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Delaware River water levels at 60% as salt front increases amid drought

The salt front in the river has encroached well above its normal level and is now near Philadelphia International Airport. It should be 19 miles farther south in Wilmington.

File: The Delaware River intake area at the Samuel S. Baxter Water Treatment Plant in Philadelphia.
File: The Delaware River intake area at the Samuel S. Baxter Water Treatment Plant in Philadelphia.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer