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• Sat Sep 11, 2010

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  PA Coast Day September 11th! / Education and Outreach

  Do a Day on the Delaware...

• Mon Aug 30, 2010

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  Merck pays for UG wastewater improvements / Pathogens / Compliance

  UPPER GWYNEDD — The implementation of a dissolved oxygen system at the township's wastewater plant will make the facility more efficient.

• Mon Aug 30, 2010

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  A growing nuisance plagues the Perkiomen / General

  The Perkiomen Watershed may be a safe spot to revel in Mother Nature, but lately its protectors are finding some hangers on crowding out the natural residents.

• Sat Aug 28, 2010

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  Bridgeport banks $1.57M sewer grant / Pathogens / Compliance

  BRIDGEPORT — The vintage Bridgeport sewer system will soon get some much-needed modern tweaking thanks to a relatively sudden gush of funding.

• Sat Sep 25, 2010

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  NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK PROGRAM on September 25, 2010 / Pathogens / Compliance

  Saturday, September 25, 2010 On September 25, 2010, DEA will coordinate a collaborative effort with state and local law enforcement agencies to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nation’s medicine cabinets. Collection activities will take place from 10:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. at sites established throughout the country. The National Take-Back Day provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction. These drugs are a potential source of supply for illegal use and an unacceptable risk to public health and safety. This one-day effort is intended to bring national focus to the issue of increasing pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse. - The program is anonymous. - Prescription and over the counter solid dosage medications, i.e. tablets and capsules accepted. - Intra-venous solutions, injectables, and needles will not be accepted. - Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative.

• Fri Aug 20, 2010

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  Watershed plan gets township approval / General

  LOWER PROVIDENCE — Township officials have endorsed the inclusion of the Lower Perkiomen Creek Watershed Conservation plan in the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry.

• Fri Aug 20, 2010

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  Chesco tour focuses on green concepts / Storm Water

  TREDYFFRIN — A new kind of garden tour is being offered this weekend in Chester County. The Tredyffrin Backyard Eco Tour will feature homes that have incorporated green concepts, such as using alternative energy or converting labor-intensive lawns into meadows.

• Fri Aug 20, 2010

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  Volunteers needed for 'pulling party' at creek / General

  In its effort to clear the Perkiomen Creek watershed of invasive species, the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy is holding Pulling Parties this summer. The next Pulling Party is Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

• Thu Aug 19, 2010

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  A tree makes a difference in Kutztown / Agricultural

  The Berks County Conservancy senior ecologist from Cumru Township coordinated the tree planting effort with help from numerous volunteers in fall 2009, spring 2010 and fall 2010 at the Kutztown Borough Farm to protect the Sacony Creek Watershed.

• Thu Aug 19, 2010

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  MS4 NPDES Stormwater Permits extended (PA Bulletin Notice) / Storm Water

  Extension of Pennsylvania National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) General Permit

• Mon Aug 16, 2010

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  Watershed protection plan goes forward / Watershed Land Collaborative

  LOWER PROVIDENCE — Township officials endorsed the inclusion of the Lower Perkiomen Creek Watershed Conservation plan in the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry on Thursday night.

• Mon Aug 9, 2010

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  Watershed group opens treatment system near Silver Creek Mine / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  NEW PHILADELPHIA - The Schuylkill Headwaters organization can boast having taken one more step toward improving its namesake, the Schuylkill River. The organization celebrated on Friday the opening of a water treatment system established on 8 acres of land near the former Silver Creek Mine in New Philadelphia to treat nonpoint source pollution due to mine drainage.

• Mon Aug 9, 2010

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  Plymouth Creek Restoration Project / Storm Water

  A multi-partner demonstration of how using stormwater best management practices can help with flood control, water quality improvement and aesthetic enhancements. An eight acre drainage basin manages runoff from six square miles of parking lot and road adjacent to a large open air shopping center before it passes into Plymouth Creek (and into the Schuylkill River a few miles downstream). This collaborative effort--which included the PA DEP, Montgomery County Conservation District, the owner of the shopping center, and the TreeVitalize program--pooled human and financial resources in a basin retrofit, resulting in better flood control, water quality, and a basin in a more naturalized state.

