Wild and Scenic Rivers
Lower Delaware River Wild and Scenic
ISSUES
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Split Estate
- Documents the devastating effect that oil and natural gas drilling is having on the health of families and the environment in the Rocky Mountain West.
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HATFIELD
- Southeast Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Management, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (610) 832-6130.
PA 0026247. Amendment No. 1, Sewage, Hatfield Township Municipal Authority, 3200 Advance Lane, Colmar, PA 18915.
This application is for amendment of an NPDES permit to discharge treated sewage from the Hatfield Township Municipal Authority STP in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County. This is an existing discharge to the West Branch of Neshaminy Creek.
The receiving stream is classified for warm water fish, migratory fish, potable water supply, industrial water supply, livestock water supply, wildlife water supply, irrigation, boating, fishing, water contact sports, navigation and esthetics.
The proposed effluent limits for Outfall 001, based on an average flow of 6.43 million gallons per day are as follows:
Parameter Average
Monthly (mg/l)Maximum
Daily (mg/l)Average
Weekly (mg/l)Instantaneous
Maximum (mg/l)CBOD5 (5-1 to 10-31) 10 15 20 (11-1 to 4-30) 20 30 40 Suspended Solids 30 45 60 Ammonia (as N) (5-1 to 10-31) 2.0 4.0 (11-1 to 4-30) 6.0 12.0 Nitrite and Nitrate (as N) (7-1 to 10-31) 9.0 18.0 Phosphorus as P (4-1 to 10-31) 2.0 4.0 Fecal Coliforms 200 colonies/100 ml as a geometric average Dissolved Oxygen minimum of 6.0 mg/l at all times pH within limits of 6.0--9.0 standard units at all times Copper 0.045 0.090 0.113 Hardness (In-Stream) monitor only Silver monitor only monitor only Free Cyanide 0.009 0.018 0.023 Boron monitor only monitor only Total Chromium monitor only monitor only Total Zinc monitor only monitor only Total Phenols monitor only monitor only BHC Gamma 0.00015 0.0003 0.00038 Whole Effluent Toxicity 1.7 TUc Other Conditions:
Conditions for future permit modification
Implementation of industrial pretreatment program requirements
Effective disinfection
Special test methods for certain pollutants
In-stream hardness sampling
The EPA waiver is not in effect.
- Southeast Regional Office: Regional Manager, Water Management, Lee Park, Suite 6010, 555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone (610) 832-6130.
- America’s Most Endangered Rivers
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on the Upper Delaware River Being Named by American Rivers to its “America’s Most Endangered Rivers” List June 2, 2010
- The Map Turtle
- Study reveals tainted groundwater in northern Delaware Monday, July 26, 2010
- Northern Delaware is home to some of the worst chemical dumping grounds in America, a legacy of broken promises and corporate misdeeds. Regulators working for Delaware and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have long claimed that the deep clay layers above the aquifer protected it from the foul waters discharged by chemical and petroleum manufacturers.
- Milford Mill - Milford NJ
- Gas Drilling and the Delaware River Basin
- Gas Drilling
- Hinchey Challenges Assertions of Army Corps of Engineers Regarding Federal Role in DRBC Regulation of Gas Exploration and Drilling in Delaware River Basin
Middletown, NY - Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today sent a letter to Brigadier General Peter DeLuca, Commander and Division Engineer for the North Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, challenging and questioning assertions the general recently made regarding his role as the federal government's representative to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). more...