| PHILADELPHIA |
135 South 19th Street
Suite 300
Philadelphia PA 19103
Tel: 215-567-4004
Fax: 215-567-5791
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| HARRISBURG |
105 North Front Street
Suite 106
Harrisburg PA 17101
Tel: 717-230-8806
Fax: 717-230-8808
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| WILMINGTON, DE |
100 West 10th Street
Suite 704
Wilmington DE 19801
Tel: 302-691-0112
Fax: 302-691-0124
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Air Quality
Every industry, resident and business, big or small, in Philadelphia needs to do their part on improving air quality in this region. The ports in the Philadelphia region are no different. According to a spring 2005 US EPA study, ports in Philadelphia are becoming hot spots of diesel emission buildup. Of greater concern is the fact that port expansion plans are in the works to accommodate the steady rise in ship traffic along the Delaware River. The high-volume use of diesel fuel to power the ships, trucks, trains and cargo handling equipment at ports creates vast amounts of dark soot that affects the health of port workers and residents of nearby neighborhoods.
Water Quality
Ports have an intimate relationship with the Delaware Estuary. Port facilities need to be proactive stewards of this precious resource which provides drinking water for thousands of local residents and habitat a variety of plants and animals.
Land Use At Philadelphia Ports
In the environmental engineering and sciences, coastal research, and ports management literature, the vast majority of port- and harbor-related environmental research focuses on the significant and obvious environmental impact of shipping activity on water and marine habitat quality and air pollution due to factors such as diesel emissions, dredging, the release of ballast water, and contamination by chemicals used in ship maintenance. Discussions that connect land use to environmental issues are elusive, and clearly represent an opportunity for new research.
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