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 are currently 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 January 2026 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

      1.    Schuylkill County Municipal Authority, D-1990-049 CP-5.  An application to renew the approval of a surface water withdrawal and water importation and exportation project to supply up to 229.4 mgm (7.4 mgd) of surface water from six existing reservoirs for public water supply to municipalities located in the Delaware River Basin (DRB) and Susquehanna River Basin (SRB). The applicant imports up to 4.712 mgm of water from the Gordon Well located in the SRB and exports up to 31 mgm of water from the DRB to its service areas 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.

      2.       Alburtis Borough, D-1991-042 CP-5.  An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 11.87 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells 1, 2, 3A and 4. Project Wells 1 and 2 are completed in Hornblende Gneiss and Wells 3A and 4 are completed in the Leithsville Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Swabia Creek Watershed in the Borough of Alburtis and Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh 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.

      3.       Delaware Valley University, D-1994-050 CP-4.  An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal with a decrease in allocation from 7.192 mgm to 3.614 mgm to supply water for agricultural purposes and to irrigate the athletic fields on the applicant's campus from existing Well Nos. 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8. Well Nos. 4 and 5 will also be removed from the docket with this approval. The project wells are completed in Stockton Formation. The project is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA)  in the Neshaminy Creek Watershed in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

      4.       Lansdale Borough, D-1996-045 CP-5.  An application to renew the approval of the docket holder’s existing 3.2 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary (UNT) to West Branch Neshaminy Creek at River Mile 115.63 - 40.0 - 5.35 - 1.25 (Delaware River - Neshaminy Creek - West Branch Neshaminy Creek - UNT to West Branch Neshaminy Creek) via Outfall No. 001 in Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

      5.       Upper Uwchlan Township, D-2000-055 CP-6.  An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's existing 0.6 mgd Route 100 Regional WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to a combination of spray and drip irrigation fields located in the drainage area of the East Branch Brandywine Creek and Lower Schuylkill River watersheds. The WWTP is located in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

      6.       Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-2001-015 CP-7.  An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal with an increase in system allocation from 39.33 mgm to 41.0 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells SWC-1, SWC-2, SWC-4, SWC-5, SWC-8, SWC-10, SWC-11, SWC-12, CP-9, IR-1, IR-2, SWC-13, SWC-14 and new Wells CG-1 and KW-1. All the project wells are completed in the Brunswick Formation, except for Well CP-9, 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 Swamp Creek, Minister Creek, Scioto Creek and Zacharias Creek Watersheds in New Hanover, Douglass, Upper Fredrick and Worcester Townships, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

      7.       Bedminster Municipal Authority, D-2006-010 CP-5.  An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.06 mgd Pennland Farms WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an UNT of Deep Run at River Mile 157.0 – 4.7 – 7.1 – 0.1 (Delaware River – Tohickon Creek – Deep Run – UNT of Deep Run) via Outfall No. 001, 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, in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

      8.       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 mgd of industrial wastewater generated at the electric generating cogenerating facility through existing Outfall 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.

      9.       BlueTriton Brands, Inc., D-2013-020-3.  An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 8.640 million gallons per month from Well No. IW-1 and the discharge of the withdrawn groundwater to Greenwalk Creek. The requested allocation is a reduction from the allocation of 11.696 mgm currently approved by the Commission. 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, in order 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.

      10.   Birdsboro Power LLC, D-2016-004-2.  An application to approve a new 450 megawatt (MW) electric generating plant and its associated consumptive use of water. The facility will purchase cooling water from the Birdsboro Municipal Authority (BMA), which has a Memorandum of Understanding for bulk sale potable water purchase with the Reading Area Water Authority (RAWA). The estimated average and maximum daily water use for the facility is 3.0 mgd and 4.0 mgd, respectively. The estimated average and maximum consumptive use for the facility is 2.65 mgd and 3.55 mgd, respectively. The facility will be located in the Borough of Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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