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 July 2025 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

1. Liberty Town, D-1985-052 CP-2.  An application to include the proposed increase from 0.425 mgd to 0.960 mgd at the Swan Lake Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant (DWTP) in the Delaware River Basin Commission's Comprehensive Plan.  The plant will continue to serve the Swan Lake/Briscoe Road Sewer Districts in the Town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York. Section 3.8 Review of the project will be conducted in accordance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and DRBC 2016 Administrative Agreement (AA). Treated effluent will continue to be discharged to an unnamed tributary to Swan Lake, at River Mile 261.1 – 19.7 – 5.6 – 0.3 (Delaware River – Mongaup River – West Branch Mongaup River – UNT Tributary to Swan Lake) in Water Quality Zone 1B.
   
   
2. Shree Hari Golf LLC, D-1992-024-4.  An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 11.37 mgm to irrigate the applicant's Hickory Valley Golf Club golf course from a surface water intake located on the Swamp Creek. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The surface water intake is located in the Swamp Creek Watershed in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
3. Town of Fallsburg, D-1994-059 CP-3.  An application to include the proposed increase from 3.3 mgd to 4.5 mgd at the Town of Fallsburg (WHO) WWTP in the Delaware River Basin Commission's Comprehensive Plan. The plant will continue to serve the Fallsburg Sewer District in South Fallsburg Township, Sullivan County, New York. Section 3.8 Review of the project will be conducted in accordance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and DRBC 2016 Administrative Agreement (AA). Treated effluent will continue to be discharged to the Neversink River, at River Mile 253.64 – 31.8 (Delaware River – Neversink River) in Water Quality Zone 1C and is located within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York.
   
   
4. Arrowhead Sewer Company, Inc., D-2003-010-3.  An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.525 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Lehigh River, at River Mile 183.7 - 90.5 (Delaware River - Lehigh River) via Outfall No. 001, located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area of the Lower Special Protection Waters (SPW).
   
   
5. Coolbaugh Township, D-2006-023 CP-6.  An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.052 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Tobyhanna Creek, which is a tributary of the Lehigh River, at River Mile 183.66 - 83.5 - 22.3 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Tobyhanna Creek), located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters.
   
   
6. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-2015-001 CP-2.  An application to approve an existing surface water withdrawal and approve an allocation of up to 511.5 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply from an existing surface water intake on the Perkiomen Creek at Wetherill Dam. This surface water intake is part of Aqua Pennsylvania's main public water supply system. The project intake is located in the Perkiomen Creek Watershed in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
7. NJY Camps, D-2025-004-1.  An application to approve upgrades to an existing 0.100 mgd WWTP. Upgrades will include demolition of specified existing WWTP equipment and building, a new headworks structure, rehabilitation/retrofit of existing tankage, installation of MBR system and UV disinfection. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to Sawkill Pond, a tributary of Special Protection Waters (SPW). The project is located in Dingman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

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