Allegheny
County
Allegheny County recognized as a Groundwater Guardian Community since 1997
Explanation of Groundwater Guardian Award
Community Profile: http://www.groundwater.org/active/community.asp?id119
Contact: John P. Jeffries
Allegheny County Health Department
3901 Penn Ave, Bldg #5
Pittsburgh, PA 15224-1347
Phone: 412-578-8047 Fax: 412-578-8053
Email: jjeffries@achd.net
Website: www.county.allegheny.pa.us/
River Alert Information Network (RAIN), Grant Amount: $5,000
Project Title: From the River to the Tap: What you can do to Keep it Clean
Funding Source: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Source Water Protection 2011- 2012
Contact: Adrienne Buka, Network Coordinator 412-322-3821 Email: ab@riversidecenterforinnovation.com
Partners: Allegheny Land Trust, California University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Science Center
Focus: Project partners will form a Source Water Environmental Education Team (SWEET) to conduct community source water protection public education workshops for municipal officials, residents and children. The focus of the project is to provide the audience with opportunities to understand the “big picture” regarding threats to public drinking water sources, including natural gas development activities and abandoned mine drainage, and offer solutions that can be applied to the forty-three public water systems that comprise the RAIN network. Partners will create public drinking water educational materials including maps, brochures and an exhibit.
PA Environmental Council, Grant Amount: $4,075
Project Title: Allegheny County Downspout Disconnection Program
 Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2010- 2011
River, stream, watershed affected: Allegheny, Mongehela and Ohio rivers
Partners: Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Allegheny County, Etna Borough, Penn State Center- Engaging Pittsburgh, Nine Mile Run Watershed Association.
Focus: The Allegheny County Downspout Disconnection Program will educate residents and municipalities about the benefits of disconnecting downspouts to reduce stormwater entering combined sewer systems which exacerbates overflows into the region's 3 rivers. The partners will train residents on proper downspout disconnection techniques, enlist municipalities to participate in the disconnection program, and develop and print a Downspout Disconnect Brochure to provide illustrated guidance. (Insert) Based on urban studies, 100 average roofs disconnected from the sewer system will annually alleviate 2.6 million gallons of stormwater.
Three workshops were held. See workshop flyer.
Building Codes and Rain Barrels - Potential Conflict?
Contact: Janie French, Director of Green Infrastructure Programs, 412-481-9400, jfrench@pecpa.org
Allegheny County Parks, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2009- 2010
Project Title: Allegheny County Parks Educational Signage & Programs in Boyce Park
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Turtle Creek Watershed
Partners: Turtle Creek Watershed Assoc, Allegheny County CD, DEP District Mining Office
Focus: educate Allegheny County residents about the severe impacts of acid mine drainage on the watershed and a successful remediation project through interpretive signage at the site of a major passive treatment demonstration project in a public park, Boyce Park.
Contact: Andy Baechle – Director of Parks, Allegheny County, 215-348-9915, Email Andrew.Baechle@AlleghenyCounty.US
Earth Force, Inc., $5,000
 Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2009- 2010
Project Title: “Messages Upon the Mon” Teachers in Service
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Monogahela River
Partners: ALCOSAN (Allegheny County Sanitary Authority), City of Pittsburgh - Council District #3, Conservation Consultants, Inc.
Focus: raise awareness about the connection between polluted stormwater runoff and water quality by engaging approximately 30 K-12 educators in watershed education workshops, and enlisting school students to participate in the service learning project through a series of storm drain stenciling campaigns in an urban business district in Pittsburgh.
Contact: Lisa Bardwell, lbardwell@earthforce.org, 303-433-2956
Pennsylvania Resources Council, Allegheny Co, $5,000
 Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2008- 2009
Project Title: Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel Workshops
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Ohio River Watershed
Partners: Borough of Green Tree and Conservation Consultants Inc.
Focus: deliver ten Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel Workshops in Allegheny County with the goal of raising awareness and promoting action regarding issues such as nonpoint source pollution, combined sewer overflows and other sources of human impact plaguing the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio River Watersheds.
