Discovery Watersheds
Tools and approaches developed for nutrient and sediment reduction within Pennsylvania’s watersheds.
Protecting the land area in Pennsylvania that makes up each watershed is critical to maintain water quality and quantity for both human use and aquatic life. No matter where you live in Pennsylvania, you are part of many different watersheds. Each stream, pond, lake, and groundwater aquifer has a watershed that captures and delivers water to it.
Watershed Winds Newsletter
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2012 Pennsylvania Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report ReleasedMay 21, 2013This report is entitled the "2012 Pennsylvania Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report" (Integrated Report) and satisfies the requirements of both sections 305(b) and 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. The narrative report contains summaries of various water quality management programs including water quality standards, point source control and nonpoint source control. It also includes descriptions of programs to protect lakes, wetlands and groundwater quality. A summary of the use support status of streams and lakes is also presented in the narrative.
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Penn State Hosts 2013 Pennsylvania Groundwater SymposiumMay 20, 2013Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences recently hosted the 2013 Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium on May 8, 2013. The symposium was held during National Drinking Water Week in recognition of the importance of groundwater to both public and private drinking water supplies across Pennsylvania.
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Webinar to examine environmentally sustainable stormwater managementMay 13, 2013Penn State Extension will offer a Web-based seminar focusing on low-impact development, a stormwater-management strategy designed to mitigate the impacts of increased runoff and resulting pollution at noon and 7 p.m. May 15, "Low Impact Development and Smart Growth: How Are They Best Integrated and Utilized in Our Communities?" will give participants a look at how green infrastructure strategies make a difference.
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Private Water Supplies in PennsylvaniaMay 13, 2013Do you have a private water well, spring or cistern? If you do, you are one of the more than one million households in Pennsylvania that rely on them! And what may surprise you is that more than 20,000 new water wells are drilled each year in this state.
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Pennsylvania’s Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive SpeciesMay 6, 2013Finding new infestations of aquatic invasive species (AIS) early, before they have a chance to become established and spread, is extremely important for AIS control and management in Pennsylvania. Therefore, Pennsylvania Sea Grant developed Pennsylvania’s Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species to help agency field biologists, water conservation officers and others working in Pennsylvania’s waters to quickly and accurately identify potential new AIS infestations.
