Westmoreland Conservation District Holds Green Infrastructure Tour

Written by Shannon Wehinger on September 7, 2018. Posted in Conservation District Project Spotlight, Mini-grant

WCD staff were on hand to talk about the swales, riparian buffer restoration, and monitoring project at the Westmoreland County Community College. Photo provided by WCD.

In June, the Westmoreland Conservation District (WCD) held a green infrastructure tour in the Turtle Creek, Sewickley Creek, and Jacobs Creek Watersheds. The tour highlighted how green infrastructure projects can help manage stormwater and reduce nonpoint source pollution. Among the attendees were municipal managers and engineers, elected officials, staff from a water and sewer authority, and staff from the urban redevelopment authority.

Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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