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West Deptford, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
1. Rocks on shoreline of Delaware River
2. Wide of bridge and ship on river
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Flemington, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Shallcross, Delaware River Basin Commission:
“The salt front is the location where ocean and freshwater mix in a river that’s too salty to be acceptable for use as drinking water.”
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Parsippany, New Jersey – 20 November 2024
4. Boonton Reservoir that provides water to Jersey City experiencing drought
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Flemington, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Shallcross, Delaware River Basin Commission:
“Really what brought us here is the drought. The two months of very low flows, and the fact that we’re in the fall where the tide tends to be a little bit stronger, pushing the salt upstream.”
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Ringwood, New Jersey – 11 November 2024
6. Wanaque Reservoir
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West Deptford, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
7. Water lapping rocks on river shore
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Flemington, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Shallcross, Delaware River Basin Commission:
“The way we protect drinking water intakes from salt is through reservoir releases. We want to make sure that there’s enough water coming downstream to dilute the saltwater from the ocean.”
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West Deptford, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
9. Philadelphia city skyline
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Flemington, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Shallcross, Delaware River Basin Commission:
“We are doing a lot of studies to see if we are going to have enough water in the future with both climate change and sea level rise to continue to be able to push that salt downstream when we have these droughts.”
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West Deptford, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
11. Boat on Delaware River
12. Various of people sitting on bench at Riverwinds Park on Delaware River
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Flemington, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Shallcross, Delaware River Basin Commission:
“There’s always that situation that you haven’t anticipated. And so I would say the East is not water-rich, we’re water adequate, and we need to recognize that.”
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West Deptford, New Jersey – 25 November 2024
14. Water laps rocks on shoreline
STORYLINE:
Salty oceanwater is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of others, brought on by drought conditions and sea level rise. It’s prompting officials to tap reservoirs to push the unpotable tide back downstream.
Officials say drinking water isn’t imminently at risk yet, but they’re monitoring the effects of the drought on the river and studying options for the future in case further droughts sap the area.
“The salt front is the location where ocean and freshwater mix in a river that’s too salty to be acceptable for use as drinking water,” said Amy Shallcross, the water resource operations manager at the Delaware River Basin Commission.
That boundary is typically somewhere around Wilmington, Delaware, but the recent drought in the Northeast has pushed it about 20 miles north, around Philadelphia International Airport.
The salt front last reached roughly where it is now in 2016 during another drought, officials said.
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