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Fall into CLEAN WATER Advocacy: 2022 NEW JERSEY STATE HOUSE EDUCATION Week A major success

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With the legislative session in New Jersey starting to heat up again, NJ members of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed moved their Statehouse Education Week from the traditional December timeframe to mid-October in order to better shepherd priority bills through the legislature.

The Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, and other partners spent a week in October virtually meeting with and educating New Jersey legislators on Coalition priorities that protect clean water and healthy communities in the state. These meetings are an opportunity to bring attention to funding and programs that support conservation and clean water in New Jersey.

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CDRW On the Road: A Community Conversation on the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act

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CDRW On the Road: A Community Conversation on the Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act

In the Upper Delaware River Region, the Coalition has strong connections to New York communities. The Delaware headwaters set the stage for the health and wellbeing of the entire watershed, and the Coalition has a proud history of advocating for New York State funding to make its way to the region, protecting our watershed and supporting Upper Delaware communities. In the recent past, the Coalition, and our New York partners, have celebrated significant funding allocations for the headwaters, including dedicated line-item funding in last year’s state budget.

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University of Delaware Provides Technical Grant Assistance to Local Governments

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), a research and public service center in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, set out to help local governments respond to the shocks and economic uncertainty of the global health crisis through a program known as Recover Delaware. Through discussions during Recover Delaware focus groups, local governments conveyed their limited capacity to research, apply for, and manage grants.

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Representative Dwight Evans, Environmental Advocates Celebrate 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act

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Representative Dwight Evans, Environmental Advocates Celebrate 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act

Philadelphia, PA — Representative Dwight Evans joined with environmental advocates and the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed (CDRW) at Bartram’s Garden today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Water Act. They highlighted millions of dollars of additional federal and state investments over the past year that will improve water quality in the region and called on Congress to act quickly to pass important legislation that will further protect the drinking water of millions in our region.

Imagine a #DayWithoutTheDelaware: 50 years of the Clean Water Act

Imagine a #DayWithoutTheDelaware: 50 years of the Clean Water Act

Inspired by “Imagine a Day Without Water”, organizations within the Delaware River Basin come together every year on October 18 for a social media day of action around the Clean Water Act anniversary in order to raise awareness about the essential resources the Delaware river provides.

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Meet CDRW's New DE State Lead, Robin Glazer!

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It is no surprise that the power of the Coalition comes from our 180 member organizations. More specifically the many talented, passionate, and dedicated individuals who work at those organizations and are making an immense difference in improving the health of the Delaware River Watershed - from the headwaters down to the Delaware Bay. Recently, the Coalition welcomed Robin Glazer, our new Delaware State Lead and Environmental Advocate for Delaware Nature Society.

At the forefront of our work are the Coalition’s State Leads - who are responsible for convening and organizing work around Coalition priorities, while also looking for emerging issues that may need Coalition support. Our State Leads also work to ensure that Coalition members are knowledgeable about basin issues and engage with the larger membership to help solve them.

Member Spotlight: Following Years of Research, Willistown Conservation Trust Finds Water Quality Impairments in the Headwaters of Ridley, Crum, and Darby Creeks

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania — From 2018 through 2021, the Watershed Protection Program of Willistown Conservation Trust (WCT) conducted monthly monitoring at ten sample sites in three tributaries to the Delaware River in northeastern Chester County: the headwaters of Darby, Crum, and Ridley Creeks. Following 41 monitoring visits and over 7,500 different measurements, they found that the water quality is moderately impaired at all sample sites. The entirety of the Watershed Protection Team’s research has since been summarized in a 48-page “State of our Streams Report.”

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