EPA Unveils New Delaware River Water-Quality Standards

September 29, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org

New water quality standards to protect a stretch of the Delaware River and the wildlife that call it home, including an endangered sturgeon unique to the region, will be enacted in two months, federal authorities said. 

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday unveiled final standards to improve the water quality and raise oxygen levels of the river in the 38-mile stretch between Philadelphia and Camden south to Wilmington, Delaware.

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NJ SEED: Local governments, through their wastewater management that include dumping waste with high ammonia content into the Delaware River, are largely responsible for the poor water quality conditions in the lower Delaware. It is important to protect marine wildlife, even the hare-to-love Atlantic sturgeon.