Lehigh
County
City of Allentown, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2009-2010
Project Title: Allentown Streambank Restoration & Riparian Buffer Education and Mobilization Project
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Little Lehigh, Jordan, Trout and Cedar Creeks
Partners: City of Allentown Bureau of Water Resources, Lehigh County Conservation District, Wildlands Conservancy, Allentown Shade Tree Commission, Allentown Environmental Advisory Council, Friends of Allentown Parks
Focus: educational forums, technical trainings, field reviews, and a video that will educate and mobilize important stakeholders to reduce impacts of polluted stormwater runoff in streamside public park lands and the Little Lehigh River watershed, which serves as the source of drinking water for the City of Allentown.
Read the Interim Report.
Contact: Greg A. Weitzel, Dir. Dept of Parks & Rec. weitzel@allentowncity.org . 610-437-7750
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, Montgomery, Bucks, Berks and Lehigh Co, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2008-2009
Project Title: Stormwater Outreach to Homeowner's Associations
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Perkiomen Creek
Partners: Limerick and Lower Providence Townships
Focus: to educate Homeowner Associations in Limerick Township about the benefits of propely maintaining stormwater management facilities and develop a set of recommendations that can be distributed to and used by a municipality to encourage or compel associations to properly maintain stormwater basins, thereby improving water quality, adding critical habitat and saving the Homeowner Associations money.
Contact: Crystal Gilchrist 610-287-9383 cgilchrist@perkiomenwatershed.org
Northampton County Conservation District, Northampton and Lehigh counties, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project Watershed Protection Project 2006-2007
Project Title: Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference
Area to be protected: Delaware River Watershed
Partners: Lehigh University, Lehigh County Conservation District, Wildlands Conservancy, Upper Saucon Township, Saucon Creek Watershed Committee
Focus: coordinate and conduct the 2006 Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference, a forum for individuals, watershed protection organizations and municipal officials that will equip participants with resources and tools to address nonpoint source pollution in the watersheds of the Lehigh Valley.
View / download the conference brochure.
Contact: Kate Brandes, kate-brandes@pa.nacdnet.org
Southeast Project Grass. Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton and Schuykill counties, $4,950
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2006-2007
Project Title: Southeast Project Grass Grazing and Pasture Management Planner
Area to be protected: Delaware and Susquehanna watersheds
Partners: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Penn State Cooperative Extension and Reading Area Water Authority
Focus: develop a 12-month Grazing and Pasture Management Planner illustrating Best Management Practices of pasture management that have been shown to be effective at lowering risks of pollution to drinking water supplies.
Contact: Dan Ludwig, dan.ludwig@pa.usda.gov
Lehigh County Conservation District, Lehigh County; $ 5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project Watershed Protection Project 2005-2006
Project Title: Municipal Education Toolbox
Area to be protected: Leibert Creek, Hosensack Creek, etc
Partners: Wildlands Conservancy, Upper Milford Township, Penn State Cooperative Extension, Lehigh County Agricultural Land Preservation Board, Upper Milford/Emmaus Borough Joint EAC
Focus: organize the many recommendations from completed watershed assessments, community audits, comprehensive plans, and ordinance reviews into a format for use by decision makers in efforts to create public policies that will reduce nonpoint source pollution in the Leibert Creek Watershed. Prepare a Municipal Toolbox.
Contact: Rebecca Hayden, (610) 391-9583, rhayden@lehighconservation.org
East Greenville Borough Water Authority, Montgomery, Lehigh, Berks counties; $ 4,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2005-2006
Project Title: EGBWA Watershed/Wellhead Protection Education and Outreach
Area to be protected: Upper Perkiomen Creek of the Upper Perkiomen Watershed
Partners: PA Rural Water Association, Upper Perkiomen School District and Upper Hanover Township Authority
Focus: introduce source water protection education to area elementary students using a Talking About PA (TAP) Water Kit, curriculum guides and a poster contest. The partnership will also produce a display board and brochure highlighting the authority's existing SWP efforts and ways the community can get involved with future efforts.
Contact: Jim Fry, 215- 679-5194,email: egb@netcarrier.com
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, Montgomery, Bucks, Berks, Lehigh counties; $ 5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2005-2006
Project Title: Source Water Protection Education and Volunteer Action Program
Area to be protected: Perkiomen Creek
Partners: Natural Lands Trust, Philadelphia Water Authority, Aqua PA, Delaware Valley Earth Force, Montgomery County Conservation District, Lower Salford Township, Upper Perkiomen Trout Unlimited
Focus: hold Source Water Protection workshops emphasizing the source of local water supplies, challenges of maintaining a high quality supply, and the ways contaminants can be prevented from entering the water supply. Workshops will demonstrate ways citizens can protect their drinking water sources.