• Mon Aug 9, 2010

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  Plymouth Creek Restoration Project / Storm Water

  A multi-partner demonstration of how using stormwater best management practices can help with flood control, water quality improvement and aesthetic enhancements. An eight acre drainage basin manages runoff from six square miles of parking lot and road adjacent to a large open air shopping center before it passes into Plymouth Creek (and into the Schuylkill River a few miles downstream). This collaborative effort--which included the PA DEP, Montgomery County Conservation District, the owner of the shopping center, and the TreeVitalize program--pooled human and financial resources in a basin retrofit, resulting in better flood control, water quality, and a basin in a more naturalized state.

• Wed Aug 4, 2010

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  Partnership with WVWA considered / Storm Water

  MONTGOMERY TWP. —While Montgomery Township may have gotten a break on strict new stormwater runoff regulations, it’s already looking at ways to meet another set of requirements from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

• Wed Jul 28, 2010

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  Pennsylvania towns get more time to develop storm-water plans / Storm Water

  After months of trying to impose tough new rules for how towns should manage their storm water, Pennsylvania regulators on Tuesday backed off and granted municipalities a nine-month extension for measures some had termed "draconian."

• Thu Jul 22, 2010

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  New report warns of climate change impact to Delaware Estuary / General

  The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary has issued a 118-page report outlining how climate change will affect the Delaware Estuary over the next few decades.

• Thu Jul 22, 2010

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  Scientists Say We Must Adapt to Save Vital Resources / General

  WILMINGTON, Del. — The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary has released a new report describing how increased temperatures, sea level, salt water and storms will affect the future of key natural resources, such as drinking water, wetlands, and shellfish like mussels and oysters. Many of the conclusions could have far-reaching implications for natural-resource management and policy over the coming years and decades.

• Wed Sep 8, 2010

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  Flow Series Seminar 4 (Webinar): September 8, 2010, 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern...Green Infrastructure: What’s Legal? / Storm Water

  Jennifer A. Abdella, aquatic ecologist and environmental attorney with the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond PC, will review the potential legal and regulatory hurdles which must be overcome in order to use green infrastructure to address wet weather flows including stormwater management, combined sewer overflows, and sanitary sewer overflows.

• Wed Jul 14, 2010

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  New fish ladder at Black Rock Dam hopes to bring shad back to area / General

  How do you get a fish to climb a ladder? Why, you build it, of course. That's what's going on right now at the Black Rock Dam where a new fish passageway, which will allow migratory fish such as American shad to continue farther upstream to spawn, was dedicated earlier this month.

• Tue Jul 6, 2010

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  Schuylkill River Heritage Area honored / General

  The Schuylkill River Heritage Area, along with all Pennsylvania State Heritage Areas, was recently inducted into the Governor’s Keystone Society for Tourism — the highest honor the state can confer on a leader of the tourism industry.

• Tue Jun 29, 2010

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  Let the rain soak in: Porous paving systems help cut down on runoff. / Storm Water

  As some municipalities search for solutions to repeated flooding, they've begun looking at pervious or porous paving materials, which allow water to pass through and soak into the ground rather than running off into waterways and roads.

• Tue Jun 29, 2010

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  EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds release: 2009 ANNUAL REPORT / Planning

  The OWOW is one of five program offices within the Office of Water at EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC that works to protect and restore the nation’s aquatic ecosystems.

• Tue Jun 29, 2010

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  Tough times spur Union Township family business; Tubing and Rafting on the Schuylkill / Education and Outreach

  A southern Berks County family hit hard by the struggling economy is bouncing back by launching a tubing and rafting business along the Schuylkill River.

• Mon Jun 28, 2010

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  Two tours highlight the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers Read more: http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/97137179.html#ixzz0sFxHHisP Watch sports videos you won't find anywhere else / Education and Outreach

  MOST OF PHILADELPHIA'S historic sightseeing trails are well-worn, the sights well known. But Philadelphians and tourists alike often overlook two of the city's most important historic trails - the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.

