# Delaware River Basin Commission

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Not to be confused with [Delaware River and Bay Authority](/source/Delaware_River_and_Bay_Authority), [Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission](/source/Delaware_River_Joint_Toll_Bridge_Commission), [Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission](/source/Delaware_Valley_Regional_Planning_Commission), or [Delaware River Port Authority](/source/Delaware_River_Port_Authority).

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Headquarters in [Ewing](/source/Ewing_Township%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)

Member states

On Nov. 2, 1961, President John F. Kennedy and the governors of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York signed the Delaware River Basin Compact at ceremony in the White House's Oval Office. This created the Delaware River Basin Commission.

The **Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)** is a [United States](/source/United_States) [government agency](/source/Government_agency) created in 1961 by an [interstate compact](/source/Interstate_compact), signed into law by President [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy), between four states ([Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), [Delaware](/source/Delaware), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), and [New York](/source/New_York_(state))). The headquarters building for the commission is adjacent to the [New Jersey State Police](/source/New_Jersey_State_Police) headquarters in the [West Trenton](/source/West_Trenton%2C_New_Jersey) section of [Ewing Township](/source/Ewing_Township%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey).

## Purpose and activities

Delaware River watershed

The purpose of the Commission is to bring the [Delaware River](/source/Delaware_River) under collective and balanced control, and to ensure fair usage by the states. To this end, the Commission conducts programs related to [water quality](/source/Water_quality) protection, [water supply](/source/Water_supply) allocation and [water conservation](/source/Water_conservation), [regulatory review](/source/Regulatory_compliance) and permitting, [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) planning, [drought](/source/Drought) management, [flood mitigation](/source/Flood_mitigation) and loss reduction, and recreational activities (such as [fishing](/source/Fishing)).

The DRBC was one of the first government agencies in the United States to address the problem of [water pollution](/source/Water_pollution). The agency predates the establishment of the [United States Environmental Protection Agency](/source/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency) (1970) and the [Clean Water Act](/source/Clean_Water_Act) (1972).[1]

## Membership

The five members of the commission include the four [state governors](/source/List_of_current_United_States_governors) of the member states and the division engineer, North Atlantic Division, [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers](/source/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers), who serves as the ex-officio U.S. member. As of 2021 the commission chair is Delaware Governor [John Carney](/source/John_Carney_(Delaware_politician)) and the Federal Representative is Brigadier General Thomas J. Tickner.[2]

## See also

- [New Jersey portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:New_Jersey)

- [Partnership for the Delaware Estuary](/source/Partnership_for_the_Delaware_Estuary) - Regional nonprofit organization

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Milestones"](https://www.nj.gov/drbc/about/accomplishments.html). West Trenton, NJ: Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). 2020-06-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Commissioners"](https://www.nj.gov/drbc/about/commissioners/). DRBC. 2021-02-10.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Delaware River Basin Commission](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Delaware_River_Basin_Commission).

- [Official site](https://www.nj.gov/drbc/)

- [Delaware River Basin Commission](https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/delaware-river-basin-commission) in the [Federal Register](/source/Federal_Register)

- [Brief history of the Commission from the Delaware State Archives](https://archives.delaware.gov/collections/aghist/0901.shtml)

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