Salt water from the ocean is starting to creep into the Delaware River Basin due to intensifying drought and sea level rise, ...
Drought and sea level rise are causing salty oceanwater to creep into the Delaware River, threatening a source of drinking ...
Salty oceanwater is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphia and millions ...
Salty ocean water is making its way into the Delaware River, threatening a source of drinking water for Philadelphia and ...
Drought and sea level rise are causing salty ocean water to creep into the Delaware River, threatening a source of drinking ...
Drought and sea level rise are causing salty seawater to creep into the Delaware River, threatening a source of drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of other people.
“There are alternative sources, but we don't want to be trucking in bottled water for people,” said Amy Shallcross, the water resource operations manager at the Delaware River Basin Commission.
If the rate dips below that, then more water is released. The Delaware River basin isn't alone in fending off intruding saltwater, which is exacerbated by rising sea levels and dredged riverbeds ...