Rehoboth Beach to Discharge Treated Wastewater Into Atlantic Ocean
Delaware environmental chief OKs ocean wastewater dumping plan
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People enjoy the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk and ocean side. A plan to dump treated wasterwater into the Atlantic Ocean was given approval.
Delaware's environmental secretary has approved Rehoboth Beach's plan to discharge the city's treated wastewater into the Atlantic Ocean.
Officials said Thursday that the ocean outfall will eliminate discharges into Delaware's Inland Bays.
City officials chose ocean outfall to comply with a court order to stop discharging effluent into the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal by June 2018.
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TripAdvisor release its 2017 Summer Vacation Value Report. On this list you can find local beaches such as Wildwood Crest, Ocean City (New Jersey and Maryland), and Rehoboth Beach in Delaware.
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Which beaches are the best? It often depends on opinion. The people at TripAdvisor, however, used seasonal booking interest to come up with its list of "America's Top 50 Summer Hot Spots."
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Wildwood Crest, New Jersey took the top spot on TripAdvisor's Vacation Value Report.
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Ocean City, New Jersey took the second spot.
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Lake George, New York placed No. 3. The TripAdivsor list tells of the best week, based on expenses, to travel to each of the Top 50 locations. June 12 through June 18 is Lake George, New York's least expensive summer week.
No. 4 on the list goes to Bar Harbor, Maine. Former President Barack Obama and his family have vacationed there.
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Ocean City, Maryland takes fifth place.
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Rehoboth Beach, Delaware came in at No. 6. Fun fact: TripAdvisor also reported that 91 percent of those planning to vacation this summer, plan to travel domestically.
On the list at No. 7 is Ogunquit, Maine. TripAdvisor says that May 29 to June 4 is the least expensive week to head to this area.
The only location on this TripAdvisor list's top 10 not located in eastern United States is West Yellowstone, Montana. West Yellowstone placed at the eighth spot.
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Montauk, New York, least expensive in early July, is No. 9.
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Cape May, New Jersey rounds out the Top 10.
But some local residents have expressed concern about the potential impacts to a shoal area that is an important habitat for several marine species, as well as water quality off the coast of one of the mid-Atlantic region's busiest beach resorts.
State officials say the outfall will not appreciably affect the shoals, and that the city's consultants have demonstrated that water quality, natural resources and public health would be protected by the alignment of the outfall.