• Mon Jun 28, 2010

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  Pool probe DEP continues investigation into fish kill / Data Team

  The Borough of Tamaqua is working on a permanent fix to a problem with the wastewater backwash from its community pool that was discovered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

• Thu Jun 24, 2010

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  Phase One of stormwater management plan completed / Storm Water

  The first phase for a stormwater management plan for Schuylkill County has been completed and a report of the findings was presented by the Benesch engineering firm to township and borough officials at a meeting held Tuesday evening at the courthouse in Pottsville.

• Mon May 24, 2010

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  Sojourners get to know Perkiomen Creek up close / General

  PERKIOMEN — Dozens of kayaks and canoes bobbed along over a seven-mile stretch of the Perkiomen Creek Saturday for the annual Perkiomen Creek Sojourn.

• Fri Jun 18, 2010

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  'Fix it first': A case for investing in infrastructure / Storm Water

  POTTSTOWN — Too bad Bob Vila isn't available. The established towns that were the nation's First Suburbs are showing their age. And like "This Old House," these old towns need a little TLC. Part three of four parts on the First Suburbs.

• Fri Jun 18, 2010

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  Blown transformer causes oil to spill into river / General

  POTTSTOWN — Several hundred gallons of oil from an electrical transformer spilled onto South Street Friday morning, some of which escaped down a storm sewer that discharges directly into the Schuylkill River.

• Fri Jun 18, 2010

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  Journeys: Rivers Run Through Us / Education and Outreach

  Philadelphia has more miles of waterfront than Manhattan. So why don’t we think of ourselves as a river town? Our man sailed around the city to find out.

• Thu Jun 17, 2010

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  $2 million fine for fish kills / Pathogens / Compliance

  The owner of a Franconia beef processing plant repeatedly discharged pollutants into the Skippack Creek, the U.S. attorney charged.

• Thu Jun 3, 2010

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  SAN Strategic Planning: Listening Sessions / Planning

  Help identify key strategies to restore and protect the Schuylkill Watershed for the next 5 years. Session Dates: June 25th- Reading, PA July 16th- Pottsville, PA July 21st-Norristown, PA

• Tue Jun 8, 2010

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  Our Nation Heritage Episode One: The Revolutionary River- 9:00pm June 8th on WHYY / Education and Outreach

  The new documentary about the Schuylkill River region, "Our Nation Heritage Episode One: The Revolutionary River," is scheduled to air on WHYY on Tuesday, June 8 at 9 p.m.

• Tue Jun 1, 2010

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  Fish mystery Officials blame 'slug' of pollutant for large fish kill in Little Schuylkill River / General

  Environmental officials are trying to solve the mysterious deaths of more than a thousand fish in the Little Schuylkill River.

• Fri May 28, 2010

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  Montco plant operator charged with discharging raw sewage / Pathogens / Compliance

  Intermittently over a period of five years, the operator of a Montgomery County sewage-treatment plant wasn't testing the outflow and wasn't treating it, according to law enforcement officials.

• Fri May 28, 2010

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  Letter to the Editor: More areas need stream cleanup / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  As most know, the word Schuylkill is a Dutch word that means "hidden river." Many years ago (pre-coal mining), our many branches of the Schuylkill River were blessed with an abundance of native brook trout. Branches of the Schuylkill, in Minersville down to Cressona, near New Philadelphia through Cumbola, Frackville/Saint Clair/Port Carbon's Mill Creek (another tributary), all were loaded with brook trout. Coal mining and raw sewage ruined it. Now it is making a comeback. The good news is that most of the water is good enough to hold year-round brook, rainbow and brown trout. The bad news is there are several areas that need to be cleaned up.

• Mon May 24, 2010

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  New map shows entire river trail, highlights towns along the way / General

  POTTSTOWN — The Schuylkill River Heritage Area (SRHA) has created a new brochure for the Schuylkill River Trail that includes a map of the entire trail and information on amenities in key towns along the trail route.

• Mon May 24, 2010

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  New rules would protect waterways:Environmental board adopts standards. Local creeks would benefit from building buffers / Storm Water

  Thousands of miles of Pennsylvania rivers and streams, including Bushkill and Little Lehigh creeks, would be better protected from pollution and flooding caused by development under new regulations approved by environmental rulemakers.

• Mon May 24, 2010

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  36 acres added to French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust / Watershed Land Collaborative

  WEST VINCENT — A 36-acre easement on the former Heathcote dairy farm has been conveyed to the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, officials announced recently.

• Mon May 24, 2010

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  Norco granted $530,000 for open space / Watershed Land Collaborative

  NORTH COVENTRY —The township received notice during the Coventry Woods Festival Sunday that it has been granted $530,000 from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to save open space.

• Fri May 21, 2010

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  Montco stormwater consortium gains allies / Storm Water

  Support for efforts by the Montgomery County consortium to make future stormwater requirements more manageable is growing. A resolution it sponsored recently received approval from the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.

• Mon May 17, 2010

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  EQB Approves New TDS Regulations, Strengthens Erosion and Sediment Rules, Proposes New Well Construction Standards / General

  Tough New Standards to Protect PA Waterways from Drilling Wastewater Take Major Step Forward

• Wed May 12, 2010

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  Schuylkill Highlands Grant Program Mini-grants available (Apply by 5/27/10) / Watershed Land Collaborative

  Apply Now- Schuylkill Highlands Mini-Grant Program

• Sun May 16, 2010

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  affic Planning and Design Inc. helps preserve plantings along Schuylkill River / Storm Water

  raffic Planning and Design Inc. partnered with Montgomery County Parks and Heritage Services on April 22 (the 40th anniversary of Earth Day) to kick off a series of community improvement events aimed at encouraging active participation in enhancing the communities where TPD staff members and their families live, work, and play.

• Thu May 6, 2010

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  Land purchase expands French Creek State Park / Watershed Land Collaborative

  A key land acquisition will add 279 acres to French Creek State Park and connect the park to three nationally important historic sites. The two new parcels will extend almost to the Schuylkill River and will connect to the Schuylkill River Trail.

• Thu May 6, 2010

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  Biz profile: Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association / General

  The lands trust has protected more than 1,100 acres of open space in the watershed's area, and works with area landowners, local governments and companies help keep woodlands, meadows, and that all important creek intact.

• Fri Apr 30, 2010

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  Perk Valley to be recognized for environmental projects / Education and Outreach

  Perkiomen Valley High School is among four schools to be recognized with an award for its envrionmental projects encouraging the protection of area drinking water.

• Sat May 1, 2010

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  Environmental groups to plant trees on seven acres of coal land / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  Federal, state and county agencies are planning to reclaim a total of seven acres of coal land in Schuylkill County this weekend.

• Wed Apr 28, 2010

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  The Story of Bottle Water (Video) / Education and Outreach

  The Story of Bottled Water, releasing March 22, 2010 on storyofbottledwater.org, employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over seven minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to ‘take back the tap,’ not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.

• Fri Apr 23, 2010

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  County preservation board's action hampers Upper Bern growth plan / Watershed Land Collaborative

  Berks County's farmland preservation efforts have thrown a wrench into Upper Bern Township's plans for future development.

• Fri Apr 23, 2010

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  Prescription drug roundup nets 513 pounds / Pathogens / Compliance

  During Montgomery County District Attorney's prescription medication collection drive Saturday, 513 pounds of unused or expired prescriptions medication was turned in at four county locations.

• Thu Apr 22, 2010

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  Schuylkill River Trail receives two-year, $719,000 grant / General

  The Schuylkill River Heritage Area has received a two-year, $719,000 grant from the Philadelphia-based William Penn Foundation to improve the Schuylkill River Trail and strengthen the trail's economic development potential.

• Wed Apr 21, 2010

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  http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=15383 / Education and Outreach

  The Friends of the Wissahickon will present Stewardship Challenges in the Wissahickon, a lecture by Sarah West at Cathedral Village on April 21 at 7:00 p.m.

