Stormwater

Demonstrations & Tours

Berks County
Berks County Conservation District - Lyn O'Hare, Project Leader
1238 County Welfare Rd.
Leesport, PA 19533-0520
(610) 372-4657
Mini-Grant Funds: $2,500 Audience: Municipal Officials, Designers, Developers, Contractors, Educators, Homeowners
Stormwater BMP Trail Educational Materials - Signage
Description: Reduce nonpoint source pollution and improve local watershed(s) through BMP Site Educational Signage that focuses on stormwater best management practices.
Expected Outcomes: Target audience increases knowledge of NPs pollution, local watershed(s), role audience plays in making a positive difference, role BMPs play; Target audience implements BMPs.
Program Year: 07/08

Bucks County
Bucks County Conservation District - Mary Ellen Noonan, Project Leader
1456 Ferry Rd, Suite 704
Doylestown, PA 18901
(215) 345-7577 x101
Mini-Grant Funds: $2,499 Audience: Garden clubs, homeowners, school/scout groups, businesses
Rain Gardens for Clean Streams
The district developed and distributed brochures, developed and offered a PowerPoint program for presentations, produced and distributed newspaper/newsletter articles and planned and installed a demonstration rain garden in a public location.
Click here for sample products created by this project.
Program Year: 06/07

Fayette County
Fayette County Conservation District - Heather Fowler and Heather Knupsky, Project Leaders
10 Nickman Plaza
Lemont Furnace, PA 15456
(724) 438-4497
Mini-Grant Funds: $498 Audience: general, county residents
Storm Drain Stenciling Project
The Fayette Conservation District conducted a storm drain stenciling project to bolster awareness in regard to "Where trash and other pollutants from streets and parking lots go." They have contacted a number of area watershed groups and schoolteachers who have conducted similar projects and expressed interest in participating. Educational brochures were distributed in conjunction with the stenciling project.
Program Year: 01/02

Lebanon County
Lebanon County Conservation District - Stephanie Harmon, Project Leader
2120 Cornwall Road, Suite 5
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 272-3908, ext. 4
Mini-Grant Funds: $2,500 Audience: Municipal government, conservation organizations, citizens
Lebanon County's MS4-Storm Drain Marking Project
This project educated county residents about the importance of protecting water quality through a collaborative storm drain marking effort.
Click here for sample products created by this project.
Program Year: 04/05

Monroe County
Monroe County Conservation District - Darryl Speicher, Project Leader
8050 Running Valley Road
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
(570) 629-3060
Mini-Grant Funds: $2,491.66 Audience: residents
Storm Drain Marking
The district, with local partners, stenciled storm drains to raise awareness of nonpoint source pollution.
Program Year: 04/05

Montgomery County
Montgomery County Conservation District - Monica Tarantino,
Jeff McKenna, Elizabeth Emlen, Project Leaders
1015 Bridge Road, Suite B
Collegeville, PA 19426
(610) 489-4506
Mini-Grant Funds: $749.95 Audience: citizens
Stormdrain Stenciling
Raising awareness in urban and suburban areas about nonpoint source pollution of streams. An educational pamphlet and storm drain painting effort emphasize that local stormdrains empty into streams and pollutants find their way downstream affecting the entire ecosystem of the watershed.
Program Year: 96/97