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Sojourns within the Schuylkill Watershed include:
Perkiomen Creek Sojourn -- Friday, September 12
-- Perki-Bay Youth Expedition -- Monday, June 22 - Friday, June 26
-- Schuylkill River Sojourn -- Saturday, August 15 - Wednesday, August 19
Our research shows that between 2010 and 2018, the number of poor Philadelphians living in neighbourhoods where water is unaffordable doubled to 54%. A Philadelphia tiered assistance program called TAP helps to make bills affordbale for people, some of which have thousands of dollars worth of intergenerational water debt, based on their ability to pay, like the energy sector has been doing for years. This improves compliance and living conditions for a large percentage of the city. This article discusses water debt across the country and the responses of the water industry.
Pennsylvania’s NHAs include Delaware and Lehigh, Schuylkill River Valley, Lackawanna Valley, Oil Region, and Rivers of Steel. Under the bill, funding caps would be removed and Congress would continue funding the NHAs for 15 years.
Applications are due on July 26, 2020, by 11:59 p.m. If you are interested in applying, contact Allyson Gibson (agibson@lancastercleanwaterpartners.com) or click here.
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The Schuylkill Action Network (SAN) is a collaborative network of over 300 partner organizations 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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