Improving Schuylkill Waters Together Drop By Drop
What We've Accomplished!
784,035
Pounds of trash removed in the 2017 Schuylkill Scrub
9,200,000
Dollars funded and leveraged through the Schuylkill River Restoration Fund
14,000,000
Dollars invested in Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) projects
17.5
Percent of the Watershed is permanently protected
Latest News and Events
All News
Is it safe to swim in the Delaware or Schuylkill? What about Devil's Pool? It's complicated
August 16, 2019
Op-Ed: It's Time To Farm (And Eat!) Like The World Depended On It
August 16, 2019
By Jeff Moyer, Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA
AG Shapiro Urges Congressional Leadership to End Use of Harmful PFAS Chemicals
August 15, 2019
Upcoming Events
"On the Water: The Schuylkill River" Exhibit and Lunch 'n' Learns
Friday, July 19, 2019 12:00 PM to Sunday, January 5, 2020 12:00 PM
Join Independence Seaport Museum, James Lancel McElhinney, and guest speakers for a series of Lunch and Learn meetups to explore his installation, "O.T.W. – On the Water: The Schuylkill River", currently on view at the Museum through January 5, 2020. Dive into conversations celebrating the importance of the Schuylkill River as an historic nexus of American art, science, literature and commerce.
SAN Bus Tour
Friday, September 13, 2019 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Every late summer, SAN partners coordinate an annual bus tour of completed projects. The bus tour differs from year to year, visiting abandoned mine drainage treatment sites, agricultural restoration projects, stormwater best management practices, preserved lands and more!
About Us
The Schuylkill Action Network (SAN) is a collaborative network of over 100 partners working together to improve water resources in the Schuylkill River watershed. With "action" as SAN’s middle name, SAN partners have been working since 2003 to implement best practices across the Schuylkill River Watershed.
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