The level of salty water in the Delaware is the highest in six years, and it's getting closer to a drinking water intake.
Low water levels in New Jersey reservoirs like the one in Oradell have led the DEP to declare a drought warning. Salty water from the Delaware Bay has crept up the Delaware River toward a drinking water intake plant at Delran, and is now at its highest point since 2010 because low river flows in the...