Butler
County
Butler County Planning Commission $1,850
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2011-2012
Project Title: Butler County Stormwater Training and Rain Garden Demonstration Project
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: County-wide
Partners: County of Butler, Butler County Planning Commission, Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
Focus: The project will provide County municipal officials with a clear understanding of the municipal stormwater regulations, and benefits of best management practices to assist them with adoption, implementation, day-to-day administration and enforcement.The project will conduct a stormwater workshop for municipal officials and engineers in Butler County featuring expert speakers. Municipal officials will also receive an informative tour of a local rain garden demonstration project, recently installed by project partner Audubon Society of Western PA, to showcase an example of stormwater best management practices.
Contact: David P. Johnston, Planning Director, 724-284-5301 djohnsto@co.butler.pa.us
PA Cleanways of Butler – Lawrence Counties, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2009- 2010
Project Title: Big Run Cleanup and Placemat Contest
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Big Run
Partners: Lawrence County Recycling/Solid Waste Dept, City of New Castle
Focus: conduct a comprehensive hands-on public education program to illustrate the effects of illegal dumping on the Shenango River, a source of drinking water for the City of New Castle, through the cleanup of an illegal dumpsite to re-beautify Big Run in Cascade Park, development of an educational video of the cleanup effort, and a placemat contest targeting students ages 8 to 18, which will produce 50,000 placemats featuring the winning student designs for outreach through local restaurants.
Contact: Jerry Zona – Executive Director, 724-658-6925, butlerlawrencecleanways@verizon.net
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 (side 2) aimed at thirty-three drinking water suppliers in the Allegheny, Youghiogheny and Monongahela watersheds in eight southwest PA counties.
Read their Newsletter and Final Report. Congrats to RAIN on winning funding to install monitoring equipment.
Contact: Emily Buka 412-322-3523 eb@riversidecenterforinnovation.com
Mars Area School District Science Department
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project
2002-2003
Project Title: Mars Area
School District Water Resource Education Program
Area(s) to be protected: the Breakneck Creek/Connoquenessing Creek
Partner(s): PA Rural Water Association, Connoquenessing Watershed
Alliance
Focus: purchase equipment for their Stream Testing-Groundwater Protection
program
Counties served: Butler County Grant: $3,910
Contact: William Wesley, 724-625-1581, email: billw63@hotmail.com
Mars Area School District
recognized as a Groundwater Guardian Community since 1997
Explanation
of Groundwater Guardian Award
Community Profile (Mars Area School District): http://www.groundwater.org/active/community.asp?id123
Contact:
Brian Hobaugh
Groundwater Protection Program
Box 520, Rt. 228
Mars, PA 16046 US
Phone: 724-625-1581
Fax: 724-625-4477
E-mail: BrianHobaugh@hotmail.com
Mars Schools' Groundwater
Protection Program, Butler County
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
-
Nonpoint
Source Pollution Prevention Grants - 1997-1998
Coalition
Partners: Mars Area School District, Pa Dept of Environmental
Protection, PA Rural Water Association
Grant: $2,000
Focus: To involve high school students in developing and implementing
a groundwater festival for elementary school students as part of an
ongoing source-water protection curriculum for schools. The group
intends to have the festival become an annual event.
Accomplishments: Recruited high school students to run the
program, selected third grade as target group, and expanded project
to include holding the festival at two sites (one date per site).
Held planning day for high school science teachers involved with project.
To encourage involvement of students, parents, and teachers prior
to the festivals the project sponsored:
- An in-service to orient third grade teachers and get their input
into program
- A "home hazardous waste inventory day" to identify safer alternatives
and proper disposal of wastes being stored in the home
- A contest to select a theme and T-shirt logo for the festivals
- An invitation to all parents of third graders to send a sample
of their drinking water with their child for evaluation during the
festivals.
Two groundwater festivals were held in May 1998. Total attendance
at the two festivals included 192 third graders, 20 parent volunteers,
and eight third-grade teachers. Participants made new contacts with
local businesses and organizations. Publicity about the project appeared
in the local media, a local legislator's newsletter, and the schools
district's newsletter
Successes, Obstacles, and Unanticipated Outcomes: Attending
the Groundwater Guardian Conference in November 1997 exposed two project
representatives to many new ideas and contacts that helped the project.
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