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Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 3-N: Establish and implement water conservation practices to reduce water consumption (continued).Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority4. Promote and establish a program forretrofitting homes and businesses forwater conservation practices through taxbreaks, rebates, and other incentives.Conservation Groups,Developers, DEP,Legislators,LandownersDEP, Private Sources Medium5. Establish guidelines that requireinstallation of low-flow devices for allnew construction.Conservation Groups,Developers, DEP,LegislatorsDEP, Private SourcesLowGoal 3-O: Conduct an assessment of natural and man-made impoundments, and implement recommendations toenhance their ecosystems.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Assess, control, monitor, and mitigateexotic species that directly affect lakeuses.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,DEP, PALMSDEP, DCNR, EPA,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium2. Assess and inventory lakes and ponds inthe watershed for size, use, water quality,and aquatic life.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,DEP, PALMSDEP, DCNR, EPA,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium3. Inventory dams for their uses, andevaluate maintenance versus removal,while considering public safety,recreation, and present use.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,DEP, USACE,American RiversDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium4. The Hereford Manor Lake Conservancy& Watershed Group, Inc. shouldcontinue to solicit the support from localand county governments to develop apartnership with the Pennsylvania Fishand Boat Commission to lease andprovide for the day to day managementand operation of the Hereford ManorLake property.Hereford Manor LakeConservancy andWatershed Group, Inc.,other localConservation Groups,PFBC, County and localGovernmentsPFBC, PARedevelopmentAssistance CapitalProgram (RCAP),Private Sources,FoundationsMedium5. Improve recreation and conservationefforts at Hereford Manor Lakes asrecommended within the HerefordManor Lakes Feasibility Study andMaster Plan with physical andprogrammatic improvements to the site.Hereford Manor LakeConservancy andWatershed Group, Inc.,other localConservation Groups,PFBC, County and localGovernmentsPFBC, PrivateSources, Foundations,WREN, DCNRMediumGoal 3-P: Reduce impacts caused by point and non-point source impairments.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Identify sources of bacteria pollution inBrush and Breakneck creeks to reduce toacceptable levels by working withlandowners and sewage authorities toreduce sewage contamination.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,DEPDEP, DCED, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh7-24
Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 3-P: Reduce impacts caused by point and non-point source impairments (continued).Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority2. Work with local and state agencies toenforce regulations protecting waterquality, particularly for High Quality andExceptional Value designated streams.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,DEP, PFBCPrivate Sources,FoundationsMedium3. Encourage the transfer of permitviolation fees to a local organization forwater quality improvements within thewatershed.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEPPrivate SourcesMedium4. Develop strong partnerships withPennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection to establishand implement Total Maximum DailyLoads for high priority tributaries.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEPDEPMedium5. Determine the impacts of salt and ashused for snow/ice removal on waterquality and investigate alternatives.Conservation Groups,Municipalities,Universities, PennDOTDEP, EPA, PennDOT,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium6. Encourage municipalities and PennDOTto utilize dry sweeping and otheralternatives as opposed to washingresidual salt, cinder, and debris fromroadways into storm drains andwaterways.Conservation Groups,Municipalities,PennDOTDEP, EPA, PennDOT,Private Sources,FoundationsLow7. Utilize and support updates to thePennsylvania Non-Point SourceManagement PlanConservation Groups,DEP, NRCS, PDADEP, Private Sources,FoundationsLowGoal 3-Q: Investigate methods to reduce impacts of acid precipitation.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Develop a monitoring network toidentify areas streams that are impairedby acid precipitation and its effects onaquatic life.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,Citizens, DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationsLow2. Conduct a demonstration project todetermine the effect land liming ofagricultural, forest, and strip-mined landshas on water quality throughneutralization of acidic waters.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationsLow3. Develop a land and/or water acidneutralization demonstration project todetermine if such treatment couldneutralize water pH.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationsLow7-25
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