Stormwater Toolkit for Municipalities A Stormwater Education, Outreach, and Engagement Resource List for Municipalities
Online Tools
Municipality Website Examples Backyard Conservation Landscaping Website Websites created for multiple municipalities to help them meet MCM 1&2 by allowing residents Website for resident costshare program, to learn more about stormwater and how it “Reduce Your Stormwater.” Includes tools to directly relates to them. With proper resources, help homeowners create native habitats and a website can be customized to your residents. attract wildlife to their back yard.
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Homeowner’s Guide To Stormwater Website Watersheds Website
An online tool that makes it simple for a Website designed to promote and foster homeowner to map their property, understand watershed protection efforts throughout how stormwater is generated, and create a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. plan for installing practices like rain gardens and rain barrels on their property. Contact: Lancaster County Conservation District Contact(s): Lancaster County Conservation District, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center
Tour de Chiques – MP3 First Investigation of Stream Health (FISH) Interactive tour designed to educate and inform visitors about key location within the Chiques Citizen science tool to engage public in Creek Watershed monitoring stream health after restoration projects are installed. Contact: Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance Contact: Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center, Penn State Extention
Website/Newsletter Monitoring Stations Website that has helpful information regarding Monitoring network that continuously water quality improvements. Shares grant measures and reports water quality conditions opportunities, upcoming events, and of smaller rivers and streams. information related to the Lancaster County Clean Water Consortium. Could be used to Contact: Susquehanna River Basin Commission advertise workshops and stormwater information.
Contact: Lancaster County Clean Water Consortium
Contacts for Online Tools
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay – Jenna Mitchell ([email protected])
Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance – Steve Gergely ([email protected]) Lancaster County Clean Water Consortium – Joellyn Warren ([email protected])
Lancaster County Conservation District – Matt Kofroth ([email protected]) Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center – Kristen Kyler ([email protected])
Penn State Extension – Jennifer Fetter ([email protected]) Susquehanna River Basin Commission – ([email protected])
Handouts
Green Infrastructure Information for Stormwater Management Practice Residents Operation and Maintenance Manual
Information on green infrastructure, native A manual that explains how to properly use and plants, etc. maintain stormwater management practices.
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Contact: Philadelphia Water
Community Educational Materials Sustainable Landscape Manual
Single-page fact sheets on 9 stormwater related Certification for sustainable landscapes that topics, developed as part of the Lancaster piggy-backs on the Pennsylvania Certified Chamber of Commerce’s Impact Lancaster Horticulturist. The program certifies knowledge campaign. in the area of using plants to provide ecosystem services. Contact: Rettew Associates Contact: Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association
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Homeowner’s Guide to Stormwater
A guide to help homeowners understand what stormwater is, why it can be a problem, and how they can manage stormwater on their property. The guide walks you through how to develop and implement a stormwater management plan for your property. Contact: Lancaster County Conservation District, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center
Contacts for Handouts
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay – Jenna Mitchell ([email protected])
Lancaster County Conservation District – Matt Kofroth ([email protected])
Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association – [email protected]
Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center – Kristen Kyler ([email protected]) Philadelphia Water – http://www.phila.gov/water/PDF/Retrofit-O.M.Manual.pdf Rettew Associates – http://www.rettew.com/ms4/
Workshops
MS4 Training Workshops Rain Barrel Workshop Education on water conservation and how to Training on MS4 planning and collaboration manage stormwater with speakers, panel sessions, etc. Contact: Lancaster County Conservation Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay District
Erosion & Sedimentation Contractor Education Programs for Schools Workshop Various programs on water, soil, and wildlife to Annual E&S workshop focusing on current E&S various audiences. issues and updates Contact: Lancaster County Conservation Contact: Lancaster County Conservation District District
First Investigation of Stream Health Model Rain Garden (FISH) Scale rain garden that can be taken to events Citizen science tool to engage public in and used to show how rain gardens work. monitoring stream health after restoration projects are installed. Contact: Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance Contact: Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center, Penn State Extension
Rain to Drain – Slow the Flow SWEEP
Series of activities that lead youth and adults to Exploration of local rivers and streams in a better understanding of the movement of central Pennsylvania, monitoring the effect of stormwater in natural and developed land uses on water quality. The program communities. A great introduction to green utilizes macro-invertebrate surveys, water infrastructure and stormwater best chemistry, testing, and other sampling and management practices. observation techniques.
Contact: Penn State Extension Contact: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Contractor Training Speaker Panels/Municipal Training
Training program that teaches contractors the Designed to help local governments comply importance of structural soils and how they can with water pollution control requirements be used to manage stormwater. associated with their MS4 program and their obligation to implement and document their Contact: Lancaster County Conservation activities to meet the requirements. District Contact: Lancaster County Clean Water Consortium
Engineer Round Table Waste Disposal
Engineer round table meetings on a semi- Recycling center in Lancaster County that uses regular basis to provide an opportunity for technology to produce clean, renewable energy engineers to discuss pressing issues, lessons offering educational tours and community learned, and more. events.
