The state Department of Environmental Protection yesterday announced more than $34 million in funding for cleaning up stream waters across the commonwealth. $2.7 million of that is earmarked for the southwest portion of the state, and some of it will be put to use in Indiana County. Other funding in neighboring counties could impact streams that flow through Indiana County, and vice versa.
Funds specifically marked for Indiana County include $121,061 for the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy, Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team Water and Assistance Program. That portion of the funding will also be used in Cambria, Armstrong, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties.
There is also $200,000 in funding for the ongoing work of the Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation for repair of Growing Greener projects.
The grants come from DEP’s Growing Greener Plus program.
Southwest Region’s and Statewide Growing Greener Awardees:
Allegheny (3)
- Ohio Township, Pollutant Reduction Plan (PRP) Implementation, $115,000
- Nine Mile Run Watershed Association, Inc., Wilkinsburg Stormwater Resiliency Project, $581,589
- Borough of Sewickley Heights, Hunt Road Streambank Restoration and Culvert Improvement Project, $28,244
Beaver (1)
- Beaver County Conservation District, Raccoon Creek Streambank Remediation Phase 2, $25,285
Cambria (3)
- Headwaters Charitable Trust, Johnstown Inclined Plane Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Treatment ID and Design, $231,134
- Cambria County Conservation District, Laurel Run Stream Improvement Project, $20,400
- Cambria County Conservation District, The North Branch Blacklick Creek Stream Improvement Project – Phase II, $22,630
Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Centre (1)
- Trout Unlimited Inc., Streambank Stabilization in the Chesapeake Bay – A Collaborative Initiative to Improve Stream Health and Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution, $49,363
Cambria, Indiana, Armstrong, Somerset, and Westmoreland (1)
- Conemaugh Valley Conservancy Inc., Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team Water Monitoring and Assistance Program II, $121,061
Washington (3)
- Washington County Conservation District, Ten Mile Creek Watershed Agricultural Best Management Practice (BMP) Project, $467,295
- North Franklin Township, North Franklin Township Streambank Stabilization, $65,000
- Canton Township, Log Pile Run Floodplain Restoration, $63,100
Westmoreland (8)
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, First Presbyterian Church of Murrysville Stormwater Retrofit – Phase 2, $29,820
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, Westmoreland Heritage Trail Bridge Abutment and Streambank Stabilization Along Turtle Creek, $34,960
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, Irwin Park Parking Lots/ Streambank Stabilization, $85,756
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, Fox’s Stormwater Detention Improvements, $97,633
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, Derry Borough Municipal Water Authority Stormwater Retrofit, $113,500
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, Manor Borough Stormwater Retrofit, $133,500
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, Lowber Treatment Iron Removal and System Upgrades, $151,891
- Westmoreland County Conservation District, Brinkerton Treatment Iron Removal and System Upgrades, $277,238
Statewide (4)
- Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Inc, PA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, $1,522,910
- Pennsylvania Lake Management Society, Implementation of Lake BMPs Project IV, $468,790
- Pocono Northeast Resource Conservation Development Council, Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds (C-SAW) X, $703,638
- Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Quick Response 9: Fiscal Management for Repair of Growing Greener Projects, $200,000
