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 2026 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

1. USDOD, Army - Tobyhanna Army Depot, D-1987-057 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 20.66 million gallons per month to supply the applicant's public water distribution system from existing Wells 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The project wells are located in the Poplar Gap Member of the Catskill Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are located in the Tobyhanna Creek Watershed in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe 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.
   
   
   
2. Pottstown Borough Water Authority, D-1989-055 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing 12.85 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.5 - 52.3 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River) via Outfall No. 001, located in the Borough of Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
   
3. BM Resort Management, LLC, D-2008-023-6. An application to renew the approval and previously proposed expansion for the 0.06 million gallons per day (mgd) Blue Mountain Ski Area wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to discharge up to 0.28 mgd. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Aquashicola Creek at River Mile 183.66 – 36.32 – 5.73 (Delaware River – Lehigh River –Aquashicola Creek) via Outfall No. 002, within the drainage area to the Lower Delaware Special Protection Waters (SPW), in Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
   
4. USDOD, Navy - Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division, D-2009-003 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 2,263.248 million gallons per month from an existing surface water intake Bldg 633 River Water located in the Navy Reserve Basin, which is connected by a channel linked to the Schuylkill River. The approval will also remove surface water intake Bldg NCCW 001 from the docket. The surface water is used for the purpose of once-through non-contact cooling of land-based test site located in Building 633 associated with the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division. The intakes and reserve basin are located in the tidal portion of the Schuylkill River in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
   
5. Camp Morasha, D-2018-005-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.045 million gallon per day Camp Morasha wastewater treatment plant and its discharge. The existing wastewater treatment plant will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of Equinunk Creek at River Mile 321.9 - 7.6 - 1.9 (Delaware River - Equinunk Creek - UNT Equinunk Creek) which is located within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Buckingham and Preston Townships, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
   
6. Burlington County Board of County Commissioners, D-2026-002 CP-1. An application to approve a new 0.15 million gallons per day (mgd) industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex. The IWTP will discharge treated effluent to Assiscunk Creek, at River Mile 119 – 8.7 (Delaware River – Assiscunk Creek) via existing Outfall No. 001A in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.

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