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Storm Water Runoff
Storm water that cannot infiltrate asphalt, concrete, and other paved or compacted surfaces will runoff to local waterways, taking everything on those surfaces along with it. Storm water runoff pollution contains chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, bacteria, road salt, engine fluids, eroded soils, and debris, and creates 30% of all water quality impairments in the Schuylkill Watershed.
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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-day program covered topics such as Habitat Creation on Campus, Streamside Restoration, Outdoor Lessons & Cross-Curriculum Integration, and Funding and Partnership Opportunities.
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Schuylkill Scrub- Register your cleanup
For years, conscientious groups in beautiful Southeastern Pennsylvania have charged into spring to diligently clean up a little piece of paradise. Now, thanks to the collaborative efforts of many individuals and organizations, an improved united effort is being launched as the Schuylkill Scrub. The Schuylkill Scrub will register existing and new waterway cleanup efforts from the headwaters of the Schuylkill River down to the confluence of the Delaware River in Philadelphia. We expect that the cumulative amount of trash removed through this campaign will be very impressive and immediately benefit the entire Schuylkill River watershed!
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StormwaterPA
StormwaterPA is a collaborative effort that highlights storm water management innovations – and provides developers, municipal officials, and engineers with the tools to transform local runoff problems from unwanted nuisance into beneficial resource.
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Guide to Stormwater Management on School Campuses
Distributed to schools, colleges and universities throughout the region, the full-color Guide instructs campuses in the watershed to better manage stormwater on their properties by implementing Best Management Practices such as rain gardens, rain barrels, tree planting and meadow installation, and environmentally-friendly maintenance practices.
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Springside School Rain Garden
Students transformed a paved traffic circle into a working rain garden, calming trqaffic problems and preventing heated parking lot runoff pollution from entering the Wissahickon Creek. Other rain gardens and student-created sculptural installations addressed runoff from the school roofs.
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Spring Ford High School
One acre in size, a traditional detention basin on the school campus drained 65 acres of parking lots and playing fields. Retrofitting the large basin slowed stormwater runoff volume and pollution to the Mingo Creek.
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Norristown Farm Park
An eroding stream bank was stabilized and replanted using erosion-control tubes filled with a composted growing medium. Despite being under water several times, the fully vegetated berm is holding strong and continues to protect the Stony Creek from erosion at this site.
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Green Lane Reservoir
The Green Lane Reservoir supplies drinking water to the town of East Greenville, but increased upstream development intensified stormwater runoff, and threatened to increase water quality impairment. A reforestation project took place to slow the destructive force and filter pollutants from the runoff.
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Norristown Area School District
Working on two school campuses bordering a full mile of the Stony Creek,The NASD improved stormwater management by restoring a riparian buffer and retrofitting two retaining basins.
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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 a stream restoration project that challenged traditional land management and introduced club members, students, and other golf course managers to efficient and effective stormwater Best Management Practices.