What would it take to make the Delaware ‘swimmable’?

Though still a working river, trafficked by barges and bordered by industry, the Delaware has become a far cleaner place over the last few decades. A study led by the Water Center at Penn is investigating what it would take to move the river a step further: toward swimmable waters. - Eric Sucar — Though still a working river, trafficked by barges and bordered by industry, the Delaware has become a far cleaner place over the last few decades. A study led by the Water Center at Penn is investigating what it would take to move the river a step further: toward swimmable waters. – Eric Sucar

With funding from the William Penn Foundation, the Water Center at Penn is investigating questions of water quality, access, and equity.

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