On May 14, RiverStewards announced it is making available a white paper on the One Water concept that breaks down the traditional silos of drinking water, stormwater and wastewater and comes up with solutions to manage all water as one system.
With a mussel hatchery in the future for the Schuylkill River, students in a UPenn field biology course used scientific rigor to ask how effectively these filter feeders might render the water clean.
U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Services announced it is making available up to $40 million in technical and financial assistance to help eligible conservation partners voluntarily protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands on agricultural lands. Click Here for more information and instructions on how to apply.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering grants to small, rural communities to help them deal with stormwater runoff problems through its Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program.