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 2024 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

1. South Coatesville Borough, D-1974-039 CP-7.  An application to renew the approval of an existing 0.5 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to West Branch Brandywine Creek at River Mile 70.7 - 1.5 - 20.0 - 14.3 (Delaware River - Christina River - Brandywine Creek - West Branch Brandywine Creek) via Outfall No. 001 inthe Borough of South Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
2. Manwalamink Sewer Company, D-1988-034 CP-4.  An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.7 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Brodhead Creek at River Mile 213.0  - 0.6 (Delaware River - Brodhead Creek), via Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
3. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1996-009 CP-3.  An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 24.8 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Well Nos.3, 6 and 9. Well Nos. 3 and 6 are completed in the Buttermilk Falls/ Esopus Formation. Well No. 9 is completed in Quaternary sands and gravels. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are located in the Bushkill Watershed in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area to section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
   
   
4. Milford Nursing and Rehabilition LLC, D-1998-051 CP-5.  An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.015 mgd Milford Senior Care and Rehabilitation WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent directly to Water Quality Zone 1C of the Delaware River at River Mile 251, to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Westfall Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
5. Liberty Electric Power, D-1999-061-2.  An application to renew the approval of an existing 600-megawatt (MW) electric generating facility and its associated consumptive use of water. The facility will continue to consumptively use up to 145.7 mgm of water purchased from Aqua Pennsylvania.  The electric generating facility is located in Eddystone Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
6. Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority, D-2004-039 CP-3.  An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater and surface water withdrawal of up to 14.78 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing WellsRiverwoods 2C, Riverwoods 3B, Morrissey B, Morrissey C, New Hope Manor C and an intake on the Delaware River. The project wells are completed in Brunswick Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Rabbit Run and Delaware River Watersheds in New Hope Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area to section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
   
   
7. Upper Tulpehocken Township, D-2005-006 CP-5.  An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.065 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Jackson Creek at River Mile 92.47 - 76.8 - 15.4 - 0.8 - 6.5 - 0.4 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River - Tulpehocken Creek - Northkill Creek - Little Northkill Creek) via Outfall No. 001, in Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
8. Buck Hill Falls Water Company, D-2009-002 CP-2.  An application to renew the approval of a combined allocation of 15.5 mgm of surface water from 2 existing intakes on Buck Hill Creek (Intakes 1 and 2), groundwater from an existing well (Well 2), and an existing spring source (Big Spring) for public water supply and golf course irrigation. The project is located in the Catskill Formation in the Brodhead Creek Watershed in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, 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.
   
   
9. Union Township Municipal Authority, P-2003-031-3.  An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 1.34 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system for the Buckingham Preserve Development development from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 3 completed in the Brunswick Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are located within the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA) in the Schuylkill River Watershed in Union Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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