Tioga
County
Tioga County Conservation District, Grant Amount: $6,000
Project Title: Tioga County Source Water Protection Education Project
Funding Source: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Source Water Protection
2011-12
Contact: Erica Tomlinson, Watershed Specialist Email: etomlinson@tiogacountypa.us
Partners: Osceola Township Water Authority, Knoxville Water Department, Tioga Borough Municipal Authority, Westfield Borough, Wellsboro Borough, Duncan Township Municipal Authority
Focus: Project partners will form a county-wide Source Water Environmental Education Team (SWEET) to conduct source water protection public education workshops. The goal is to encourage action to mitigate risks to water supplies from potential contaminants and assist the Tioga County Source Water Protection Coalition to expand the number of municipalities participating from the current group of six members to include all 24 public water systems in the county. A variety of community outreach events are planned that will feature visual models such as the groundwater model and source water area maps. To assist the coalition’s activities, project funds will be used to develop a Source Water Protection brochure that will be distributed during field days, workshops and other educational events.
Tioga Co Conservation
District, Grant: $2,200
Tioga Co Farm Water Quality Testing Education Project
Area(s) to be protected: Pine Creek, Tioga River and Lycoming Creek
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project -
Watershed Protection
Project 2001
Partner(s): Tioga Co Conservation District, Northern Penn
Holistic Management Network, Tioga Co USDA-NRCS, and Penn State Cooperative
Extension
Focus: Offer water quality testing kits to county farmers who
attend a water quality workshop to learn about nonpoint source pollution
and other water quality issues.
Contact: Jason Weigle, 570.724.1801 ext.118, email: soilsrus@yahoo.com
Tioga Co Christian Academy
TCCA Source Water Education Project
Area(s) to be protected: Crooked Creek and Tioga Watershed
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project -
Drinking Water
Source Protection Project 2001
Partner(s): PA Rural Water Assn and PA Dept of Environmental
Protection
Focus: develop a wellhead protection plan for the school, monitor
Crooked Creek, and develop an educational program.
Grant: $1,400
Contact: Gary Brown, 570.376.2202, email: TCCA@youu-net.com
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