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 September 2025 NAR Project Locations

Project Descriptions:

1. Roamingwood Sewer and Water Association, D-1988-045 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 20.67 million gallons per month from existing Wells 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 for public water supply. The wells are completed in the Poplar Gap Member of the Catskill Formation in the Ariel Creek Watershed in Lake and Salem Townships, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area to the Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.

2. Doylestown Township Municipal Authority, D-1995-009 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 55.22 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells NW-3, NW-4, NW-5, CW-5, CW-7, SW-1, SW-2, SW-6 and SW-7. The requested system allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project wells are completed in the Stockton Formation. The project is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA), in the Neshaminy Creek and Pine Run Watersheds in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

3. Easton Suburban Water Authority, D-1999-062 CP-3. An application to approve an existing surface water withdrawal and approve an allocation of up to 323 mgm (10.42 mgd) to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from an existing surface water intake on the Delaware River. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The surface water intake is located in the Delaware River Watershed in the City of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area to the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.

4. Marcus Hook Energy, L.P., D-2000-044-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 11 mgd from an existing intake in the Delaware River for use at the Marcus Hook Energy Center, a 750 megawatt combined cycle cogeneration facility. The energy center is located in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware. The intake, owned by Energy Transfer Partners, is located at River Mile 78.5 in Water Quality Zone 4 in New Castle County, Delaware.

5. Villa Roma Country Club, D-2014-020-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater and surface water withdrawal of up to 12.276 mgm to supply domestic, irrigation and/or snow-making water from Wells 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13 and Pond Intakes 11 and 15. The wells are completed in the Honesdale Formation. The project is located in the Lower East Branch Callicoon Creek Watershed within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Delaware, Sullivan County, New York.

6. TWIN PONDS GOLF CLUB, P-2002-009-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 1.55 mgm for irrigation of the applicant's golf course from existing Well No. 3. Well No. 3 is completed in the Brunswick 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 Minister Creek Watershed in Douglass Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

7. Buckingham Township, P-2015-012-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 1.705 mgm to supply the applicant's Fenton's Corner public water supply distribution system from existing Wells M-1 and M-2. The requested system allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. Wells M-1 and M-2 are completed in the Stockton Formation. The project is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA)  in the Mill Creek Watershed in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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