Publications

Learn about pond beginnings with the Pond Maintenance, Construction and Ecology collection of publications. See what you can do with your pond once finished in the Government Agencies and Permits collection. Everything in between can be found in the Aquatic Plant Management, Backyard Ponds, Fisheries, and Farm Pond Safety publications offered here.

Information about the management, construction, and maintenance of wells, cisterns, and springs. Best management practices are included here along with resources for Pennsylvania's drinking water standards.

Information on the leading Water Quality issues. From tutorials on water testing to options for treatment of impaired water, these resources provide solutions for water quality issues.

Saving water on the farm, in the home, and in the community. Publications from the 4-H youth education program are also available here.

How much water is used and what it is used for. These publications include information on groundwater, and water use within agriculture and Marcellus Shale gas development. Topics also cover the Susquehanna, Ohio, and Delaware river basins.

Information on what to do before drilling a well, how to drill a well, how to use your well, and how to fix your well. There is also advice for low-yielding wells and tips on how to locate a water well using fracture trace mapping.

How to safeguard, design, and treat water cisterns and springs. Information on how to prevent bacteria from contaminating your drinking water.

Learn more about watersheds and how they work. Contamination, steps to prevent it, and how to restore waterways that are already damaged. Youth publications are available in this collection as well.