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January
1977
Water
Policy News
Newsletter of the Water Resources Education Network
In this Issue
Funding will soon be available for a new round of grants to local coalitions
working to improve protection of water resources in their communities.
Contact the WREN Resource Center at 1-800-692-7281 (within PA only) to
put your name on the list to receive a Request for Proposals as soon as
it is mailed. The grants will be for activities to take place between
Spring 1997 and Spring 1998 and will be for a maximum of $3000. Projects
must be undertaken by a coalition of community groups, preferably including
local officials; must be educational and deal with non- point source pollution
issues. Each coalition receiving funding will be expected to send one
or two representatives to a training and networking meeting to be held
in early Summer 1997 and, potentially, to a follow-up networking meeting
in 1998. Now is the time to identify coalition members and develop project
ideas because the turn around time for proposal submittal will be fairly
short. The expected funding for continuation of WREN activities, including
grants to community coalitions, networking and training meetings, publication
of Water Policy News, maintaining the WREN website (http://palwv.org/wren/)
and the WREN Resource Center will come from a grant to the League of Women
Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund from the PA Department of
Environmental Protection under their non-point source program.
WREN COMPLETES A CYCLE AND MOVES ON
The third round of local projects funded by the Groundwater Policy Education
Project (GPEP) is winding down and the Kellogg Foundation grant which
provides funding for the Water Resources Education Network (WREN) and
Water Policy News ended in December. GPEP has evolved into a state-wide
network of organizations and individuals interested in protecting their
local water resources linked by Water Policy News, the WREN website,
networking conferences and information provided by the WREN Resources
Center. Funding will soon be available for continuation of the WREN
project including grants for local projects and the networking support
that WREN provides (see lead story in this issue). Please help us share
information about your activities by visiting the WREN website (http://palwv.org/wren/)
and sending feedback on your activities, or mailing info to: WPN Editor:
Edith Stevens, RD 1 Box 444, Cresco, PA 18326.
With the help of a demonstration grant from US EPA and assistance from
Judy Muehl of PA Rural Water Association, the Borough of Montoursville
in Lycoming County and the area served by the Towanda Municipal Authority
in Bradford County have developed plans for protecting the groundwater
that supplies their drinking water. In both communities the first step
taken was to form a committee that is representative of all sectors of
the community. The committees help inventory potential sources of contamination
within the wellhead protection areas, evaluate various options for protecting
their water supplies and select the options that best serve their communities.
Protection tools used include: overlay zoning around existing wells, public
education, groundwater monitoring, emergency response planning and roadway
signs. "Water Supply Area" signs have been erected in both communities.
To learn how you can get help from PRWA in protecting your water supply,
contact their office at 814-353-9302.
to Kutztown and Topton boroughs and SM/Spotts, Stevens and McCoy on receiving
a 1996 Outstanding Achievement, Governor's Environmental Excellence Award
for their water supply protection public education program. The Kutztown
and Topton public education program was highlighted in the January 1995
Water Policy News.
TOOLS FOR WELLHEAD PROTECTION National
videoconference March 19, 1997 HOST A DOWNLINK SITE Call 1-800-692-7281
The Lancaster County Groundwater Coalition has wrapped up their GPEP funded
project with the establishment of a Water Education Resource Center as
part of the Lancaster County Public Library system. Materials in the collection
include water curricula for teachers use and water information specific
to the Lancaster County area. The material is available to teachers in
Lancaster and Lebanon counties through their school libraries "Access
PA" system and will be delivered to the schools through the Intermediate
Unit delivery system. The material has been made part of the County Library
collection and is available to the general public as well. Other activities
of the Coalition include publishing a Citizen's Guide summarizing the
Lancaster County Water Resources Plan in layman's terms. The Plan was
developed with the help of a 14 member citizens' Task Force appointed
by the County Commissioners. For more information on the Lancaster County
Coalition's activities contact Ellen Dewey at 717-569-1272.
THE RESOURCE - newsletter of the Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources
A new newsletter published biweekly with news about DCNR activities and
other conservation issues. Available free from DCNR, 717-772-9101. THE
JUG (The Groundwater Foundation, 1996) a portable, self-contained flow-model
kit to construct your own groundwater flow model. Comes with accessories,
detailed activities and instructions for experiments. Available for $18.95
plus s/h from 1-800-858-4844. CLEAN WATER: TAKING CARE OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS
(North American Association for Environmental Education, 1996) designed
to help high school and college students discuss controversial issues
in their communities; includes policy options, potential individual and
community actions; the third in NAAEE's series of Environmental Issues
Forums. Available for $7 plus s/h from NAAEE, PO Box 400, Troy, OH 45373.
513-676-2514. CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED EDUCATION KIT (US Fish and Wildlife
Service) includes a watershed poster, 10 student work maps, and an activity
guide. Call USF&WS, 410-224-2732.
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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