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November Feature is Posted
Philadelphia- America's Greenest City?
Philadelphia Water
Department's Green City - Clean Water Plan will use innovative "green
infrastructure" to better manage stormwater through a comprehensive,
watershed-based approach. The Plan for holistically managing stormwater
was submitted to EPA in September. Howard Neukrug, PWD Office of
Watersheds Director, says that his department is "changing the way they
look at rainwater and how it is handled. We value water and we're
changing the traditional way stormwater is managed ..." read more ...
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Green Infrastructure Resources
find more information on Green Infrastructure at the WREN Publications - Watersheds and Stormwater page. Newly posted are: - Implementing Green Infrastructure: Developing a Winning Strategy to Fund
Philadelphia's Ambitious Visions;
- Action Strategy for Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure;
- Green Roofs for Stormwater Control; and
- Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century.
Visit EPA's Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure website
and
the Low Impact Development Center website.
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Villanova Stormwater Symposium Presentations Available
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Small Grants Can Yield Big Results
WREN was able to provide Opportunity Grants for both Source Water Education and for Watershed Education this year. See some examples of what can be done with $300 or less:
Swarthmore Rutledge School set up a rain barrel display and developed a rain barrel brochure;
Montgomery Co Conservation District printed three great posters on sustainable stormwater practices;
Monroe County Conservation District bought beads for kids' water cycle water bracelets;
Westmoreland County Cleanways updated their display and linked stream cleanups to drinking water protection.
EPA Region III and VISTA developed a carnival wheel game with questions and facts about non-point source pollution.
Although WREN does not have funding for Opportunity Grants right now, we hope to have funding in the spring. Keep WREN in mind when you think of a small project you'd like to accomplish.
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SRBC Seeks Partners For Proposed Real-time Water Quality Monitoring
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) proposes to start a water quality monitoring network that will constantly record water quality conditions of smaller rivers and streams located in northern tier Pennsylvania and southern tier New York. The Commission is seeking partners to further the effort which is targeted to Marcellus shale gas areas. The monitoring network would allow state and federal water management officials and others to receive the real-time data electronically. Public water suppliers, local watershed groups and communities would also benefit from the data. Read more ...
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