• Mon Apr 12, 2010

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  SAN awarded Organization of the Year- Berks County / Education and Outreach

  The Berks Conservation District presented the SAN with the 2010 Organization of the Year Award at their annual banquet.

• Fri Apr 9, 2010

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  Kutztown students learn planting trees helps keep drinking water clean / Storm Water

  Dozens of students from the Kutztown School District learned about their local watershed Thursday while getting their hands dirty, too.

• Fri Apr 9, 2010

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  2 Berks County farms added to land preservation program / Agricultural

  Two farms totaling more than 57 acres have been added to the Berks County Agricultural Land Preservation program

• Wed Apr 7, 2010

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  Heritage trail alive with possibilities / General

  The Cynwyd Heritage Trail project could have been a pretty straight-and-narrow undertaking, but township officials and trail enthusiasts have always seen the potential for the rail-to-trail conversion to be something more than simply paving an unused rail bed.

• Wed Apr 7, 2010

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  Study: Chesco agricultural resources slipping away / Agricultural

  Agricultural resources are located farther and farther away as the region continues to lose farmland, reports the Greater Philadelphia Food System Study, released last week by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.

• Wed Apr 7, 2010

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  Past, present, future Tour part of discussion of coal industry's tomorrow / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  The past, present and future of anthracite coal mining were the elements of a tour in Schuylkill County that included local and state officials on Tuesday.

• Thu Apr 1, 2010

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  Covanta Energy Offers Free, Safe Destruction Of Unwanted Drugs To Protect Waterways / Pathogens / Compliance

  To reduce pharmaceutical pollutants being discharged into the nation's waterways, Covanta Energy is launching an important collaboration with municipalities.

• Fri Mar 26, 2010

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  $664,000 for mine drainage project / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  More than $664,000 has been awarded to the Schuylkill Headwaters Association for the MaryD Borehole Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Remediation Project in Schuylkill Township.

• Fri Mar 26, 2010

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  Schuylkill River Heritage Area wants public's support / General

  POTTSTOWN — The Schuylkill River Heritage Area, one of 12 in the state of Pennsylvania, is looking for a little support from the public in its fight to preserve federal funding.

• Fri Mar 26, 2010

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  How does a toad cross the road? If lucky, by hand / Education and Outreach

  On rainy spring nights, patrols of a dozen or more volunteers, with flashlights and reflector vests, walk the Roxborough road, picking up hopsters and carrying them across the blacktop.

• Wed Mar 24, 2010

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  Montgomery countywide collection of prescription drugs / Pathogens / Compliance

  Souderton will be one of the four Montgomery County police departments serving as sites for a countywide collection of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications April 17.

• Fri Mar 19, 2010

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  DEP, Berks County company reach agreement on lead runoff / General

  The DEP hopes an agreement it made about stormwater runoff will reduce the amount of lead running into Berks County creeks and rivers, including the Schuylkill.

• Mon Mar 22, 2010

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  Open space preserved in Upper Pottsgrove / Watershed Land Collaborative

  UPPER POTTSGROVE — More open space will soon be preserved here, but for the first time since the township's ambitious open space program began, taxpayers will not be buying the property.

• Mon Mar 15, 2010

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  Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly / General

  TOXIC WATERS Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly The New York Times By CHARLES DUHIGG Published: March 14, 2010

• Fri Mar 12, 2010

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  DEP restores 750 acres of former mine land / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s mine reclamation program made dramatic progress in 2009 by reclaiming abandoned sites that threaten health and safety and restoring streams poisoned by mine drainage, according to Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger.

• Thu Feb 25, 2010

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  Know Your Watershed- Schuylkill Watershed Congress / Education and Outreach

  It is time for the annual Schuylkill Watershed Congress, which each year gathers volunteers and organizations to present new information about watershed restoration for watershed citizens interested in understanding, protecting and restoring their local streams.

• Sat Mar 27, 2010

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  The Revolutionary River Film Premiere / Education and Outreach

  The Schuylkill River Heritage Area will hold premiere events in Philadelphia and Pottsville to introduce a new public television documentary about the Schuylkill River region.

