Both the New York Times and NJ.com have recently published pieces on the long standing (Supreme Court ruling 1954), delicately balanced river management accord which siphons water from the Delaware system to supply NYC with potable water.
Temporary agreements have been cobbled together over the past several decades and are set to expire at midnight tomorrow. Failure to draft a new agreement means a default to a less river friendly, 1980s-era management plan.
Interesting reads, and proof that water management issues aren’t solely the provenance of the arid/semi-arid West. Chris Wood, TU president, authored the second piece linked above, and claimed “the Big D is a western river”; we’ll take that as a compliment even if misapplied.
Image cut from the Times piece.