Contact: Dave Mazza 412-431-4449x209 davem@ccicenter.org
Riverside Center for Innovation, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Greene, Clarion, Butler, Fayette, Armstrong and Washington Co, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2008- 2009
Project Title: River Alert and Information Network (RAIN) Education and Outreach Program
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Allegheny, Youghiogheny, Monongahela and parts of the Ohio Rivers
Partners: River Alert and Information Network (RAIN) members and California University of Pennsylvania
Focus: educate and increase awareness of source water protection strategies via three major events (side 2) aimed at thirty-three drinking water suppliers in the Allegheny, Youghiogheny and Monongahela watersheds in eight southwest PA counties.
Read their Newsletter and Final Report. Congrats to RAIN on winning funding to install monitoring equipment.
Contact: Emily Buka 412-322-3523 eb@riversidecenterforinnovation.com
Peters Creek Watershed Association, Allegheny and Washington counties, $4,600
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2006- 2007
Project Title: Peters Creek Watershed Non-point Source Pollution Awareness Project
Area to be protected: Peters Creek
Partners: Jefferson Hills Borough; Washington County Conservation District; Jennifer Cramer, Teacher, West Jefferson Hills School District
Focus: use written materials, interpretive signage, and web based educational programs to instill in the citizens of Peters Creek watershed an incentive to adopt behaviors and encourage local policies that will reduce nonpoint source pollution in Peters Creek.
Contact: Tim Schumann, peterscreekwsa@verizon.net.
North Area Environmental Council, Allegheny County, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: The Pine Creek Watershed: From Awareness to Action
Area to be protected: Pine Creek Watershed
Partners: Township of Shaler and Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Focus: to produce a booklet, brochure, and table top displays to illustrate to citizens of the Pine Creek watershed the negative impacts of nonpoint source pollution and actions local government and property owners can take to protect the watershed.
Contact: Mary W. Wilson, 412-487-9542, kipperbeast@juno.com
Streets Run Watershed Association, Allegheny County, $4,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF
WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2002-2003
Project
Title: Streets Run Watershed Public Awareness Blitz
Area to be protected: Streets Run Watershed
Partners: Boroughs of Baldwin, Brentwood, West Mifflin and Whitehall
Focus: develop watershed awareness educational materials
Contact: Coreen Casadei, 724-934-1440, email: ccasadei@collectiveefforts.com
Crafton Boro Council
Watershed Assessment with Informational Brochure and Workshops Project
Area(s) to be protected: Lower Chartiers Creek Watershed
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Watershed Protection Project - 2001
Partner(s): Carlyton High School Students Senior Project,
Heather Papinchak and Danielle Uffelman
Focus: produce and distribute an educational brochure and arrange
community workshops.
Grant: $4,930
Contact: Heidi Munn, 412.920.6720, email: heidi.munn.b@bayer.com
Boro of Springdale
Wellhead Protection and Education
Project
Area(s) to be protected: Springdale
Boro Sand and Gravel Outwash Aquifer
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source Water Protection Projects - 2001
Partner(s): Allegheny Co Health Dept, PA Dept of Environmental
Protection, Allegheny Valley School District, PA Rural Water Assn,
Rachel Carson Homestead Assn, Boro of Springdale Wellhead Protection
Comm, and Cub Scout Pack 554
Focus: Purchase and demonstrate a groundwater simulator model
and produce written educational materials.
Grant: $5,000
Contact: J. Dugan, 724.274.6800, email: winklmanndanapr@aol.com
Hollow Oak Land Trust
(HOLT)
Area to be
protected: Montour
Run Watershed
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Watershed Education Projects - 2000
Partners:
Three Rivers Habitat Partnership, Pittsburgh Garden Place, Airport
Corridor Transportation Association, and Montour Trail Council
Focus:
Hollow Oak Land Trust (HOLT), will produce window displays on watershed
related topics for their storefront office in Coraopolis and distribute
educational materials to promote citizen awareness of watershed issues.
Grant: $1,250
Contact:
Janet Thorne, 412-264-5354, email: holt@trfn.clpgh.org
Montour Run Educational
Project- Phase I
Area(s) to be protected:
Montour Run Watershed,
Coraopolis, Moon Township, Findlay Township, North Fayette Township,
Allegheny County
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
- Drinking Water Source Water Protection Projects - 2000
Partners: Montour Run Watershed Association, Montour Trail
Council and the Boy Scouts of America Crew #652
Focus: The coalition will create educational brochures and
design and install educational signs on the Montour Trail.
Grant: $3,000
Contact: Alexander Ropelewski, 412.269.7738,
email: ropelews@psc.edu
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