The Commission recently received applications from the sponsors of the following projects for approval pursuant to Section 3.8, Article 11, and/or Section 10.3 of the Delaware River Basin Compact.

These projects currently are under review by the Commission staff in consultation with other public agencies.

Individuals or organizations having a special interest in any projects or information relating to a project's impacts on water and related land resources of the Delaware River Basin are invited to submit written comments to the Water Resource Management Branch.

Please refer to the appropriate docket number, listed below, on all correspondence. Public hearings as may be required for these projects will be announced at a later date in accordance with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. 

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⇒ Map of April 2025 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

1. Boyertown Boro, D-1973-199 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.75 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to West Branch Swamp Creek at River Mile 92.47 - 32.3 - 12.9 - 11.9 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River - Perkiomen Creek - Swamp Creek) via Outfall No. 001, in Douglass Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
2. Upper Montgomery Joint Authority, D-1987-028 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's existing WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Perkiomen Creek at River Mile 92.47 - 32.3 - 25.0 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River - Perkiomen Creek), via Outfall No. 001, in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
3. Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc., D-1989-004-2. An application to approve an upgrade and expansion of the docket holder's existing WWTP and its discharge. The docket holder requests to replace the existing WWTP with a new WWTP adjacent to the existing WWTP, which will be demolished. The WWTP will continue to discharge an annual average of 0.1 mgd of treated effluent to Beaver Creek, a tributary of Upper Tunkhannock Creek at River Mile 183.66-83.5-12.5-1.15-2.4 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Tobyhanna Creek - Upper Tunkhannock Creek - Beaver Creek ), via Outfall No. 001, in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania located in the Lower Delaware Special Protection Waters (SPW).
   
   
4. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1990-027 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal with an increase in allocation from 6.6 mgd (204.6 mgm) to 11 mgd (341 mgm) to supply the applicant's Royersford District public water supply distribution system from an existing surface water intake on the Schuylkill River. The applicant is also constructing the Lock 57 water treatment plant (WTP) and a new intake at the facility to replace its Shady Lane WTP and intake at that location. Plans are to have the Lock 57 WTP in operation in 2027.  The surface water intake is located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
5. Bernville Corporation, D-1992-027-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 8.3 mgm to irrigate the applicant's Heidelberg Country Club golf course from a surface water intake located on the Tulpehocken Creek. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The surface water intake is located in the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed in Jefferson and North Heidelberg Townships, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
6. Meter Services Company, D-1994-049 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 3.72 mgm to supply the applicant's Village of Buckingham Springs public water supply distribution system from existing Well Nos. 1 and 2. The project wells are completed in the Brunswick Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA)  in the Mill Creek Watershed in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
7. Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority, D-2001-042 CP-7. An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's existing Oaks WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge an average of 14.25 mgd of treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 - 32.4 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River), via Outfall No. 001, in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
8. Lower Makefield Township, D-2002-048 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 7.68 mgm for irrigation of the applicant's Makefield Highlands Golf Club golf course from existing Wells PW-1, PW-2 and PW-3. The project wells are completed in the Brunswick Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Delaware River Watershed in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area to a section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
   
   
9. Nis Hollow Estates, LLC, D-2010-003-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.018 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary of Lehigh River at River Mile 183.7 - 39.3 - 1.2 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - UNT Lehigh River) within the drainage area of the sectio of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
10. Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, D-2012-009-3. An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 11.59 million gallons per month (mgm) of water from existing Wells 1, 4, 5, 7 and 9 used for irrigation, non-contact cooling, water rides, and water features at the docket holder's amusement park. The requested allocation is a reduction from the currently approved allocation of 13.14 mgm due to the termination of Well 8. The project wells withdraw water from the Allentown Formation and are located in the Cedar Creek Watershed within the Lower Delaware Special Protection Waters, in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    
    
11. Tinicum Township, D-2014-014 CP-3. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 2.8 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the tidal portion of Darby Creek, which is located in Delaware River Water Quality Zone 2, at River Mile 85.5 - 1.8 (Delaware River - Darby Creek) in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
    
    
12. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, D-2015-007 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.025 mgd Washington Crossing Historic Park Upper WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Delaware River Water Quality Zone 1E at River Mile 146.63, within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    
    
13. Rising Light Ridge, LLC, D-2024-002-1. An application to approve a new 0.0273 mgd Rising Light Ridge Camp Facility WWTP and its proposed discharge. The new WWTP facilities will consist of a sequencing batch reactor WWTP with pre- and post- storage/equalization, 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.
    
    
14. Palisades School District, D-2025-002-1. An application to approve upgrades to an existing 0.0215 mgd WWTP. Upgrades will include the removal of three existing partially buried tanks and the installation of a new packed membrane biological reactor treatment plant. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary to Galow Run at River Mile 172.32 - 1.73 - 0.63 (Delaware River -  Gallows Run - Unnamed Tributary to Gallows Run) located in the Lower Delaware Special Protection Waters (SPW).

Contact: David Kovach, P.G.
Manager, Project Review
(609) 883-9500, ext. 264