Potter
County
Potter County Conservation District, Grant Amount: $8,000
Project Title: Potter County Public Water Supply Protection & Awareness
Funding Source: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Source Protection 2011-2012
Contact: Colleen Frank, Assistant Manager, 814-274-8411 Email: c.frank@pottercd.com
Partners: Potter County Commissioners, Penn State Cooperative Extension, nine (9) public water systems: Austin Borough Water, Coudersport Borough Authority, Galeton Borough Water, Genesee Twp, Roulette Twp, Shinglehouse Borough, Ulysses MA, Northern Tier Children’s Home, Charles Cole Memorial Hospital; five (5) school districts: Austin, Coudersport, Galeton, Northern Potter, Oswayo Valley; Emergency Management 911 GIS System, Potter County Planning Director and Commissioner, a former DEP Sanitarian, and Coudersport Well Drilling, Inc.
Focus: Potter County is forming a county-wide coalition with participation of all nine Public Water Suppliers that will educate citizens and school children about ways to protect drinking water source areas from pollution and address the increasing level of gas well drilling in the county. The coalition will create a Source Water Environmental Education Team (SWEET) that will design and distribute educational materials, conduct training using visual models, and perform pre-drill water test documentation. The activities of the grant will have a regional impact supporting suppliers located in Cameron, Elk, and McKean counties.
McKean County Conservation District, McKean and Potter Cos, $5,000
Project Title: Keeping Pharmaceuticals Out Of Our Water Resources
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2008-2009
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Upper Allegheny Watershed
Partners: Penn State Cooperative Extension (Cameron, McKean and Potter Unit), Upper Allegheny Watershed Association, Port Allegany Borough and Bradford Water Authority
Focus: educate residents of McKean and Potter Counties about the issue of pharmaceuticals in water supplies, survey health care establishments' current practices regarding pharmaceutical disposal, and explore the feasibility of collaborating with multiple agencies and municipalities the Upper Allegheny watershed to conduct a household hazardous waste collection.
Contact: Heather McKean 814-887-4003 hsmckean@mckeancountypa.org
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 model and Enviroscape model (picture 2), 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.
Read their Final Report
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
Read their Final Report
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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