Water Quality and Management
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ArticlesRoadside Guide to Clean Water
Recognizing good practices to protect water in your community. -
WorkshopsRiparian Buffer Maintenance
Gain hands-on experience and learn the basics of buffer maintenance during this in-person event! -
ArticlesCommon Live Stake Species for Residential Stream Repair
Information on silky dogwood and red-osier dogwood, ninebark, buttonbush, elderberry, and pussy willow--species that can be used as live stakes to repair streams. -
Guides and PublicationsStarting at $4.00
Simple Solutions for Your Eroding Backyard Stream
Publication providing in-detail steps, illustrations, and images to help you repair your eroding backyard stream. -
WebinarsBackyard Stream Repair Series
Length 1.5 hour twice a week for 2.5 weeksJoin this virtual series to learn simple and affordable techniques to help repair your stream. -
WebinarsFree
Recognizing Efforts to Keep Your Community's Water Clean
When Watch NowRecorded Jun 9, 2020Event Format On-Demand | RecordedWhether 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. -
Guides and Publications$39.00Watershed Decisions Activity Kit
A hands-on, inquiry based activity kit that helps older youth and adults learn about water quality issues in small watersheds and the decision making processes that go into improving those water quality issues. -
NewsBuffers Need Maintenance After Flooding
Date Posted 8/14/2018Flooding 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. -
ArticlesRoadside Dumps and Water Quality
This publication addresses the complex issue of water quality as it is affected by solid wastes that have been mismanaged, including roadside dumps. -
ArticlesPennsylvania Farm-A-Syst: Worksheet 9: Animal Waste Storage and Management
Runoff from livestock production facilities can carry potential pollutants that could contaminate water sources. If not managed properly, animal wastes can affect water quality and human health. -
ArticlesGreen Gardens Clean Water (Master Gardener Brochure)
Information on stormwater solutions, rain gardens and rain barrels. -
ArticlesManaging Phosphorus for Agriculture and the Environment
Phosphorus is an essential element for plant and animal growth, but too much of it can accelerate the natural aging of lakes and streams. -
ArticlesRiparian Buffers: Pennsylvania's Best Solution for Protecting Its Waters
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. -
Tools and AppsEndocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDC) Footprint Calculator
This footprint calculator will educate users about their consumption of EDC-containing products and help them to identify ways to reduce their footprint. -
ArticlesWater's Journey Through the Shale Gas Processes
Using publicly available information, we attempt to track and quantify current water use through the stages of the gas well development process. -
ArticlesA Primer on Water Quality Credit Trading in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Water quality credit trading is a tool for reducing the cost of controlling nutrients and sediments that severely impact streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries.
