upstream -> downstream spreading green city, clean waters upstream by chris crockett

Upstream -> DownstreamSpreading Green City, Clean Waters UpstreamOctober 28, 2013

www.phillywatersheds.org

Key Actions Needed Upstream

• Creation of Systems for Stormwater Currency• Coordinated & Planned Smart Growth• Forest Preservation• Agricultural Preservation and Management

EXAMPLE: GREEN CITIES, CLEAN WATERS

Green Cities, Clean Waters Concept

REGIONAL COORDINATION & PARTNERSHIPS FOR SOLUTIONS :

EXAMPLE: SCHUYLKILL ACTION NETWORKSCHUYLKILL RIVER RESTORATION FUND

• Spearheaded by EPA Region III, PWD, PDE, and PA DEP

• Formed to address priorities of Philadelphia’s Source Water Assessments

• Includes local watershed organizations, water suppliers, corporations, universities, and local, state and federal government

• Over 415 individual members

• 160+ organizations

• Recipient of 2004 EPA Targeted Watershed Initiative Grant ~ $1.4 million dollars for priority watershed projects

• Over $20 million leveraged for priority projects since 2003

Regional Coordination: Schuylkill Action Network (SAN)

www.schuylkillwaters.org

Schuylkill River Restoration Fund (SRRF)

• The SRRF provides grants to government agencies and non-profit organizations for projects that improve the quality of water in the watershed

• Over 30 projects since 2006– Acid mine drainage

– Agricultural remediation

– Stormwater runoff improvements

– High priority land protection

• $ 2.2 million contributed from:– Exelon Nuclear Corporation

– Philadelphia Water Department

– Aqua Pennsylvania

– Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Healthy streambank

Eroded streambank

BEFOREAFTER

A nearly completed concrete liquid manure storage unit will prevent the waste from contaminating rainwater runoff at this SRRF farm.

SRRF Farm BMP Projects

An animal walkway, animal crossing, manure storage unit and stormwater controls will prevent contaminated runoff from reaching the nearby stream in Schuylkill Watershed at this SRRF farm.

BEFORE

AFTER

Summary

• Philadelphia has very little control over its source water and is committed to addressing concerns facing our water supply through regional partnerships.

• By leveraging public and private resources, priority watershed protection projects can be accomplished to better protect a region’s drinking water supply