EPA Unveils New Delaware River Water-Quality Standards

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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.