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Save time preparing to teach youth and adults about stormwater with this kit of hands-on materials needed to implement the Rain to Drain: Slow the Flow curriculum from Penn State Extension.

Whether on a farm, in your residential neighborhood, or on public lands, this informative event will cover how to protect one of our most essential resources, water. We will discuss popular best management practices for water quality, how to identify them, and how these practices keep our water clean.

Rain to Drain: Slow the Flow is a hands-on stormwater education curriculum available from Penn State Extension and Pennsylvania 4-H.

Flooding is a major concern during large storm events because of the potential for damage to homes, businesses, and roads. Riparian buffer owners also need to inspect for and repair flood damage to their young forests.

The Master Watershed Steward Program provides extensive training in watershed management to volunteers who, in return, educate the community about watershed stewardship based on university research and recommendations.

This publication addresses the complex issue of water quality as it is affected by solid wastes that have been mismanaged, including roadside dumps.

Information on stormwater solutions, rain gardens and rain barrels.

This article explains the benefits of using riparian buffers to protect the health of waterways, livestock, adjacent property, and all who drink and use water downstream.

Design criterion provided that can be used by engineers to properly size various dewatering control features used as part of the basin's principal spillway.

Water quality credit trading is a tool for reducing the cost of controlling nutrients and sediments that severely impact streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries.