Upcoming Commission Meetings
Fourth Quarter 2026

 

Public Hearing

  • The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will hold its fourth-quarter public hearing on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. The public hearing is open to the public and will be held virtually via Zoom Webinar and livestreamed on YouTube.

 
Business Meeting

  • The DRBC will hold its fourth-quarter business meeting on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 10 a.m. The business meeting is open to the public and will be held virtually via Zoom Webinar and livestreamed on YouTube.


Please Note: Public Hearing & Business Meeting information is typically posted ~10 days before the public hearing; any additional business meeting information is shared ~10 days before the business meeting.
Public Hearing: Wednesday, November 4, 1:30 P.M.


The 4Q public hearing will take place on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, commencing at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom Webinar.


Items to be heard include 19 draft dockets for withdrawals, discharges and other projects that could have a substantial effect on the Basin's water resources, all of which are listed below. The public is advised to check the Commission's website periodically prior to the hearing date, as items scheduled for hearing may be postponed if additional time is needed to complete the Commission's review, and items may be added up to ten days prior to the hearing date. In reviewing docket descriptions, the public is also asked to be aware that the details of projects may change during the Commission's review, which is ongoing.

[Please Note: The November 4, 2026, public hearing will also include a hearing on the DRBC's proposed large customer reporting rulemaking; click for additional information on this proposal.]

To Attend the Public Hearing +/- Provide Oral Testimony:


Please Note:

  • To provide testimony on public hearing items, you must register for the Zoom Webinar and note in your registration that you wish to testify (you cannot provide testimony if watching on YouTube).

  • For security reasons, registrations for the public hearing will require manual approval.

  • To ensure an opportunity to provide testimony, please register by 5 p.m. on November 3, 2026.

  • To ensure a smooth connection, please make sure you are using the most up-to-date version of Zoom. It is recommended that you do this prior to the scheduled public hearing time. For questions related to using the Zoom interface, please check out Zoom support (opens in new window).

  • Use of the Zoom registration interface for both webinar and public testimony registration is subject to change. People who register will receive an email confirmation (from Delaware River Basin Commission Meetings <noreply@zoom.us>) when they register; folks will also receive a reminder email on the day of the public hearing that will include the registration details. Please check your spam if you do not see this email in your inbox.


To Provide Written Comment on the Public Hearing Items:

  • Written comments on items scheduled for hearing should be made through the Commission's web-based comment system, SmartComment (opens in new window).

  • Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on Wednesday, November 4, will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2026.

  • Use of the web-based system ensures that all submissions are captured in a single location and their receipt is acknowledged. Exceptions to the use of this system are available based on need, by writing to the attention of the Commission Secretary, DRBC, P.O. Box 7360, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628-0360.


Items to be Heard November 4, 2026


⇒ Draft Dockets (all PDFs)

  1.  Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LP, D-1967-240-3. An application to renew the approval to withdraw up to 556.0 million gallons per month (mg) of surface water from existing intake No. RW-7 for industrial cooling, hydrostatic testing and other industrial uses at the Docket Holder's Marcus Hook Terminal and for use at the Marcus Hook Energy Center for electric and steam generation and surface water withdrawals from intakes RW-5 and RW-6 for emergency fire flow purposes. Intake RW-7 will continue to withdraw surface water from the Delaware River in New Castle County, Delaware. Fire water intakes RW-5 and RW-6 are located on the Delaware River in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. USDOD, Army - Tobyhanna Army Depot, D-1987-057 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 20.66 million gallons per month to supply the applicant's public water distribution system from existing Wells 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The project wells are located in the Poplar Gap Member of the Catskill Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are located in the Tobyhanna Creek Watershed in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.  
     
  1. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1999-020 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.56 million gallons per day (mgd) Penn Estates wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of Brodhead Creek at River Mile 213.0 - 8.7 - 1.5 (Delaware River - Brodhead Creek - UNT of Brodhead Creek) via Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the Middle Special Protection Waters (SPW), in Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. Vistra Corp, D-2000-014-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing 580 megawatt (MW) electric generating facility including the consumptive use of up to 4.0 million gallons per day (mgd) and the discharge of 0.4 mgd of cooling tower blowdown. Water required for the operation of the facility will continue to be provided by the Reading Area Water Authority.  Cooling tower blowdown will continue to be discharged to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.5 - 86.1 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River) via Outfall No. 001.  The project is located in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. Marcus Hook Energy, L.P., D-2000-044-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing 750 megawatt (MW) electric and steam cogenerating facility, including an allocation of 11 million gallons per day (mgd) of surface water from the Energy Transfer Marcus Hook Terminal Intake RW-7 for cooling and steam generation. The energy center is located in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware. The intake is located at River Mile 78.5 in Water Quality Zone 4 in New Castle County, Delaware. 
     
  1. Upper Hanover Authority, D-2001-061 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.4 million gallons per day Macoby Creek wastewater treatment plant and its discharge. The existing wastewater treatment plant will continue to discharge treated effluent to Macoby Creek at River Mile 92.47 - 32.3 - 19.5 - 5.3 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River - Perkiomen Creek - Macoby Creek) via Outfall No. 001 in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. Arrowhead Sewer Company, Inc., D-2003-010-3. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.525 million gallons per day (mgd) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Lehigh River, at River Mile 183.7 - 90.5 (Delaware River - Lehigh River) via Outfall No. 001, located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area of the Lower Special Protection Waters (SPW). 
     