• Wed Feb 24, 2010

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  Flooding problems plague industrial complex / Storm Water

  UPPER DUBLIN — Mention the Fort Washington Office Park to anyone in the township, whether that person is a longtime resident or a newcomer, and one word always seems to come to mind: flooding.

• Tue Feb 9, 2010

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  Sewer plant undergoing upgrade / Pathogens / Compliance

  The North Wales Water Authority is trying to reduce the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen discharged into the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. And upgrades to the sewer treatment plant are intended to do just that, according to authority engineer Ken Heydt.

• Tue Feb 9, 2010

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  Stepping stones placed on trail / General

  The Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) recently installed four sets of stepping-stones that enable walkers to hike the length of the Green Ribbon Trail as it criss-crosses the Wissahickon Creek.

• Fri Feb 5, 2010

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  A "green" city plan to reduce storm water runoff / Storm Water

  Storm water is nasty and dirty and can cause flooding. So the sooner it gets off a property, the better. But it's about to become valuable stuff in Philadelphia. Businesses can make money by embracing it. Or face losing money if they let it go.

• Fri Feb 5, 2010

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  Testing will advance Ontelaunee Lake dredging project in 2 townships / General

  The Reading Area Water Authority is moving ahead with a crucial step in its plan to dredge Lake Ontelaunee for the first time in the lake's 80-year history.

• Fri Feb 5, 2010

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  Resolution protects Horse-Shoe Trail / Watershed Land Collaborative

  The Brecknock Township supervisors have passed a resolution to protect the township's 10-mile section of the Horse-Shoe Trail.

• Fri Feb 5, 2010

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  U. Salford gets a look at sewer plan / Pathogens / Compliance

  A townhall meeting on a proposed Act 537 sewage facilities plan drew a packed house Wednesday at Salford Hills Elementary School.

• Fri Feb 5, 2010

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  Douglass (Berks) works to preserve rural character / Watershed Land Collaborative

  DOUGLASS (Berks) — Although the goals of the township's 20-year-old comprehensive plan haven't changed in the new plan up for consideration by the township supervisors, the priority of those goals has been reversed in the final draft.

• Wed Feb 3, 2010

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  Upper Pottsgrove Open Space Committee to close shop / Watershed Land Collaborative

  UPPER POTTSGROVE — Sometimes, the sign of a truly successful enterprise is to put itself out of business. That is the fate awaiting the Upper Pottsgrove Open Space Committee.

• Wed Feb 3, 2010

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  Upper Pottsgrove Open Space Committee to close shop / Watershed Land Collaborative

  UPPER POTTSGROVE — Sometimes, the sign of a truly successful enterprise is to put itself out of business. That is the fate awaiting the Upper Pottsgrove Open Space Committee.

• Wed Feb 3, 2010

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  Open Space: Past, present and future / Watershed Land Collaborative

  You might say the seeds of preservation were planted on a 28-acre Limerick parcel now slated for open space preservation about 95 years ago. On the other hand, the idea of preserving another 39 acres in Douglass (Mont.) is little more than a year old.

• Wed Feb 3, 2010

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  School opens on Valley Forge park grounds / Education and Outreach

  Not every preschooler gets to learn the alphabet in a park that commemorates an epic struggle for independence, but when 80 students at the Montessori Children's House of Valley Forge look out their window, history stares back.

• Fri Jan 29, 2010

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  EPA creates tipline for reports of suspicious gas drilling activities / General

  The Philadelphia office of the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a toll-free tipline on Tuesday for citizens to report "unusual or suspicious" activity related to natural gas drilling.

• Fri Jan 22, 2010

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  Big things happening at Montgomery County Community College West / Education and Outreach

  The parking lot at 140 College Drive is currently being reconstructed, and Stout is happy about that for several reasons. For one thing, it will provide much-needed parking for the college's West Campus students. But even more importantly, it's the first stage in the physical revitalization of that site, which is situated across from the College's South Hall, and directly in front of Pottstown's Riverfront Park.

