Montgomery
County
Montgomery County Conservation District printed and mounted posters showing three sustainable practices to improve polluted
runoff: naturalizing stormwater basins, landscaping with native plants, and installing
rain gardens with a $268.50 WEPP Opportunity Grant. sharris@montgomeryconservation.org
Jenkintown Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC), Montgomery Co, $2,530
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2008-2009
Project Title: Jenkintown Watershed Education and Action Project
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed
Partners: Borough of Jenkintown, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Pennsylvania Environmental Council and SE PA DEP Region
Focus: produce and mail an educational postcard to borough residents identifying specific actions residents can take to protect the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford from the negative effects of nonpoint source pollution and hold a screening of some films related to protecting the environment. Develop a handout on lawn care.
Read their Final Report.
Contact: Elizabeth Boyd 215-884-2247, elizaboyd@yahoo.com
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
Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Delaware and Montgomery counties, $5000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2007-2008
Project Title: Stormwater Facility Operation and Maintenance Program
Area to be protected: Delaware and Schuykill rivers
Partners: Delaware County Conservation District, Montgomery County Conservation District, Swarthmore Borough and Yeadon Borough
Focus: develop a guide
(MAINTAINING STORMWATER BASINS ON YOUR PROPERTY) and hold workshops to educate public works department staff and commercial property owners in Delaware and Montgomery Counties on the inspection, operating, repair and retrofit procedures for stormwater management facilities that are necessary to minimize nonpoint source pollution in the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers.
Contact: Paul Racette, 215-592-7020x112 or pracette@pecpa.org;
or Carol Meyers, 215-592-7020x100 or cmeyers@pecpa.org
Alliance for a Sustainable Future, Montgomery County, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2006-2007
Project Title: Open Water Protection in Ambler Borough
Area to be protected: Wissahickon Valley
Partners: Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, Wissahickon Middle School 6th Grade Enrichment Program, Ambler Borough Highway Dept., Ambler Environmental Advisory Council
Focus: work with three municipalities to install stream crossing signs, distribute education and free tree assessments to stream-side property owners, and arrange for community wide education about what homeowners and businesses can do to keep nonpoint source pollution out of creeks and open waters in the Wissahickon Valley watershed.
Contact: Susan Curry, suscurry@comcast.net.
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
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(s) to be protected: Upper Perkiomen Creek of the Upper Perkiomen Watershed
Partner(s): 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
Upper Dublin Environmental Protection Agency Board , Montgomery County; $ 2,960
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2005-2006
Project Title: Source Water Protection / Stormwater Outreach
Area(s) to be protected: Upper Dublin Township area of Wissahickon watershed
Partners: North Wales Water Authority, Upper Dublin Township Public Works, Upper Dublin High School, EPAB of Upper Dublin
Focus: purchase a groundwater simulator for classroom instruction and hold a pamphlet design contest for senior high school students. The partnership will select and distribute throughout the community the three pamphlets which best describe the actions homeowners and businesses can take to protect the community's sources of drinking water.
Contact: Stanley Ropski, (215) 643-8212, email: sjropski@aol.com
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy. Montgomery, Bucks, Berks, Lehigh counties, $ 5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source 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.or
Natural Lands Trust. Schuylkill, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia counties; $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: Water Supplier Lands Project
Area to be protected: Source waters in SEPA
Partners: Natural Lands Trust, Philadelphia Water Dept, Heritage Conservancy, Brandywine Conservancy and Clean Water Action PA
Focus: highlight to local environmental organizations and municipal officials the need to protect buffer lands for public drinking water supply systems in the Delaware River Basin before they are sold for development. Produce a booklet on water supply lands.
Contact: David Harper, 610-353-5587, email: dharper@natlands.org
The PEAK Center, Inc. , Bucks, Montgomery County; $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: Noth Penn Water Authority Source Water Protection Education Project
Area to be protected: North Penn Water Authority service area
Partner: North Penn Water Authority
Focus: conduct twelve educational workshops aimed at citizens and municipal officials designed to educate about the importance of preventing nonpoint sources of pollution in the lower Delaware watershed in order to accomplish source water protection for the North Penn Water Authority service area.
Contact: Robert Kutler, 215-362-7432, sec@peakcenter.org
Horsham Township
Water & Sewer
Authority, Montgomery County, $1,500
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2003-2004
Project Title: Identification Signs
Area(s) to be protected: Pennypack, Neshaminy and Wissahickon Watersheds
Partner(s): Horsham Township and Environmental Advisory Board
Focus: install watershed identification and wellhead protection signs
to raise awareness of the need for source water protection
Contact: Tina Boor, 215-672-8011, email: tboor@rcn.com
Montgomery County
Conservation District
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project
2002-2003
Project Title: Friends of
Mingo Creek and the Perkiomen Watershed Workshops
Area(s) to be protected: the Mingo Creek & Perkiomen Creek
Partner(s): Friends of Mingo Creek, Stroud Water Research Center,
Montgomery County Planning Commission, Philadelphia Water Department
, Perkiomen
Watershed Conservancy, Philadelphia Suburban Water Company & Montgomery
County Conservation District
Focus: hold workshops in the Mingo Creek & Perkiomen watersheds
Counties served: Montgomery County Grant: $4,800
Contact: Nathan Walker, 610-429-4506, email: walker@montgomeryconservation.org
Telford Borough - Groundwater
Guardian Community since 1998
Explanation
of Groundwater Guardian Award
Community Profile (Teleford Borough)
http://www.groundwater.org/active/community.asp?id124
Contact: Mark D. Fournier
Telford Borough Water Authority
P.O. Box 209
Telford, PA 18969-0209
Phone: 215-723-5000 Fax: 215-723-5328
Email: telfordboro@netcarrier.com
Lower Merion Conservancy
Safeguarding Our Streams Project
Area(s) to be protected: Mill Creek and Schuylkill River
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
-
Watershed Protection
Project 2001
Partner(s): Twp of Lower Merion and Environmental Advisory
Council
Focus: to write, produce and print a brochure entitled "Safeguarding
Our Streams" which will be distributed to Twp residents and other
interested parties. The partners will also co-produce a live television
town meeting on the local cable access.
Grant: $5,000
Contact: Mike Weilbacher, 610.645.9030, email: mike@dragonfly.org
North Penn Senior Environmental
Corps, Bucks and Montgomery Co
Source Water Protection Education Project
Area(s) to be protected: Neshaminy Creek and Delaware River Basin
Watershed
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
-
Drinking Water
Source Protection Project 2001
Partner(s): North Penn Water Authority
Focus: prepare and deliver joint presentations about water
conservation and source water protection to municipal governments,
high schools, and community organizations .
Grant: $4,300
Contact: Dick Lehman, 215.362.7432, email: NPSC@enter.net
Telford Boro Authority,
Bucks and Montgomery Co
Wellhead Protection Area Signage Project
Area(s) to be protected: wells located in East Branch Perkiomen
Creek, Indiana Creek, and Mill Creek watersheds
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
-
Drinking Water
Source Protection Project 2001
Partner(s): Telford Boro, West Rockhill Twp, Hilltown Twp,
Salford Twp, Franconia Twp, and Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, Inc.
Focus: develop and install wellhead protection signage in the
water supply areas.
Grant: $2,300
Contact: Mark Fournier, 215.723.5000, email: mfournier@netcarrier.com
Safe Drinking
Water and Alternative On-Site Wastewater Technology
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
Grant: $2,350
Contact:
Alexandra Curran, 610-287-9383
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