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April
1999
Water
Policy News
Newsletter of the Water Resources Education Network
In this Issue
New Leadership/Funding For WREN
A Movie to See... A Book to Read
Wetlands Walk Website
Resources
New
Leadership/Funding for WREN
The Water Resources Education Network project welcomes new Project Manager,
Sherene Hess, and new funding from the PA Department of Environmental
Protection for two local grants programs as well as our support programs
for local projects.
Sherene lives in Indiana County and for the past five years she has
been the Executive Director of the Indiana County Solid Waste Authority
where she was instrumental in establishing a greatly expanded recycling
facility and program. Sherene also serves on the local board of the
Indiana County League of Women Voters.
Sherene's educational background is in water resources and she is committed
to the WREN concept, that through education projects and team building
communities can increase their capacity to deal with the pressing issues
of drinking water and watershed protection.
WREN is also pleased to be able to offer two new local grants programs.
Thanks to funding from the PA Department of Environmental Protection,
pass through grants will be available for educational projects dealing
with protecting public drinking water sources and for projects dealing
with Watershed Education for Pollution Prevention. Grant proposals are
due on May 10, 1999. To get an RFP contact the League office at 1-800-691-7281.
WREN has also published a Special Edition of Water Policy News on DEP's
new Source Water Assessment Program. Copies will be mailed to the WPN
mailing list. Or, call the WREN Resource Center, 1-800-692-7281, to
request a copy.
A
Movie to See... A Book to Read
A Civil Action, the movie recently release starring John Travolta, is
getting a lot of press as a legal thriller, but we're interested in
it because its a groundwater story. The movie is based on the true story,
as told in the book of the same title, of drinking water contamination
in Woburn, Massachusetts and the long, frustrating attempt to connect
an
unusual number of children's leukemia cases to the contamination and
the corporations responsible for it. With an excellent cast and good
pacing, the movie will tell the groundwater story to a much larger audience
than we have reached so far.
Wetlands
Walk Website
The League of Women Voters of the United States has established a new
Wetlands Web Walk site. The site contains information on identifying
need, finding partners, fundraising, and community outreach efforts
as well as an overview of innovation wetlands education projects from
across the country. Check it out:
http://www.lwv.org/webwalk/
If you have found other websites specializing in water policy subjects,
contact Edie Stevens at estevens@ptd.net.
We can link to these sites through our WREN website.
Water Use and Water Rights in Pennsylvania (League
of Women Voters of PA Citizen Education Fund, 24 pp, 1998) summarizes
the results of the conference, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S
FUTURE on and work group discussions on PA laws and policies relating
to allocation and uses of water resources. Available for $1.75 plus
s/h from LWVPA at 1-800-692-7281 or write to LWVPA-CEF, 226 Forster
St., Harrisburg, PA 17102.
Rivers of Life: Critical Watersheds for Protecting Biodiversity
(The Nature Conservancy, 1998) looks at freshwater biodiversity in the
US an identifies watersheds, including several in PA, important to the
protection of at-risk fish and mussel species. Available for $5 from
TNC, 1815 North Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22209, 703-841-5300 $5
Providing Safe Drinking Water in America, 1996 Water
System Annual
Compliance Report and Update of Implementation of the 1996 SDWA Amendments
(EPA-305-R-98-001). Available from the SDW Hotline 800-426-4791 or website:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater.
Summary of Groundwater Quality Monitoring Data (1985-1997)
from Pennsylvania's Ambient and Fixed Station Network Monitoring Program:
Selected Groundwater Basins in Southwestern, Southcentral and Southeastern
PA (PA DEP, 1998) For information on the report, contact Stuart Reese,
DEP Bureau of Water Supply Management, 717-772-4018 or email: reese.stuart@a1.dep.state.pa.us
A Snapshot Evaluation of Stream Environmental Quality in the
Little Conestoga Creek Basin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
(US Geological Survey, 1998). Cooperative project of the residents of
Lancaster County, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the U.S. Geological
Survey to identify areas that merit further attention and provide a
baseline to plan for restorative efforts. Available by calling 717-730-6916
or 717-377-6270.
Relations of Algal Biomass to Characteristics of Selected Streams
in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin (US Geological Survey,
1998) looks at algae to see if they can be used to monitor nutrient
levels. Available from USGS, Information Services, Box 25286, Denver,
CO 80225-0286, Website: http://pa.water.usgs.gov/reports/wrir_98-4173.pdf
, e-mail: caloper@usgs.gov
America's Wetlands: Our Vital Link Between Land and Water
(US EPA, 16 pp,
1998) describes wetlands, their importance, how they are threatened
and what
can be done to preserve them. Available free from EPA's Public Environmental
Resource Center at 800-424-4EPA
This newsletter is a project of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
Citizen Education Fund - WREN. Funded by a grant from the PA
Dept. of Environmental Protection
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