Worked with the Audubon Society in developing brochures to reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers in lawn care. Purchased stencils for Walnut Creek Middle School's storm sewer project. Purchased storm sewer filters that were placed by students in the parking lot of Walnut Creek Middle School to reduce nonpoint source runoff from entering Walnut Creek. The filters were analyzed by a local laboratory to determine what types of chemicals were passing through the storm sewers. This study initiated the development of an outreach program with a goal of informing the public on the need to keep their vehicles in proper working order to prevent nonpoint pollution.
Staff continues to pursue sign placement.
Year 4 Approach Initiate pilot projects with watershed groups that promote the decrease of non-point sources of pollution. Through its Growing Greener program DEP allocates grants for a number of environmental projects, including watershed grants to identify and correct nonpoint source problems in Pennsylvania watersheds. These grants have been beneficial in establishing local watershed groups that are interested in developing remediation projects on area streams. Pennsylvania Sea Grant would offer its help and expertise to watershed groups in the Lake Erie watershed and Delaware Estuary. The ECCS has developed an area on Mill Creek called Headwaters Park.