Drinking water is not yet impacted, but officials are taking urgent measures. Drought and sea level rise have caused salt water from the Atlantic Ocean to creep into the Delaware River Basin ...
The truck houses a reverse osmosis system and it’s stopping saltwater from contaminating drinking water for more than 20,000 people. This is the third year in a row that saltwater from the Gulf of ...
It’s only 18 miles right now from the drinking water intakes. And sometimes it can shoot upstream really quickly.” Officials control the salt line by releasing water from two reservoirs ...
A closer look at the crawling salt front: The farther the line moves upstream, the closer it gets to drinking water intakes, which officials have worked for decades to avoid. The Delaware River ...