Jefferson
County
Jefferson County Conservation District, Jefferson Co, $3,100
 Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Watershed Protection Project - 2008-2009
Project Title: Nonpoint Source Pollution Presentations for Municipalities with Educational Materials
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Clarion, Redbank and Mahoning Watersheds
Partners: North Fork Watershed Association, and Eldred, Warsaw, and Bell Townships
Focus: develop educational print materials, a display, and placemat aimed at educating residents of the County about steps they can take to reduce nonpoint source pollution and to make a presentation Township Supervisors Convention about the practices that municipal employees can adopt to reduce the impacts of NPS in the North Fork and other watersheds in Jefferson County.
Read their Final Report.
Contact: Amber Siar 814-849-7463 acgillung@alltel.net
Jefferson
County Water Resource Network Enhancement, $3,000
Funded by LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source Water Protection Projects
- 2000
Partners: Jefferson County Water Resource Network, Brookville,
Brockway, Punxsutawney, and Jefferson Tech Schools; Brookville and Brockway
Municipal Authorities; Punxsutawney Sewage Association, and PSU Cooperative
Extension
Area(s) to be protected: , Brookville, Brockway, Reynoldsville and Punxsutawney
Focus: The Network will expand the teams established during
the project's initial stage. Teams will receive additional equipment
and curriculum materials, as well as, training to be able to educate
their respective communities about protection of their drinking water
source waters.
Contact: Claire Orner, 814.849.1105,
email: quietcrk@penn.com
Jefferson
County Water Resource Network, $3,000
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source
Protection Project 1999
Focus: The
project will organize community water resource network teams centered
around four participating school districts, purchase groundwater flow
models, train teachers and resource specialists in use of the flow
models and other educational tools. Network Teams will develop and
implement action plans for their communities and share their experiences
with other network members.
Partners: Brookville, Brockway, Punxsutawney, and Vo-Tech Area School District,
Punxsutawney Water Company, Reynoldsville Water Company, Brockway
Analytical, Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, Borough of Brockway,
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living, Sweet Soil Inc,
Brookville Municipal Authority
Contact:
Claire Orner, 814-849-9662, email:quietcrk@penn.com
Groundwater
Protection
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
-
Ground
Water and Wellhead Protection Grants-
1995 & 1996
The Jefferson County Conservation District and the Rural Development
Committee sponsored a Groundwater Protection Workshop and produced Groundwater
Protection Information Binders for distribution at the workshop and
throughout the County. The program was held in conjunction with a Groundwater
Study on Mahoning Creek. Contact: Deborah Wilson, Jefferson
County Conservation District, 814-849-7463.
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