Crawford
County
Warren County Conservation District, Crawford, Erie & Warren counties, $5000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Source Water Protection Project 2007-2008
Project Title: Conservation Education News Spots
Area to be protected: Lake Erie and Ohio River watersheds
Partners: Crawford County Conservation District and Erie County Conservation District
Focus: prepare and air the "Green Tip of the Week" television commercial campaign to educate citizens in Warren, Crawford, and Erie counties about the steps they can take to protect and improve the watersheds they live in thereby protecting the sources of their drinking water.
Contact: Jean Gomory 814-563-3117 jean.gomoroy@pa.nacdnet.net
French Creek Project (PA Environmental Council), Erie, Crawford, Mercer & Venango counties; $ 4,871
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2005-2006
Project Title: Meadville Stormwater Best Management Practices Educational Project
Area(s) to be protected: French Creek Watershed
Partner: City of Meadville
Focus: hold a “Better Stormwater Management Through Site Design” Workshop based on PA Dept of Environmental Protection’s Stormwater Manual. The workshop, aimed especially at municipal officials, will use a Stormwater BMP demonstration site developed by the partnership. Armed with resources to adequately review and critique proposed land development projects within the watershed, nonpoint source pollution from stormwater within the French Creek watershed can be reduced. Workshop Agenda.
Contact: Mark Gorman, (814) 332-2946, mgorman@pecpa.org
Meadville Area Water Authority, Crawford County, $4,215
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2005-2006
Project Title: Meadville Area Partners Promoting Drinking Water Source Protection
Area(s) to be protected: French Creek Watershed
Partner(s): City of Meadville, American Water Services, Inc, French Creek project, Allegheny College, Vernon Township Water Authority, West Mead Township and Watts & Pepicelli
Focus: develop a coloring book about good source water protection practices in the home, develop an on-site tour of the water treatment plant, including the use of educational models, produce a brochure identifying the source water protection area and provide educational materials to the public library and schools about SWP. More about the education program. Pictures of models used: water meter; curb stop. Groundwater brochure.
Contact: Yvonne Shaffer, 814-724-6057, email: yshaffer@amwater.com
City of Titusville, Crawford County, $4,094
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: Titusville's Wellhead Protection through Signage and Announcement Program
Area to be protected: Oil Creek watershed
Partners: Oil Creek Township, Hyde Town Borough, Wellhead Protection Committee, City of Titusville Water Authority, Cherrytree Fire Department and Pleasantville Borough Fire Department
Focus: post "Water Supply Area" signs in the Oil Creek watershed where state roadways intersect the delineated water supply area and announce sign installations to citizens of the area via a bill stuffer.
Contact: Mary Ann Nau, 814-827-5300, email: manager@titusvillepa.com
Titusville,
Crawford County, $4,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2003-2004
Project Title: Community
Education -Drinking Water Protection
Area(s) to be protected: Oil Creek Watershed
Partners: Titusville Wellhead Protection Committee, Northern Allegheny
Project, Titusville Area School District, University of Pitt at Titusville,
and Crawford County Solid Waste Authority
Focus: develop educational materials and provide educational programs
to the community to raise awareness of the need to protect the community's
source water of their drinking water supply
Contact: Mary Ann Nau, 814-827-5300, email: manager@titusvillepa.com
Meadville Area Water Authority, Crawford County, $3,800
 Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2003-2004
Project Title: Meadville Area Partners Promoting Drinking Water Source
Protection
Area(s) to be protected: French Creek Watershed
Partner(s): American Water Services, Inc, Vernon Township Water Authority,
and West Mead Township
Focus: produce newsletters and purchase educational materials related
to source water protection for the public library
Contact: Donald Nold, 814-724-6057, email: dnold@amwater.com
More about the project (pdf
format)
Drinking
Water Discovery Day
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source
Protection Project 1999
 Focus:
This project partnered senior citizens and high school students
in two Drinking Water Discovery Days which toured a water treatment
facility and conducted various water education activities and discussion
of drinking water issues within the French Creek watershed. A website
devoted to organizing a drinking water education day was developed
and a drinking water fact sheet published.
Partners:
Crawford County Senior Environment Corps, French Creek Environmental
Education Project, Cambridge Springs Water Authority, French Creek
Project
Grant: $2,116
Contact:
Chris Resek, 814-332-5351, email: cresek@alleg.edu
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