Lawrence
County
Lawrence County Conservation District, Grant Amount: $3,760
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2010-2011
Project Title: Pharmaceutical Collection Program and Outreach
Area to be protected: Shenango, Slippery Rock, Mahoning and Beaver watersheds
Partners: PA American Water, Lawrence County Recycling/Solid Waste Department, Borough of Ellwood Sewer Authority, Jameson Health System.
Focus: The partners will sponsor a Pharmaceutical Collection event to collect and safely dispose of household unwanted medicines to prevent these contaminants from entering our wastewater, surface water and groundwater. Through publicity and contact with retail pharmacies, doctor offices and personal care homes, the partnership plans to develop and distribute newsletters, flyers, newspaper articles, press releases, utility bill inserts, and fact sheets to educate about human impacts of these emerging contaminants, to highlight safe disposal methods, and to use the knowledge gained to guide future efforts for alternative disposal options.
Contact: Megan Gahring,724-652-4512, mgahring@lawrencecd.org
PA Cleanways of Butler – Lawrence Counties, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2009- 2010
Project Title: Big Run Cleanup and Placemat Contest
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Big Run
Partners: Lawrence County Recycling/Solid Waste Dept, City of New Castle
Focus: conduct a comprehensive hands-on public education program to illustrate the effects of illegal dumping on the Shenango River, a source of drinking water for the City of New Castle, through the cleanup of an illegal dumpsite to re-beautify Big Run in Cascade Park, development of an educational video of the cleanup effort, and a placemat contest targeting students ages 8 to 18, which will produce 50,000 placemats featuring the winning student designs for outreach through local restaurants.
Contact: Jerry Zona – Executive Director, 724-658-6925, butlerlawrencecleanways@verizon.net
Volant Borough, Lawrence Co, $5000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Drinking Water Source Water Protection Protection Project 2007-2008
Project Title: Volant Area Source Water Protection Education Program
Area to be Protected: Neshannock watershed
Partners: PA Rural Water Association and Lawrence County Conservation District
Focus: educate citizens and students about how they can help protect the high quality groundwater and wells that provide the Borough's drinking water with demonstrations of the EnviroScape and Groundwater Simulator models in schools and at events such as the Volant Water Festival and by distributing to local restaurants quantities of the winning placemat from a design contest in the schools.
Read their Final Report.
Contact: Jeff Staul 724-662-4706 jhstaul@hotmail.com
volantborough@zoominternet.net
Volant Borough, Lawrence County; $1,950
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Drinking Water Source Water Protection Protection Project 2006-2007
Project Title: Volant Borough Source Water Protection Program
Area to be Protected: wellhead areas for Volant Borough
Partner: PA Rural Water Association
Focus:
implement part of their Wellhead Protection Program through a professionally designed display describing the local groundwater supply and the Neshannock Creek Watershed and how people can help protect water supplies in the area. The display will be placed near public restrooms in a community park where tourist traffic is high.
Contact: Jeff Staul, jhstaul@hotmail.com
Lawrence Conservation District, Lawrence County, $4,200
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Watershed Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: On-lot Septic System Workshop
Area to be Protected: North Fork Little Beaver Creek
Partner: Enon Valley Borough
Focus: conduct a workshop for homeowners in the Borough about the causes of nonpoint source pollution in North Fork Little Beaver Creek, especially failing septic systems, and the need to properly manage on lot septic systems
.Contact: Megan Murphy, 724-652-4512, mmurphy@lawrenceconservationdistrict.org
PA Cleanways of Lawrence County, $5,000
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Drinking Water Source Protection Project 2001
Project Title: Placemat Contest Project
Area(s) to be protected: Lawrence Co Watersheds
Partner(: League of Women Voters of Lawrence Co and Lawrence
Co Recycling/Solid Waste Dept
Focus: sponsor a placemat design contest for students and produce
and distribute placements with winning design to county restaurants.
Contact: Jerry Zona, 724.654.6041, email: zona@ccia.com
Trout Unlimited, Neshannock
Chapter, Lawrence and Mercer Counties, $2,750
Funded
by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
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Nonpoint
Source Pollution Prevention Grants - 1997-1998
Coalition
Partners: Mercer County Conservation District, Commissioners of
Lawrence and Mercer County
Contact: Jim LaLumia, 412-946-8658
Focus: To organize and present a workshop on the benefits and
processes of comprehensive watershed planning for Coolspring and Neshannock
Creek in Lawrence and Mercer Counties. Desired outcomes included a
pool of people from which a comprehensive planning team could be drawn.
Accomplishments: Disseminated watershed brochure to advertise
the group's efforts. Held workshop, including panel discussion topics,
and watershed tour in March 1998. Over 100 attended the day's events,
exceeding the project's goal of 60 attendees. Twenty-seven attendees
agreed to join the group's watershed protection efforts.
Successes, Obstacles, and Unanticipated Outcomes: Executive
Directors from both counties planning commissions became actively
involved in planning and promoting the event. Unfortunately, the County
Commissioners did not express similar interest, even though two Commissioners
from one county participated in the planned event. Team heard from
several landowners that were resistant to related watershed activities
sponsored by one partner organization.
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