Watershed

The School Board rejected the tax abatement in a prior vote. Board members said a vow to hire Philadelphia graduates changed no votes to yes.

Public comment on the $276.5 million offer for Delaware County’s wastewater system was offered at two scheduled hearings before an administrative law judge.

Aqua PA wants to buy Delaware County’s wastewater system. If approved, the sale would be the largest privatization of a public water utility in the state.

Mile-long alternative route will avoid area where 8,000 gallons of drilling mud escaped.

Without Thursday’s decision, the developer could have begun dock work and dredging next week. Opponents papered the commission with petitions and letters Wednesday.

Citing the long-term economic damage climate change has done and will continue to do, the state is suing 31 of the world’s largest fossil-fuel companies.

A construction materials firm wants a conditional zoning use for 196 acres of forest and wetlands in rural Springfield Twp. Residents say they’ll fight it.

Traditional systems are designed to manage or redirect water. Natural solutions capture and absorb rains. The issue: predicting the unpredictable.

Preliminary results of water samples collected by the EPA from flood waters during and after the storm found “little to no contaminants.”

Company says prolonged pause at West Whiteland will harm public interest.

In late July, researchers caught juvenile and adult fish just upstream of where the West Street Dam was removed by the City of Wilmington in 2019.

Fines for 2018-2019 violations come less than two weeks after spill in Chester County.

Pa., N.J., Del. and 11 other states, plus some environmental groups, are suing to block the new federal regulation, citing the need for safety studies.

The city is not eligible for federal aid until the state declares Eastwick a disaster area.

DEP: No fish-kills or known impacts to drinking water.