• Thu Jan 21, 2010

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  Redefining our lawns to save time and trouble / Storm Water

  The buzz might never rival a gasoline-powered mower, but there's growing noise out there about reenvisioning a cherished American tradition: the turfgrass lawn.

• Mon Jan 18, 2010

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  Winter 2010 SAN Connections- the SAN quarterly newsletter / Education and Outreach

  The quartertly newsletter of the Schuylkill Action Network (Winter 2010)

• Mon Jan 18, 2010

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  Art Contest Seeks to Bag ‘Poo-lution’ / Education and Outreach

  More than 389,000 dogs live in Philadelphia according to a formula used by the American Veterinary Medical Association, and while most owners pick up after their pets, not all of them do. That is why the Philadelphia Water Department, together with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, is asking students in grades six through 12 to film 30-second videos showing how pet waste is “poo-luting” local waters.

• Mon Jan 4, 2010

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  Parking lot project delayed / Storm Water

  Article about porous pavement project in Montgomery County

• Fri Jan 1, 2010

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  Many Welcome 2010 With Plunge Into Icy Water / General

  Tradition was kept alive in Pottstown, Montgomery County on New Years day. The borough's parks and recreation department helped organize a polar bear plunge into the Schuylkill River and a celebration at the adjacent Riverfront Park.

• Sat Jan 2, 2010

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  B-r-r-r-r-r-r-ave souls take polar bear plunge / Education and Outreach

  It was with this sanguine observation that Todd Crosley of Pottstown apparently convinced four other friends to leap into the Schuylkill River on New Year's Day.

• Fri Jan 1, 2010

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  Waterskiing sets the stage for an exciting new year / Education and Outreach

  With a sparse but enthusiastic crowd on shore, the Black Rock Skiers hosted their annual New Year's Day water-ski event on the Schuylkill River early Friday afternoon.

• Tue Dec 22, 2009

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  The Source Water, Climate & Carbon Connection / Planning

  Can water systems generate carbon credits though source water protection projects, and sell credits to pay for the projects?

• Mon Dec 7, 2009

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  Workshop to highlight progress on Schuylkill Watershed / Planning

  The Schuylkill Action Network is holding its annual workshop Dec. 7 to set new priorities and highlight past successes in improving the river's watershed.

• Mon Nov 16, 2009

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  Lower Merion Conservancy wants to preserve open space / Watershed Land Collaborative

  The Lower Merion Conservancy is headquartered in a cottage house, tucked and secluded in Rolling Hill Park down a shady path, past the ruins of a mansion that burnt down in the 1950s.

• Thu Nov 19, 2009

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  Conservancy Releases Results Of First-Of-A-Kind Study / Education and Outreach

  Officials in Berks County are taking a closer look at their surroundings. This morning, members of the Berks County Conservancy delivered the first ever State of the Environment Address. Officials with the conservancy are touting this study as the first of its kind in Pennsylvania.

• Tue Nov 10, 2009

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  Upper Pottsgrove wins award for open space / Watershed Land Collaborative

  UPPER POTTSGROVE — While our valiant Phillies may have been unable to lock down back-to-back World Championships on the baseball diamond, this township is becoming a champion at winning back-to-back awards for its efforts to preserve open space.

• Wed Nov 4, 2009

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  Albany to borrow $380,000 to buy land for park / Watershed Land Collaborative

  Albany Township is borrowing $380,000 to buy farmland that is targeted to become the township's first municipal park.

• Sat Oct 31, 2009

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  Letter to the Editor: A commitment to better water quality / Planning

  The Schuylkill Restoration Fund proves to be an important resource for the Schuylkill River.

• Thu Oct 29, 2009

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  Grants to fund restoration efforts at park in Ambler / Watershed Land Collaborative

  Ambler has received two grants that will pay for efforts to restore the natural habitat of its borough park.

• Wed Oct 28, 2009

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  Official: Focus funds on river / Watershed Land Collaborative

  The Montgomery County open space chairman recommended concentrating the county's limited preservation resources to land along the Schuylkill River.