Contact: Crystal Gilchrist, (610) 287-9383, email: cgilchrist@perkiomenwatershed.org
Lehigh Valley Water Suppliers, Lehigh, and Northampton counties; $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: Hydromania 2005 Extension Project
Area to be protected: Lehigh and Northampton counties drinking water sources
Partners: Whitehall Twp. Authority, Lehigh Valley Authority, Northampton Borough Municipal Authority, Lower Saucon Authority, Easton Suburban Water Authority, Hellertown Borough Authority, Cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Boroughs of Catasauqua, Emmaus, Macungie, and Alburtis, Townships of Salisbury, South Whitehall, Upper Saucon
Focus: expand the successful "Hydromania" water festival to include participation of more school districts as well as higher level students to educate about the importance of source water protection in the Lehigh River Basin.
Contact: Liesel Smull, 610-398-2503,
lieseladam@lehighcountyauthority.org
RSVP of Lehigh, Northampton & Carbon Counties, Lehigh and Northampton counties; $4,989
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: Greater Lehigh Source Water Protection Project of RSVP
Area to be protected: Lehigh and Northampton counties drinking water sources
Partners: Lehigh Valley Water Suppliers, Lehigh County Authority, Northampton County Conservation District, PRWA, City of Allentown Bureau of Water Resources, City of Bethlehem Department of Water/Sewer Resources, Lehigh County Conservation District
Focus: continue its source water protection mentoring program aimed at students and adults of Lehigh and Northampton counties using groundwater simulators, TAPWater kits, and water testing kits.
Contact: Diane Schrameyer, 610-391-8211, rsvp@diakon.org
Berks County Conservation District, Berks, Lehigh, Schuylkill counties; $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: Blue Mountain Watershed Summit and Berks Co. Innovative Stormwater Management Workshop
Areas to be protected: watersheds in Berks, Lehigh and Schuylkill counties
Partners: Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, Inc., National Audubon Society PA, Philadelphia Water Department, Albany Township, Bedminister Township, Schuylkill and Lehigh County Conservation Districts, Berks County Planning Commission, Berks County MS4 Steering Committee, Center for Community Leadership of Berks County, City of Reading, Muhlenberg and Lower Alsace townships, Wyomissing and Wernersville boroughs.
Focus: design and conduct two workshops: 1) a watershed forum to educate stakeholders about nonpoint source pollution issues, and 2) Innovative Stormwater Management Workshop aimed at engineers and municipal officials responsible for stormwater management in Berks County.
Contact: Ryan Zerbe, 610-372-4657x208, email: rzerbe@countyofberks.com
Wildlands Conservancy, Lehigh County, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project
2002-2003
Project Title: Watershed-Nonpoint
Source Pollution Education Project
Area(s) to be protected: the Little Lehigh Creek Watershed
Partner(s): Wildlands Conservancy & City of Allentown Water Resources
Focus: implement educational recommendations of the City of Allentown's
Source Water Assessment Program
Contact: Maureen Ruhe, 610-965-4397, email: mruhe@wildlandspa.org
Safe
Drinking Water and Alternative On-Site Wastewater Technology, Bucks, Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties, $2,350
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source
Protection Project 1999
Focus:
Failing on-site systems threaten drinking water safety in the
Perkiomen watershed. The partners will conduct two workshops on how
failing systems impact water supply and technologies available for
correcting problems. Involved Bucks, Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery
Counties.
Partners: The
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, The Philadelphia Suburban Water Company
Contact:
Alexandra Curran, 610-287-9383
Wellhead
Protection Seminar
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
-
Ground
Water and Wellhead Protection Grants-
1995 & 1996
The Lehigh/Northampton Joint Planning Commission, the Wildlands
Conservancy, the Monocacy Creek Watershed Association, the Lehigh
Valley Water Suppliers and the League of Women Voters sponsored a
wellhead protection seminar for public officials and citizens. The
seminar was one of a number of events held during Water Awareness
Week to increase understanding of the importance of water resource
protection. Contact: Geoffrey Reese, Lehigh/Northampton
Joint Planning Commission, 610-265-4544.
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