EPA to Raise Key Water-Quality Standard in Delaware River Estuary

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday (12/01) it will raise a key water-quality standard for an urban stretch of the Delaware River Estuary between Trenton and Wilmington, DE, giving a big — and unexpected — victory to environmental groups that had long-sought the increase.

The EPA said Thursday that a current standard for dissolved oxygen is not high enough to sustain populations of all fish, particularly the endangered Atlantic sturgeon.