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Chinese Environmental Officials Visit DRBC

DRBC earlier this month hosted 20 national and provincial government officials from the People's Republic of China at the commission's West Trenton headquarters. The delegation, which was led by Wang Yuhong from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, spent over 2.5 hours learning about the DRBC's unique approach to managing the water resources in the Delaware River Basin without regard to political boundaries.

Executive Director Steve Tambini offered welcoming remarks to the delegation and Communications Manager Clarke Rupert gave an overview of the basin and the DRBC. Many of the delegation members have monitoring and pollution control-related responsibilities in China, so they were very interested to learn about the commission's water quality programs from presentations provided by Drs. Tom Fikslin and Namsoo Suk with the DRBC's Modeling, Monitoring and Assessment Branch. A graduate student from Princeton University offered translation services.

In addition to numerous delegations from China, the DRBC in recent years has hosted visitors from South Korea, Brazil, and India.

A delegation of 20 environmental officials from China visit DRBC to learn about basin water resources management. Photo by DRBC.DRBC Communications Manager Clarke Rupert (third in from far right) presents an overview of the basin and the DRBC to the visiting delegation. Photo by DRBC.DRBC Modeling Section Supervisor Dr. Namsoo Suk (second from right) talks with the group about how the commission is working to reduce PCBs in the Delaware Estuary. Photo by DRBC.Participating DRBC staff pose with the Chinese delegation for a group photo in the commission's lobby. Photo by WeiWen Pan.