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 August 2025 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

1. Green Lane - Marlborough Joint Authority, D-1966-002 CP-3. An application to renew the existing 0.20 mgd Green Lane - Marlborough Joint Authority WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent at a flow of 0.20 mgd to Perkiomen Creek at River Mile 92.47 - 32.3 - 19.5 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River - Perkiomen Creek), via Outfall No. 001, in Green Lane Borough, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
2. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1966-100 CP-3. An application to approve an existing surface water withdrawal and approve an allocation of up to 540 mgm to supply the applicant's Norristown public water supply distribution system from an existing surface water intake on the Schuylkill River. The project intake is located in the Schuylkill River Watershed in the Borough of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
3. MC Project Company, LLC, D-1970-025 CP-3. An application to approve an increase in allocation from 785.54 million gallons per month (mgm) to 900 mgm of surface water from an existing intake on the Delaware River. Water is used for makeup water and cooling purposes at the Martins Creek Steam Electric Station and the Lower Mount Bethel Energy Facility, located on an adjacent property. The increase in surface water allocation is needed to meet growing demand associated with a projected increase in electric generation for the PJM market as supplied through the Martins Creek and Lower Mount Bethel Energy generating stations. The project is located in Lower Mount Bethel 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.
   
   
4. Saputo Cheese USA, Inc., D-1972-146-3. An application to renew the approval of an allocation of 29 mgm of groundwater from existing Wells 1, 2, 3 and 4 for industrial cooling, industrial processes and potable supply at an existing dairy processing manufacturing facility. The wells are completed in unconsolidated sand and gravel in the West Branch Delaware River Watershed in the Town of Delhi, Delaware County, New York, within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
   
   
5. Hawley Area Authority, D-1981-029 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's existing 0.20 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Lackawaxen River at River Mile 277.7 - 16.2 (Delaware River - Lackawaxen River) via Outfall No. 001, to the main stem Delaware River within the drainage area of the Upper Delaware Special Protection Waters in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
6. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-1981-061 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 20.5 mgm to supply the applicant's Fawn Lake, Masthope and Woodloch public water supply distribution systems from existing Wells FL-2, FL-3(r), FL-4, FL-5,  WL-5, WL-6, WL-10 and new Wells MH-5R and MH-7. Wells MH-5 and MH-4 will be removed from the docket with this approval and will be replaced by Wells MH-5R and MH-7, respectively. The applicant received an emergency approval for the project pursuant to Section 401.40(b) of the Commission's Administrative Manual - Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR Part 401 on July XX, 2025.  The project wells are completed in the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in the Westcolang Creek, West Falls Creek, and Teedyuskung Creek Watersheds in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, 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.
   
   
7. Downingtown Area Regional Authority, D-1998-033 CP-6. An application to upgrade the existing 10.88 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP is reaching its end of life, and the upgrades will include the construction of new facilities and the installation of new pumps, and the rehabilitation of existing tanks and pumps. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the East Branch Brandywine Creek at River 70.73 – 1.5 – 20.0 – 7.65 (Delaware River - Christina River -  Brandywine Creek - East Branch Brandywine Creek) via Outfall No. 001, in East Cain Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
8. Community Utilities of Pennsylvania, Inc., D-1999-020 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.56 mgd 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. 1, within the drainage area of the Middle Special Protection Waters, in Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
9. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-2015-015 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's existing 18.0 mgd Norristown Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and its discharge of up to 1.93 mgd of clarifier supernatant wastewater. The supernatant wastewater will continue to be infrequently discharged to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 - 24.5 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River) via Outfall No. 001, in Norristown Borough, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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