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 October 2024 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

1. Shoemakersville Borough, D-1990-007 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 7.5 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Well Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The project wells are completed in the Hamburg Sequence Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Schuylkill River Watershed, in the Borough of Shoemakersville and Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
2. JFBB Ski Areas, Inc., D-1993-057-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 103.33 mgm for snowmaking purposes at the applicant's Jack Frost Ski Area resort  from an existing surface water intake on Tobyhanna Creek. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The surface water intake is located in the Tobyhanna Creek Watershed in Kidder Township, Carbon 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.
   
   
3. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1998-043 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 165.33 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Well Nos. 12, 13, 16, 18A, 19, 20, 21, 23 and 28. Wells Nos. 12, 13 and 18A are completed in the Richland Formation, Well No. 16 is completed in the Millbach Formation, Wells Nos. 19 and 20 are completed in the Ontelaunee Formation, Well No. 21 is completed in the Allentown Formation, Well No. 23 is completed in the Hammer Creek Fomration and Well No. 28 is completed in the Epler/Ontelaunee Formations. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are located in the Little Cacoosing Creek Watershed in Spring and Lower Heidelberg Townships and Sinking Spring and Wyomissing Boroughs, all in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
4. Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority, D-1999-013 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of the  existing 1.6 mgd Harvey Avenue WWTP and its related discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Cooks Run at River Mile 115.6 - 38.1 - 2.6 (Delaware River - Neshaminy Creek - Cooks Run) via Outfall No. 001, in Doylestown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
5. Stony Creek Anglers, Inc., D-2004-012-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal with a decrease in allocation from 5.373 mgm to 4.24 mgm to supply the applicant's trout nursery from existing Well Pumphouse 6 which is completed in the 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 Stony Creek Watershed, in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
6. Village of Buckingham Springs, D-2009-040 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing 0.1 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Mill Creek, which is tributary to Neshaminy Creek, at River Mile 115.6 - 23.4 - 5.0 (Delaware River - Neshaminy Creek - Mill Creek), in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
   
   
7. Giorgio Foods, Inc., D-2014-016-2. An application to renew the approval of an allocation of 14.0 million gallons per month of groundwater from existing Wells 1, 2 and 3 for industrial processes and potable use at the applicant's mushroom processing facility. The project wells are completed in the Leithsville Formation in the Willow Creek Watershed in Maidencreek Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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