EPA unveils new Delaware River water-quality standards | NJ Spotlight News EPA set final standards to improve quality, raise oxygen levels in a 38-mile stretch of the river

Top story today, is something that was a long time coming—
“We’re going to have a healthier river with healthier fish and potentially be in a better position to save the sturgeon from extinction.” - @Mayakvanrossum.bsky.social

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EPA finalizes protections for endangered fish in the Delaware River Environmentalists have called for protections for the federally endangered Atlantic sturgeon for decades.

“This means that the aquatic life of the fish, but particularly the Atlantic sturgeon of the Delaware River … they are going to have better conditions within which to live..." - @mayakvanrossum.bsky.social

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This ancient New Jersey fish is nearing extinction with fewer than 250 remaining TRENTON, N.J. — Fewer than 250 spawning Atlantic sturgeon remain in the Delaware River, putting one of the region’s most ancient and genetically distinct fish

These endangered fish are up against all odds, "literally getting slammed from all sides, at every level of their life cycle." - @mayakvanrossum.bsky.social

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EPA plans to finalize rules to improve water quality in the Delaware River - Delaware Currents An effort to improve the water quality of a stretch of the Delaware River that has been chronically polluted took a step forward Tuesday.

We look "forward to the day when we can celebrate and rely upon new dissolved oxygen standards that can help save our sturgeon from extinction, while at the same time supporting and enriching the lives of all of us.”
- @mayakvanrossum
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H2 with extra O: EPA regs to increase oxygen content of Delaware River - The River Reporter DELAWARE RIVER — The Delaware River could see new standards set in place for the amount of dissolved oxygen in its waters, as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) committed on April 1 to …

These new EPA regulations can help us clean up the water and make it healthier for our fish to survive.

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EPA says it will finalize proposal to improve oxygen in the Delaware River The announcement comes after environmentalists took legal action to speed up the process.

EPA to raise the dissolved oxygen standard for the Lower Delaware River for the first time in decades:
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EPA to Finalize Delaware River's Stalled Water Quality Standards The EPA said Tuesday it intends to finalize a water quality rule for the Delaware River that was proposed during the Biden administration.

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20250401 - PR EPA Intends to Announce Delaware River WQS.pdf

BREAKING!
Press Release:
EPA Announces Intent to Finalize Upgraded Water Quality Standards to Protect Endangered Sturgeon & Other Aquatic Life of the Delaware River & Estuary

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Federal Lawsuit Aims to Set New Delaware River Water Standards, With Hopes of Saving Atlantic Sturgeon A federal lawsuit seeks to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to set new water quality standards for a section of the Delaware River.

Our lawsuit has brought about an agreement in which the EPA will formally promulgate
new rules that would raise the dissolved oxygen standard in the lower Delaware River, which would take pressure off our endangered #AtlanticSturgeon. bucksco.today/2025/03/new-...
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Lawsuit could stop poisoning of major river before it's too late: 'Hopefully, we've gotten to it in the nick of time' A federal lawsuit is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to establish new water quality standards for the Delaware River.

We should always be working towards making our River healthier. The Delaware River is due for updated and improved standards.

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Higher oxygen standards soon for key stretch of Delaware River? | NJ Spotlight News New tougher water quality standards for the Delaware River below Camden would benefit the endangered Atlantic sturgeon.

“A population like the sturgeon may very well disappear from the face of the Earth for forever... Hopefully, we’ve gotten to it in the nick of time.” - @mayakvanrossum.bsky.social

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Please submit a comment in support of the proposed consent decree holding EPA accountable for the finalized rule deadline, which will help to protect aquatic life in the Delaware River:

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