Potter
County
Shinglehouse Borough Water Dept, Coudersport Borough Authority and Roulette Water Company, Potter Co, $5000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2007-2008
Project Title: Shinglehouse/Coudersport/Roulette Wellhead Protection, Education and Outreach
Area to be protected: Upper Allegheny River
Partners: PA Rural Water Association and Potter County Conservation District
Focus: work jointly to install Water Supply Area signs, demonstrate groundwater models, and distribute source water protection brochures in a continued effort to educate Coudersport, Oswayo Valley, and Port Allegany students and citizens about the importance of protecting the groundwater which serves as the source of drinking water for households in these three municipalities.
Contact: Deborah Resig 814-697-6711 shinglehouseoffice@frontiernet.net
Ulysses Municipal Authority, Genesee Township Water Authority, Northern Tier Children’s Home and Covington-Karthous-Girard Area Water Authority, Clearfield & Potter Co, $4000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2007-2008
Project Title: Ulysses, Genesee and CKG Area Wellhead Protection Project
Area to be protected: Genesee River and Cowanesque River headwaters
Partners: Potter County Conservation District and PA Rural Water Association
Focus: work jointly to install Water Supply Area signs, demonstrate groundwater models, and distribute source water protection brochures in a continued effort to educate residents in the Northern Potter and Whitesville School Districts and the Clearfield school district and surrounding townships about the importance of protecting the groundwater that provides the drinking water to these communities. Contact: Betty Jo Hilfiger, 814-848-7551, ulyssesboro@verizon.net
Jack Reese 814-263-4150, ckg@pennswoods.net
Northern Potter School District, Potter County, $4,500
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2003-2004
Project Title: Northern Potter School District Source Water Education
and Protection Program
Area(s) to be protected: Genesee Watershed
Partner(s): PA Rural Water Association, Ulysses Borough, and Genesee
Township Authority
Focus: involve students in the development of a wellhead protection plan
and introduce a Groundwater Simulator and Watershed Model into classrooms
for the purpose of educating about source water protection
Contact: R. J. Cowburn, 814-848-7431, email: rcowburn@iu9.org
Groundwater
Guardian Community 1995, 1996
Explanation
of Groundwater Guardian Award
Contact: James A. Clark
McKean & Potter Co. Cooperative Extension
P.O. Box 1504
Smethport, PA 16749-0504
Phone (814) 887-5613
Fax (814) 887-5645
Water
Resource Councils
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
-
Ground
Water and Wellhead Protection Grants-
1995 & 1996
In Potter and McKean counties, Penn State Cooperative Extension
helped form Water Resource Councils made up of county and municipal
officials who deal with water related issues. The Councils sponsored
training sessions for local officials and the public on groundwater
resources and wellhead protection. A regional meeting for a six-county
area was also held. 5000 water quality bookmarks were produced and
distributed.
Contact: Bernice Pierson,Penn State Cooperative Extension,
814-887-5613 or Stan Hess, PA Bureau of Forestry, 814-274-8474.
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