WREN will bring its popular Source Water Protection Workshop to Clearfield County on April 21, to Armstrong County on April 22 and Erie County on May 19. The Protecting Public Drinking Water workshops will be held from  1:00 - 5:00 PM at:  



The workshop will help public water suppliers, municipal officials, planners, watershed and conservation groups, educators, and residents learn about tools and resources available to help protect watersheds, reservoirs and groundwater that supply public drinking water.  Learn more and register on-line at www.drinkingwaterwise.org

WREN has a small amount of money available for our popular Opportunity Grants --  small grants (maximum $300) to community groups with a source water protection activity in need of a little money to go forward. For more details, visit http://wren.palwv.org/grants/grants_wren.html.

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Understanding Contamination of Public Water Supplies
New USGS groundwater studies explain what, when, and how contaminants may reach public-supply wells - The USGS tracked the movement of contaminants in groundwater and in public-supply wells in four aquifers in California, Connecticut, Nebraska and Florida. The importance of each factor differs among the various aquifer settings, depending upon natural geology and local aquifer conditions, as well as human activities related to land use and well construction and operation. Findings in the four different aquifer systems can be applied to similar aquifer settings and wells throughout the Nation. Learn more about public-supply well vulnerability from USGS fact sheets and video podcast.