  1. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-2004-004 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 51.42 million gallons per month to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells AWC-1, AWC-2, AWC-3, AWC-5, AWC-6, AWC-9, AWC-13, AWC-14, AWC-15, VFCC-1, VFCC-2, VFCC-3, Audubon Park, TP-1, TP-2 and TP-3. The requested system allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are completed in the Stockton Formation, except for Well AWC-15, which is completed in the Lockatong Formation. The project is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA) in the Perkiomen Creek and Schuylkill River Watersheds in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  
     
  1. USDOD, Navy - Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division, D-2009-003 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 2232 million gallons per month from an existing surface water intake Bldg 633 River Water, located in the Navy Reserve Basin, which is connected by a channel linked to the Schuylkill River. The approval will also remove surface water intake Bldg NCCW 001 from the docket. The surface water is used for the purpose of once-through non-contact cooling of land-based test site located in Building 633 associated with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division. The intakes and reserve basin are located in the tidal portion of the Schuylkill River in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  
     
  1. Vicinity Energy, D-2010-040-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing Vicinity Energy Philadelphia (VEP) discharge of up to 48.3 million gallons per day (mgd) of industrial wastewater generated at the electric generating cogenerating facility through existing Outfall Number (No.) 001. Outfall No. 001 will continue to discharge industrial wastewater to the tidal portion of the Schuylkill River, in Delaware River Water Quality Zone 4, at River Mile 92.47 - 5.6 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River) in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. BlueTriton Brands, Inc., D-2013-020-3. An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 11.696 million gallons per month (mgm) from Well IW-1 and the discharge of the withdrawn groundwater to Greenwalk Creek. The project will continue to intercept groundwater containing elevated concentrations of total dissolved solids, sulfate and calcium, apparently emanating from upgradient former slate mining areas to manage the docket holder’s downgradient existing sources. The project is located in the Greenwalk Creek Watershed in Washington Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters. 
     
  1. Villa Roma Country Club, D-2014-020-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater and surface water withdrawal of up to 12.28 million gallons per month (mgm) from Wells 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 and Ponds 11 and 15 for public water supply, golf course irrigation and snow making at the docket holder’s resort facility. The wells are completed in the Honesdale Formation. The project is located in the Lower East Branch Callicoon Creek Watershed within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Delaware, Sullivan County, New York. 
     
  1. Roamingwood Sewer and Water Association, D-1988-014 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of the existing 1.755 million gallons per day (mgd) Roamingwood wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Ariel Creek, which is a tributary of Wallenpaupack Creek upstream of Lake Wallenpaupack, which is a tributary of the Lackawaxen River, at River Mile 277.7 - 15.8 - 14.2 - 3.5 (Delaware River - Lackawaxen River - Wallenpaupack Creek - Ariel Creek). The WWTP is located within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters (SPW), in Salem Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. Schuylkill County Municipal Authority, D-1990-049 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of a surface water and groundwater withdrawal and water exportation project to supply up to 229.4 million gallons per month (mgm) (7.4 million gallons per day [mgd]) of surface water from six existing reservoirs and for public water supply to municipalities located in the Delaware River Basin (DRB) and Susquehanna River Basin (SRB). The applicant exports up to 1 mgd (31 mgm) of water from the DRB to its service areas and wastewater treatment plants located in the SRB. The requested surface water allocation is an increase to the surface water allocation of 180 million gallons per 30 days (6 mgd) approved in the previous DRBC docket. The surface water reservoirs are located on Indian Run, Wolf Creek, Kauffman Run, Pine Run, Mud Run and an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek, all tributaries to the Schuylkill River in Branch, New Castle, Ryan and Blythe Townships in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. North Penn Water Authority, D-1992-044 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal and decrease the allocation from 143 million gallons per month to 97.19 million gallons per month from ten (10) existing wells; and to receive up to 561.1 million gallons per month (18.1 million gallons per day) of potable water via an interconnection with the Forest Park Water Treatment Plant. The application will also approve the removal of seven (7) existing wells from the previous approval. The North Penn Water Authority wells are all completed in the Brunswick Formation, except for Well NB-2, which is completed in the Stockton Formation. The project is located within the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA) in the East Branch Perkiomen, Indian, Skippack, Towamencin, Wissahickon and Pine Run Watersheds in Franconia, Lower Salford, Towamencin, Upper Gywnedd Townships and Lansdale Borough, all in Montgomery County and West Rockhill and New Britain Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 
     
  1. Parkland School District, D-2013-007 CP-3. An application to approve the applicant's proposed construction project of two (2) new sequencing batch reactors (SBR), new tertiary filter, new ultraviolet disinfection, and ancillary equipment to increase the design hydraulic capacity to 55,000 gallons per day (gpd) average (0.55 million gallons per day (mgd)), 82,500 gpd (0.0825 mgd) peak, and organic capacity to 80 pounds per day 5-day Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5). Currently, the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is not able to meet its current National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit limits for Total Nitrogen due to an increased organic and hydraulic loading to the WWTP that currently exceeds the original design. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent into Jordan Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River, at River Mile 183.7 - 16.3 - 8.6 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Jordan Creek), via Outfall No. 001, located in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters. 
     
