Project Review: Notice of Applications Received (NAR)
March 7, 2024

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

Map of March 2024 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

  1. Newtown Artesian Water Company, D-1978-029 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 46.3 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Well Nos. 4R, 5, 6, 14 and 18. The project wells are completed in Stockton 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 Newtown and Neshaminy Creek Watersheds, in Newtown and Middletown Townships and Newtown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

  2. Blue Ridge Real Estate Company, D-1985-081 -3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.40 mgd Jack Frost WWTP and revise the project's existing service area. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Porter Run at River Mile 183.7 - 82.9 - 1.5 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Porter Run), via Outfall No. 001, 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 Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

  3. Roamingwood Sewer and Water Association, D-1988-014 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of the existing 1.755 mgd Roamingwood 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, in Salem Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

  4. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-1991-086 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 43.264 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Well Nos. Hunt Country 21A, Hunt Country 21B, Hunt Country 21C, Hunt Country 21D, Grand Oak 4, Ponoma Park 7, Highland Glen 9 and Pottstown Pike 16. Wells Hunt Country 21A through D are completed in Baltimore Gneiss; Wells Grand Oak 4 and Ponoma Park 7 are completed in Gneiss; Well Highland Glen 9 is completed in Sepentine Schist; and Pottstown Pike 16 is completed in Wissahickon Schist. 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 Ridley Creek, Chester Creek, Plum Run and Broad Run Watersheds, in East Goshen, West Goshen and West Whiteland Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

  5. Allied Utility Services, Inc., D-1996-025 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.075 mgd Schnecksville North WWTP and its discharge. Treated effluent will continue to be discharged to an UNT of Coplay Creek at River Mile 183.66 - 21.05 - 10.6 - 0.7 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Coplay Creek - UNT) via Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area to the Lower Delaware River, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

  6. Chalfont-New Britain Township Joint Sewage Authority, D-1999-063 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of the existing 7.0 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge at an average daily flow of 4.625 mgd of treated effluent to Neshaminy Creek at River Mile 115.6 - 37.4 (Delaware River - Neshaminy Creek) via Outfall No. 001, in New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

  7. Tobyhanna Army Depot, D-2009-041 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.802 mgd Tobyhanna Army WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent into Hummler Run at River Mile 183.7 - 83.5 - 26.4 - 1.8 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Tobyhanna Creek - Hummler Run), 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 Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

  8. Republic Environmental Systems (Pennsylvania), LLC, D-2011-009 -3. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's 0.1 mgd IWTP that receives non-hazardous and hazardous wastes from off-site generators within the continental United States, primarily from Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey (both within and outside the basin) at their facility located in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Approximately 20% of the industrial wastewater collected at the facility is pre-treated and conveyed to the Hatfield Township Municipal Authority WWTP for ultimate discharge to the West Branch Neshaminy Creek. The remainder is trucked to other centralized waste treatment facilities, landfills, or cement kilns throughout the United States (most of which is sent to Du Pont Chambers Works, GROWS Landfill, or Keystone Cement; all of which are located within the basin).

  9. Pocono Plateau Christian Association, D-2013-011 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.015 mgd Pocono Plateau Camp WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an Unnamed Tributary (UNT) to Taylor Creek at River Mile 277.7 - 15.8 - 30.6 - 2.25 - 0.83 (Delaware River - Lackawaxen River - Wallenpaupack Creek - Taylor Creek - UNT Taylor Creek) via Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area to the Lower Delaware which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Coolbaugh Township. The WWTP is located in Barrett Township. Both townships are located in Monroe County, Pennsyvania.

  10. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-2014-007 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 6.0 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Wells Cawley, Fern St. and Red Shale. The project wells are completed in the Catskill Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are located in the Wallenpaupack Creek Watershed in Hawley Borough, Paupack and Palmyra Townships, Wayne and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania within the drainage area to section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.

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