Watershed

The Philadelphia Water Department says bills are going up in part because more people are enrolling in a program that helps lower-income residents.

The new water rate will help the investor-owned utility pay for water and wastewater projects.

The project aims to restore river flow in the Neshaminy Creek and help fish to migrate.

Tidal salt marshes across New Jersey are being drowned out by sea level rise.

Environmentalists say contaminated waterways in Philadelphia are caused by raw sewage overflows.

The lawsuit alleges nine companies failed to prevent toxic forever chemicals from entering the waterways Veolia relies on to provide drinking water.

The horseshoe crab’s blood helps test the sterility of medical products.

Biologists in New Jersey and Delaware spotted more red knot birds this year, but levels remain significantly lower than before the 2000s.

The investment would help improve pedestrian and cyclist safety in the Philadelphia area with more protected bike lanes and trail expansion.

Outdated sewage systems send raw sewage and stormwater through the same pipes, leading to flooding issues during heavy rainfall.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the formally proposed levee would be downsized. Now they say the levee is not feasible.

Bucks County residents are raising concerns over noise and safety, as well as impacts on the water supply, as Sunoco works to clean up leaked jet fuel.

The legislation will create a tiered permitting system for development based on how critical a nontidal wetland is.

The annual Delaware River Sojourn has been drawing kayakers and canoers to the Delaware River for 31 years.

The so-called “forever chemicals” were found at higher levels between Chester and Pea Patch Island.