  1. Camp Morasha, D-2018-005-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.045 million gallon per day Camp Morasha wastewater treatment plant and its discharge. The existing wastewater treatment plant will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of Equinunk Creek at River Mile 321.9 - 7.6 - 1.9 (Delaware River - Equinunk Creek - UNT Equinunk Creek), which is located within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Buckingham and Preston Townships, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.  
     
  1. Rising Light Ridge, LLC, D-2024-002-1. An application to approve a new 0.02725 million gallons per day (mgd) Rising Light Ridge Camp Facility Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and its proposed discharge. The new WWTP facilities will consist of a sequencing batch reactor WWTP with pre- and post storage/equalization, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection and advanced treatment as needed. Treated wastewater will be conveyed to a proposed 7.49-acre spray irrigation disposal field during the peak season and to two (2) proposed at-grade sewage disposal beds during the off-season. The proposed spray fields and sewage disposal beds discharge are located in the Bear Creek Watershed, within the drainage area to the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 


  2. Burlington County Board of County Commissioners, D-2026-002 CP-1. An application to approve a new 0.13 million gallons per day (mgd) industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex. The IWTP will discharge treated effluent to Assiscunk Creek at River Mile 119 – 8.7 (Delaware River – Assiscunk Creek) via existing Outfall No. 001A in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. 
Business Meeting: Thursday, December 3, 10 A.M.


The 4Q public business meeting will take place on Thursday, December 3, 2026, commencing at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom Webinar.

  • View Business Meeting Agenda (posted ~10 days before business mtg.)

The December 3, 2026, Business Meeting will include the following:

  • Adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's September 2, 2026, business meeting

  • Announcements of upcoming meetings and events

  • A report on hydrologic conditions

  • Reports by the Executive Director and the Commission's General Counsel; and

  • Consideration of any items for which a hearing has been completed or is not required.


The agenda is expected to include consideration of the draft dockets for withdrawals, discharges and other projects that were the subjects of the public hearing on November 4, 2026. There will be no opportunity for additional public comment for the record at the December 3 Business Meeting on items for which a hearing was completed on November 4 or a previous date. Commission consideration on December 3 of items for which the public hearing is closed may result in approval of the item (by docket or resolution) as proposed, approval with changes, denial or deferral. When the Commissioners defer an action, they may announce an additional period for written comment on the item, with or without an additional hearing date, or they may take additional time to consider the input they have already received without requesting further public input. Any deferred items will be considered for action at a public meeting of the Commission on a future date.

After all scheduled business has been completed and as time allows, the Business Meeting may be followed by up to one hour of Open Public Comment. This is an opportunity to address the Commission on any topic concerning the management of the Basin's water resources outside the context of a duly noticed, on-the-record public hearing.


To Attend the Business Meeting +/- Provide Open Public Comment:


Please Note

  • To provide open public comment, you must register for the Zoom Webinar & note in your registration that you wish to provide open public comment (you cannot provide open public comment if watching on YouTube).

  • For security reasons, registrations for the public hearing will require manual approval.

  • Registration for open public comment does not guarantee an opportunity to speak during the 1-hour session, based on time limitations and other factors. Those interested in giving public comment should register by 5 p.m., December 2, 2026.

  • Comments made during open public comment sessions are not included in any decision-making record.

  • There is no requirement for the Commission to provide for open public comment.

  • To ensure a smooth connection, please make sure you are using the most up-to-date version of Zoom. It is recommended that you do this prior to the scheduled public hearing time. For questions related to using the Zoom interface, please check out Zoom support (opens in new window).

  • Use of the Zoom registration interface for both the business meeting webinar and open public comment registration is subject to change. People who register will receive an email confirmation (from Delaware River Basin Commission Meetings <noreply@zoom.us>) when they register; folks will also receive a reminder email on the day of the business meeting that will include the registration details. Please check your spam if you do not see this email in your inbox.
Contacts for Public Hearing & Business Meeting


For Additional Information and Questions

  • Additional public records relating to hearing items may be examined at the Commission's offices by appointment by contacting Amber Munchback, 609-477-7240.

  • For other questions concerning docket hearing items, please contact David Kovach, Project Review Section Manager, at 609-477-7264.

  • For general questions on how to participate in the public hearing and/or business meeting, or for questions related to the DRBC process, please email contact@drbc.gov.


Accommodations for Special Needs

  • Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act who wish to attend the public meeting or public hearing should contact the Commission Secretary directly at 609-477-7203 or through the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss how we can accommodate your needs.

  • Closed captioning will be available on both webinar and live-stream internet platforms.

  • Those with limited internet access may listen and speak at virtual public meetings of the DRBC using any of several toll-free phone numbers that will be provided to all virtual meeting registrants.


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