Editing Delaware River (section)

===Pollution===
The Delaware River has been attached to areas of high [[pollution]]. The Delaware River in 2012 was named the 5th [[List of most-polluted rivers|most polluted river]] in the United States, explained by PennEnvironment<ref name="BucksLocalNews2012">{{cite news |title=Environmental group: Delaware River tops list of most polluted waterways |url=https://www.buckslocalnews.com/news/environmental-group-delaware-river-tops-list-of-most-polluted-waterways/article_b94c90d5-a5c1-5c8e-b39d-2319fa2a511a.html |work=Bucks Local News |date=Mar 29, 2012 |access-date=January 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128175024/https://www.buckslocalnews.com/news/environmental-group-delaware-river-tops-list-of-most-polluted-waterways/article_b94c90d5-a5c1-5c8e-b39d-2319fa2a511a.html |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Environment New Jersey.<ref name="Augenstein2012">{{cite news |last1=Augenstein |first1=Seth |title=Delaware River is 5th most polluted river in U.S., environmental group says |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2012/04/delaware_river_is_5th_most_pol.html |access-date=March 30, 2019 |work=NJ.com News |date=April 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128180116/https://www.nj.com/news/2012/04/delaware_river_is_5th_most_pol.html |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The activist groups claim that there is about 7–10&nbsp;million pounds of toxic chemicals flowing through the waterways due to dumping by DuPont Chambers Works. PennEnvironment also claims that the pollutants in the river can cause birth defects, infertility among women, and have been linked to cancer.<ref name="BucksLocalNews2012" />

In 2015, the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] saw the Delaware River as a concern for mass pollution especially in the Greater Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania area. The EPA was involved after accusations that the river met standards made illegal by the [[Clean Water Act]]. In complying with the Clean Water Act, the EPA involved the Delaware County Regional Water Authority (DELCORA) where they set up a plan to spend around $200&nbsp;million to help rid the waterway of about 740&nbsp;million gallons of sewage and pollution. DELCORA was also fined about $1.4&nbsp;million for allowing the Delaware River to have so much pollution residing in the river in the first place and for not complying with the Clean Water Act.<ref>{{cite web|title=Settlement to Improve Water Quality in Delaware River, Philadelphia-Area Creeks|work=U.S. EPA Region 3 Water Protection Division|date=August 20, 2015|url=https://www.epa.gov/pa/settlement-improve-water-quality-delaware-river-philadelphia-area-creeks|access-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128180617/https://www.epa.gov/pa/settlement-improve-water-quality-delaware-river-philadelphia-area-creeks|archive-date=January 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Part of the Clean Water Act explains how conditions of the river should be stable enough for human fishing and swimming.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}  Even though the river has had success with the cleanup of pollution, the Delaware River still does not meet that standard of swimmable or fishable conditions in the Philadelphia/Chester region.

In March 2023, [[2023 Delaware River chemical spill|a pipe rupture at a Trinseo chemical plant]] in [[Bristol, Pennsylvania]], released over 8,000 gallons of [[latex]] finishing material into the [[Mill Creek (Delaware River tributary)|Otter Creek tributary]], leading to a water advisory in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanna |first=Maddie |title=Philly residents advised to drink bottled water Sunday afternoon following chemical spill, officials say |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-water-department-delaware-river-chemical-spill-20230326.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326154840/https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-water-department-delaware-river-chemical-spill-20230326.html |archive-date=2023-03-26 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=March 26, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>