this will be the last site, for now, with the Delaware River... tomorrow's post will be with the headwaters of Susquehanna River with Otsego Lake, Cooperstown NY... Cooperstown is 30 miles NW of Jefferson NY, headwaters with the Delaware River...
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Delaware River
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arriving with the Delaware and Susquehanna Watersheds of South central upstate New York after a week or so of heavy rains I waited three days for the Waters to ebb from flash flood warnings for many of the stones to reemerge from the muddy Waters...
late Fall 2017 I worked with the stones and Delaware River where NJ and Pennsylvania are bound; Point Pleasant PA, Stockton NJ, New Hope PA & Solebury PA...
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Rains help carry diesel spill from train derailment down Delaware River
"High river flows" have dispersed a spill of up to 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel, resulting from a train derailment on the West Branch of the Upper Delaware River in New York State, according to National Park Service officials.
The 63-car train headed from New Jersey to Binghamton derailed about 2 a.m. Thursdaynear Hale Eddy Road in Deposit, New York, staff at the park service's Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River said.
"The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corporation reported at the end of the day that fuel was no longer leaking at the site and containment efforts had been implemented," the park said in a news release. As of Friday: "NPS assessment of the river is that high river flows have carried the fuel oil out of the park."
There was no sign the fuel had reached the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, officials there said Friday.
The Easton Suburban Water Authority was reporting "perfectly normal" water quality on its website as of Saturday. More than 15 million draw their drinking water from surface and groundwater sources in the Delaware River Basin.
Citing information from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Friends of the Upper Delaware River reported the train was carrying an estimated 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel and that a "large percentage" spilled into the river.
Of the 63 railcars, plus four locomotives, there was one hazardous materials car containing corrosive liquid, 13 contained contaminated soil and 38 were empty, according to New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway Corp. spokeswoman Melanie Boyer.
None of the derailed cars carried hazardous material. There were two other commodities on the train: construction debris and non-hazmat soils.
The contaminated soil contained low-level radioactive waste, Boyer confirmed.
"It's completely contained," she said Saturday. "It's shipped in accordance with federal regulations. There is no danger to the public from the shipment of this soil and none of these cars were derailed."
The cause of the derailment appears to be from a washout from the recent storms and flash floods, according to the railroad. The cleanup effort was continuing Saturday, Boyer said.
New York state officials used drones to survey for impacts, and deployed pads and other absorbent materials to remove some of the spilled fuel, the Department of Environmental Conservation said in a news release carried by Friends of the Upper Delaware River.
"We are heartened and grateful that the Cuomo administration and his environmental agency are dedicating significant resources to clean-up efforts on the Upper Delaware River in the aftermath of the derailment," the friends group stated Friday. "We encourage them to remain fully vigilant until all public health and ecological concerns have been addressed on the land, in the water, and in downstream communities."
Crews were repairing the rail line and removing the cars, according to the friends group.
"Highly visible diesel fuel slicks and strong fuel odors have been detected as far south as Lordville, NY and likely much further downstream," the group had said shortly after the derailment and spill. "The derailment occurred at a time when the Upper Delaware region has experienced recent torrential rainstorms, in addition to high releases from the NYC Delaware basin reservoirs."
No one was reported injured in the derailment.
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/08/rains_help_carry_diesel_spill.html
"The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It drains an area of 14,119 square miles (36,570 km2) in five U.S. states—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Rising in two branches in New York state's Catskill Mountains, the river flows 419 miles (674 km) into Delaware Bay where its waters enter the Atlantic Ocean near Cape May in New Jersey and Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Not including Delaware Bay, the river's length including its two branches is 388 miles (624 km). The Delaware River is one of nineteen "Great Waters" recognized by the America's Great Waters Coalition.
The Delaware River rises in two main branches that descend from the western flank of the Catskill Mountains in New York. The West Branch begins near Mount Jefferson in the Town of Jefferson in Schoharie County. The river's East Branch begins at Grand Gorge near Roxbury in Delaware County. These two branches flow west and merge near Hancock in Delaware County, and the combined waters flow as the Delaware River south. Through its course, the Delaware River forms the boundaries between Pennsylvania and New York, the entire boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and most of the boundary between Delaware and New Jersey. The river meets tide-water at the junction of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and Trenton, New Jersey, at the Falls of the Delaware. The river's navigable, tidal section served as a conduit for shipping and transportation that aided the development of the industrial cities of Trenton, Camden, and Philadelphia. The mean freshwater discharge of the Delaware River into the estuary of Delaware Bay is 11,550 cubic feet per second (327 m3/s).
Before the arrival of European settlers, the river was the homeland of the Lenape Native Americans. They called the river Lenapewihittuk, or Lenape River, and Kithanne, meaning the largest river in this part of the country"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River
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