Contact: Lancaster County Clean Water Contact: Lancaster County Solid Waste Consortium Management Authority
Hazardous Waste Disposal Compost Workshops
Utilize table-top model to demonstrate dangers Teach residents how to recycle organic waste of improper usage and disposal of hazardous from their kitchens and gardens instead of materials. putting it in the trash. Contact: Lancaster County Solid Waste Contact: Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority Management Authority
Drinking Water and Septic System Public Works Training Workshops Courses that review stormwater regulations Provides information on protecting, testing, and and requirements for the operation and treating private water supplies as well as maintenance of stormwater facilities. workshops that will discuss septic system inspection and maintenance. Contact: Pennsylvania’s Local Technical Assistance Program Contact: Penn State Extension
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Water Quality Volunteer Coalition Master Naturalist Training program that teaches retired seniors Training to prepare citizens to become to monitor local streams throughout Lancaster volunteer leaders in their communities through County. natural resource conservation education, citizen science, and stewardship. Contact: Lancaster County Conservation District Contact: Lancaster County Conservation District
Watershed Decisions A hands on, inquiry based activity that helps older youth and adults learn about water quality issues surrounding small watersheds and the decision making processes that go into improving those water quality issues.
Contact: Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center, Penn State Extension
Contacts for Workshops
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay – Jenna Mitchell ([email protected])
Chesapeake Bay Foundation – [email protected] Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance – John Haldeman ([email protected])
Lancaster County Clean Water Consortium – Joellyn Warren ([email protected]) Lancaster County Conservancy – Fritz Schroeder ([email protected]) ([email protected])
Lancaster County Conservation District – Matt Kofroth ([email protected]) Sallie Gregory ([email protected])
Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority – Allison Vollmer ([email protected]) Barbara A. Baker ([email protected])
Pennsylvania’s Local Technical Assistance Program – https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/LTAP/default.as.px Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center – Kristen Kyler ([email protected])
Penn State Extension –Jennifer Fetter ([email protected])
Penn Township – Mark Hiester ([email protected]) Events
Watershed Expo Watershed Day
General watershed education to a wide Education of 4th graders in Manheim Central audience. District on water topics.
Contact: Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance Contact: Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance
Spring Sports Show Fishing Derby Sports show for residents with an education Fishing event for young kids and families. focus. (Fishing, hunting, boating, and more,) Contact: Donegal Fish and Conservation Contact: Donegal Fish and Conservation Association Association
Creek Stomp
Family activity at Logan and Mummau Park where children can enter the stream and learn about the importance of stewardship. Contact: Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance
Contacts for Events
Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance –Steve Gergely ([email protected]) Deb Seibert ([email protected]) Sara Gibson ([email protected])
Donegal Fish and Conservation Association – Brian Cunningham ([email protected])
Miscellaneous
GIS Display Ag Buffer Program
Shows property owners what BMPs and CBF and partners work with farmers and stormwater pipes are located around their landowners throughout the region to property. implement conservation projects that will improve water quality and enhance farm Contact: Mt. Joy Township profitability.
Contact: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Greening the Lower Susquehanna Master Gardeners Volunteer Conservation Corp Group that is willing and able to educate Over 400 volunteers who can help with individuals and groups on topics such as installation, maintenance, and clean up of vegetable and flowering gardening, plant streamside plantings, rain gardens, and other selection, composting and soil health, best management practices. controlling pests safely, pollinator gardening, pruning and more. Contact: Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center, Penn State Extension Contact: Penn State Extenstion
Fish Hatchery Model BMP’s ¼ mile loop walking trail that traverses Fish nursery that is used to stock Donegal Creek through meadows, by several rain gardens, and Contact: Donegal Fish and Conservation alongside a maturing wooded riparian buffer. Association Contact: Penn Township
Contacts for Miscellaneous
Chesapeake Bay Foundation – [email protected]
Donegal Fish and Conservation Association – Brian Cunningham ([email protected]) Mt. Joy Township – ([email protected])
Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center – Kristen Kyler ([email protected]) Penn State Extension –Jennifer Fetter ([email protected]) Lois Miklas ([email protected])
Audiences to Target
Contractors Municipal/Public works Staff Landowners/Home owners associations Businesses (Auto detailing, golf courses, industries, etc.) PennDot, Amtrak, etc. Large campuses (Retirement communities, colleges, etc.) Places of worship Youth groups (Scouts, schools, camps, etc.)