: DRBC Seeks Coat Donations To Spread Warmth As Winter Approaches
- News Release: DRBC Supports the Decree Parties’ 10-Year Extension of the Flexible Flow Management Program
- News Release: DRBC Approves Resolution to Review Aquatic Life Uses in Delaware River Estuary in Recognition of Improved Water Quality
- News Release: DRBC Announces Delaware Basin Fall Photo Contest
- News Release: DRBC Approves Resolution to Publish Revised Draft Rules Addressing Natural Gas Development Activities within the Delaware River Basin
- News Release: DRBC To Consider Resolution to Publish Revised Draft Rules Addressing Natural Gas Development Activities within the Delaware River Basin
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Publishes 2016 Annual Report
- News Release: DRBC to Review Aquatic Life Uses in Delaware River Estuary in Recognition of Improved Water Quality
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Lifts Basinwide Drought Watch - Commission Urges Water Efficiency & Compliance With State-Issued Drought Watches and Warnings
- 2016
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Approves Fee Restructuring
- DRBC News Release: DRBC Approves Drought Management Special Permit - Basin Placed in "Drought Watch" Stage Effective Immediately
- PennEast Application: Supplemental Submission Update
- DRBC Presentation: Drought Management and Hydrologic Conditions (given at 11/9/16 Public Hearing; pdf 1.9 MB)
- News Release: DRBC Lower Basin Drought Warning Becoming Likely
- Existing Water Quality Atlas of the Delaware River Special Protection Waters
- DRBC Releases Water Quality Assessment Report for the Lower Delaware River
- DRBC Accepting Applications for Openings on Several Advisory Committees
- DRBC Docket & Permit Holders Interactive Map Updated
- DRBC Reminds Everyone about the Value of Our Water Resources and to Use Water Efficiently
- Download Links for Select DRBC Monitoring Projects' Data Sets
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Public Hearing: Fee Restructuring
- Analysis of CY2014 Water Audit Data (pdf 2.3 MB)
- Project Review/Permitting Webpages Updated now that One Process/One Permit Program in Effect
- 2015
- DRBC Approves One Process/One Permit Rulemaking
- Basin Plan Implementation Progress Report FY 2015 (pdf 1.74 MB)
- Draft 2016 WQ Assess. Rpt. Methodology: Comments Due Dec. 31, 2015
- Please Note: Nov. 10 Open Public Comment Session Nearing Speaker Capacity
- DRBC Announces New Format for Its Next Public Hearing and Business Meeting (Oct. 1, 2015 News Release)
- DRBC Releases Updated Water Resource Planning Model
- DRBC Announces One Process/One Permit Program
- DRBC Water Audit Program: Analysis of CY2012 Data (pdf 2.4 MB)
- Basin State Government Links
- 2014
- FY 2014 Audited Financial Statements With Auditor's Report (pdf 12 MB)
- Procedures for Public Hearings, Business Meetings, and "Public Dialogue" (pdf 144 KB)
- Executive Director Steve Tambini Takes Oath of Office
- DRBC Seeks Partner Input on Watershed Projects for Annual Basin Plan Implementation Report
- PCB and pH Final Rules
- DRBC's New Water Loss Reporting Program Helps Track Water Supply Efficiency in the Basin
- Commissioners Select New DRBC Executive Director
- 2013
- DRBC Updates PCB and pH Water Quality Criteria for Delaware River & Bay
- DRBC Publishes New Online Interactive Maps
- DRBC Executive Director to Retire in March 2014
- 2014 Commission Meeting Dates
- Monitoring to Establish Baseline Conditions in the Upper Delaware Basin
- Senate Passes Bill Directing Restoration of DRBC Federal Funding
- DRBC Issues 2013 State of the Delaware River Basin Report
- DRBC Announces New 2-Day Format For March Meeting
- FAQs Regarding DRBC's Water Audit Reporting Requirements (pdf 115 KB)
- 2012 Interim Report for Wadesville Demonstration Project (pdf 2.5 MB)
- 2012
- October 2012 Bacterial Data from the Delaware Estuary Boat Run
- Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Tidal Delaware - July 2012 Report (pdf 1.5 MB)
- News Release: DRBC and PADEP to Hold Joint Public Hearing Regarding Exelon's Limerick Generating Station
- DRBC 2010 Annual Report
- DRBC FY13 Current Expense and Capital Budgets (Adopted May 10, 2012)
- Recreation Maps for the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers Available for Purchase
- Large Blooms of Didymo, aka "Rock Snot," Discovered in the Delaware River
- May 1, 2012 Water Management Advisory Committee (WMAC) Meeting Canceled
- 2012 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report (pdf 1.7 MB)
- Background Paper on Equitable Apportionment of DRBC's Current Expense Budget (pdf 526 KB)
- Delaware River & Bay Blitz: Dash for the Trash - March 10-18, 2012 (pdf 88 KB)
- Presentation from the 2/21/12 Wadesville 2011 Annual Update Meeting (pdf 5.5 MB)
- DRBC Unveils New Web Site
- Water Charges Advisory Committee Information
- Flood Analysis Model Independent External Peer Review
- Hurricane Irene & TS Lee Flood Summary (pdf 2.2 MB)
