Delaware River Climate Practitioners Workshop

A breakthrough in water resources management occurred in 1961 when President Kennedy and the governors of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York for the first time signed concurrent compact legislation into law creating a regional body with the force of law to oversee a unified approach to managing a river system without regard to political boundaries.Themembersof this regional body - theDelaware River Basin Commission(DRBC) - include the four basin state governors and the Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who serves as the federal representative.When the DRBC was created, some 43 state agencies, 14 interstate agencies, and 19 federal agencies exercised a multiplicity of splintered powers and duties within the watershed, which stretches 330 miles from the Delaware River's headwaters near Hancock, N.Y., to the mouth of the Delaware Bay.The Compact's signing marked the first time since the nation's birth that the federal government and a group of states joined together as equal partners in a river basin planning, development, and regulatory agency.The five members appoint alternate commissioners, with the governors selecting high-ranking officials from their state environmental agencies. Each commissioner has one vote of equal power, with a majority vote needed to decide most issues. Exceptions are votes to apportion among the signatory parties amounts required to support the current expense budget and votes to declare a state of emergency resulting from a drought or catastrophe, which require unanimity.Commission programs include water quality protection, water supply allocation, regulatory review (permitting), water conservation initiatives, watershed planning, drought management, flood loss reduction, and recreation.The DRBC is funded by the signatory parties, project review fees, water use charges, and fines, as well as federal, state, and private grants.The commission holds business meetings and hearings on policy matters and water resource projects under regulatory review. These sessions, along with meetings of the commission's various advisory committees, are open to the public.

Delaware River Basin Commission

Providing Delaware River Basin leaders with practical information for shaping adaptation projects that reduce exposure to climate impacts.

The Discovery Center

Welcome to the Climate Workshop happening at The Discovery Center on Monday, October 28, 2024. Doors open at 9:30 am, program begins at 10:00 AMJoin the Delaware River Basin Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 for a day filled with interactive sessions and expert speakers examining climate change adaptation through the lens of the 3 top climate impacts facing the Delaware River Basin: increased temperature, changes in precipitation patterns, and sea level rise.Attendance at this event is FREE. Box lunches are available to pre-purchase or you may bring your own lunch.Goals of the event:<ol><li>To give tribal, state and local leaders the information needed to execute climate adaptation projects.</li><li>To create an ongoing Delaware River climate community that connects partners who need to work collaboratively to solve complex climate challenges.</li></ol>Agenda: can be found here: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-adaptation/2024-delaware-river-climate-practitioners-workshop" title="https://www.epa.gov/climate-adaptation/2024-delaware-river-climate-practitioners-workshop" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.epa.gov/climate-adaptation/2024-delaware-river-climate-practitioners-workshop</a>Lunch:Coffee, water and light snacks will be provided.Lunch is NOT included in registration. Lunch ordering is NOW CLOSED. Driving, Parking and Public Transit: https://www.discoveryphila.org/hours-directions-mapsQuestions, assistance and additional information:If you have any questions, please reach out to Beth Brown at elizabeth.brown@drbc.gov.

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