Allegheny
County
Allegheny County recognized as a Groundwater Guardian Community since 1997
Explanation of Groundwater Guardian Award
Community Profile: http://www.groundwater.org/active/community.asp?id119
Contact: John P. Jeffries
Allegheny County Health Department
3901 Penn Ave, Bldg #5
Pittsburgh, PA 15224-1347
Phone: 412-578-8047 Fax: 412-578-8053
Email: jjeffries@achd.net
Website: www.county.allegheny.pa.us/
Pennsylvania Resources Council, Allegheny Co, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2008- 2009
Project Title: Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel Workshops
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Ohio River Watershed
Partners: Borough of Green Tree and Conservation Consultants Inc.
Focus: deliver ten Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel Workshops in Allegheny County with the goal of raising awareness and promoting action regarding issues such as nonpoint source pollution, combined sewer overflows and other sources of human impact plaguing the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio River Watersheds.
Contact: Dave Mazza 412-431-4449x209 davem@ccicenter.org
Riverside Center for Innovation, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Greene, Clarion, Butler, Fayette, Armstrong and Washington Co, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2008- 2009
Project Title: River Alert and Information Network (RAIN) Education and Outreach Program
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Allegheny, Youghiogheny, Monongahela and parts of the Ohio Rivers
Partners: River Alert and Information Network (RAIN) members and California University of Pennsylvania
Focus: educate and increase awareness of source water protection strategies via three major events aimed at thirty-three drinking water suppliers in the Allegheny, Youghiogheny and Monongahela watersheds in eight southwest PA counties.
Contact: Emily Buka 412-322-3523 eb@riversidecenterforinnovation.com
Peters Creek Watershed Association, Allegheny and Washington counties, $4,600
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2006- 2007
Project Title: Peters Creek Watershed Non-point Source Pollution Awareness Project
Area to be protected: Peters Creek
Partners: Jefferson Hills Borough; Washington County Conservation District; Jennifer Cramer, Teacher, West Jefferson Hills School District
Focus: use written materials, interpretive signage, and web based educational programs to instill in the citizens of Peters Creek watershed an incentive to adopt behaviors and encourage local policies that will reduce nonpoint source pollution in Peters Creek.
Contact: Tim Schumann, peterscreekwsa@verizon.net.
North Area Environmental Council, Allegheny County, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: The Pine Creek Watershed: From Awareness to Action
Area to be protected: Pine Creek Watershed
Partners: Township of Shaler and Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Focus: to produce a booklet, brochure, and table top displays to illustrate to citizens of the Pine Creek watershed the negative impacts of nonpoint source pollution and actions local government and property owners can take to protect the watershed.
Contact: Mary W. Wilson, 412-487-9542, kipperbeast@juno.com
Streets Run Watershed Association, Allegheny County, $4,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2002-2003
Project
Title: Streets Run Watershed Public Awareness Blitz
Area to be protected: Streets Run Watershed
Partners: Boroughs of Baldwin, Brentwood, West Mifflin and Whitehall
Focus: develop watershed awareness educational materials
Contact: Coreen Casadei, 724-934-1440, email: ccasadei@collectiveefforts.com
Crafton Boro Council
Watershed Assessment with Informational Brochure and Workshops Project
Area(s) to be protected: Lower Chartiers Creek Watershed
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Watershed Protection Project - 2001
Partner(s): Carlyton High School Students Senior Project,
Heather Papinchak and Danielle Uffelman
Focus: produce and distribute an educational brochure and arrange
community workshops.
Grant: $4,930
Contact: Heidi Munn, 412.920.6720, email: heidi.munn.b@bayer.com
Boro of Springdale
Wellhead Protection and Education
Project
Area(s) to be protected: Springdale
Boro Sand and Gravel Outwash Aquifer
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source Water Protection Projects - 2001
Partner(s): Allegheny Co Health Dept, PA Dept of Environmental
Protection, Allegheny Valley School District, PA Rural Water Assn,
Rachel Carson Homestead Assn, Boro of Springdale Wellhead Protection
Comm, and Cub Scout Pack 554
Focus: Purchase and demonstrate a groundwater simulator model
and produce written educational materials.
Grant: $5,000
Contact: J. Dugan, 724.274.6800, email: winklmanndanapr@aol.com
Hollow Oak Land Trust
(HOLT)
Area to be
protected: Montour
Run Watershed
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Watershed Education Projects - 2000
Partners:
Three Rivers Habitat Partnership, Pittsburgh Garden Place, Airport
Corridor Transportation Association, and Montour Trail Council
Focus:
Hollow Oak Land Trust (HOLT), will produce window displays on watershed
related topics for their storefront office in Coraopolis and distribute
educational materials to promote citizen awareness of watershed issues.
Grant: $1,250
Contact:
Janet Thorne, 412-264-5354, email: holt@trfn.clpgh.org
Montour Run Educational
Project- Phase I
Area(s) to be protected:
Montour Run Watershed,
Coraopolis, Moon Township, Findlay Township, North Fayette Township,
Allegheny County
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source Water Protection Projects - 2000
Partners: Montour Run Watershed Association, Montour Trail
Council and the Boy Scouts of America Crew #652
Focus: The coalition will create educational brochures and
design and install educational signs on the Montour Trail.
Grant: $3,000
Contact: Alexander Ropelewski, 412.269.7738,
email: ropelews@psc.edu
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