Featured Projects
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Silver Creek AMD Treatment System
The Silver Creek AMD treatment system was completed in July, 2010. It treats approximately 1,200 gallons/minute, removing metals and raises the pH of the mine drainage before it flows into Silver Creek.
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Outdoor Classroom Workshop for Educators
On August 11th, 2010, SAN partners held a outdoor classroom workshop, educating watershed teachers on ways to incorporate watershed Best Management Practices (BMPs) such as Riparian Buffers, Rain Gardens, and Woodland Gardens, into their classroom curriculum. The one-d...
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SAN Strategic Planning (2010 Listening Sessions)
The Schuylkill Action Network is holding listening session forums throughout the watershed to help update its strategic plan for the next 5 years (2011-2015). During these sessions, participants are asked to share their ideas and strategies for restoring and protecting...
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Early Warning System
"The Delaware Valley Early Warning System (EWS) is an integrated monitoring, communication, and notification system used to provide advanced warning of water quality events to water suppliers and industrial intake operators in the Schuylkill and Delaware River waters...
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Brookside Country Club
Golf requires huge land parcels in the Schuylkill Watershed, where there are 79 courses covering 12,000 acres, with 21 miles of streams running through them. Inspired by fish struggling for survival in Sprogels Run, the supervisor at the Brookside Country Club took on ...
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Woolf Farm
A milking operation with 80 cows on 53 acres of land, the Berks County Conservation District initially approached the landowner with concerns about the manure handling on the property. The Woolf’s were extremely receptive to both short-term remediation measures as well...
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