• Fri Oct 23, 2009

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  Mine drainage treatment sites toured / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  Mine draining treatment systems toured in Schuylkill River Watershed

• Tue Oct 13, 2009

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  Kutztown students plant trees with Conservancy / Storm Water

  Kutztown students tree planting project with the Berks County Conservancy help protect watershed.

• Tue Oct 13, 2009

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  WHYY -Philadelphia's Water Department discusses new stormwater initiatives in the City / Storm Water

  HOWARD NEUKRUG, Director of the Philadelphia Water Department's Watersheds office, and prime mover behind a watershed-centric municipal water planning model that's been adopted in many parts of the country, will discuss what's happening in the area when it comes to runoff, and why we should care.

• Wed Oct 7, 2009

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  October 2009 SAN Connections / Education and Outreach

  SAN quarterly newsletter

• Mon Sep 28, 2009

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  Merck steps up to help Wissahickon watershed / Storm Water

  On Thursday, the pharmaceutical company announced it will spend $2.9 million overall as part of the Wissahickon Creek Restoration Supplemental Environmental Projects

• Mon Sep 28, 2009

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  Montco municipalities see hope in DEP meeting / Storm Water

  A Montgomery County municipal consortium hoped to use a recent meeting to express its concerns over new stormwater requirements to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

• Mon Sep 28, 2009

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  City of Philadelphia’s A Long Term Control Plan (available online) / Storm Water

  The City of Philadelphia’s Program for Combined Sewer Overflow Control: A Long Term Control Plan Update (LTCPU)

• Thu Sep 24, 2009

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  Development pressure still a challenge for Berks County farmers / Watershed Land Collaborative

  The county's farmland preservation program is exemplary, but the area continues to see sprawl transform once-rural landscapes.

• Fri Sep 11, 2009

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  Berks County Community Foundation Building designed to save energy, money / Education and Outreach

  Some items are from recycled materials; others will cut bills by saving energy, capturing rainwater for reuse By Darrin Youker Reading Eagle

• Fri Sep 4, 2009

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  1949 article talks about dredging the Schuylkill River / Abandoned Mine Drainage

  They're Cleaning up Pennsylvania's Foulest River- By Bill Wolf, The Saturday Evening Post, July 9, 1949

• Thu Jul 2, 2009

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  New Handbook Will Help Make Golf Courses More "Green" / Storm Water

  The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), in partnership with Land Studies, Inc., published the new Best Management Practices Handbook with financial assistance from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Growing Greener Grant Program.

• Mon Jun 1, 2009

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  Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Recognition Program - Submissions Requested / Storm Water

  The Philadelphia Water Department, Villanova University, Temple University and partners are currently accepting submissions for the 2009 Stormwater Best Management (BMP) Recognition Program. We are looking for innovative stormwater management projects that are already in the ground and that could serve as model demonstration projects. The selected projects will be highlighted at the Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Symposium, held at Villanova University, in October, 2009. Deadline for submissions = June 1st, 2009 For more information and to submit your project, please visit:

• Fri Apr 3, 2009

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  Local environmental organization warns action is necessary to save local water / Education and Outreach

  By JOE ROONEY The Phoenix Correspondent Editor’s Note: This is the third in a four-part series running through Saturday that will examine issues surrounding the Schuylkill River, local environmental concerns and public safety

• Thu Apr 2, 2009

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  River faces risks every day / Education and Outreach

  By Joe Rooney The Phoenix Correspondent Editor's note: This is the second in a four-part series running through Saturday that will examine issues surrounding the Schuylkill River, local environmental concerns and public safety. Today's piece continues an examination of the state of drinking water in the borough and its primary source, the Schuylkill River.

• Wed Apr 1, 2009

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  LIFEBLOOD OF THE BOROUGH - Is Phoenixville ready to tackle drinking water issues? / Education and Outreach

  Phoenix Correspondent Wednesday, April 1, 2009 By Joe Rooney Editor's note: This is the first in a four-part series running through Saturday that will examine issues surrounding the Schuylkill River, local environmental concerns and public safety. Today's piece examines the state of drinking water in the borough.