Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation Plan - Western ...

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