{"id":23671,"date":"2022-04-22T17:16:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=23671"},"modified":"2022-04-22T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:16:22","slug":"luzerne-and-somerset-conservation-districts-receive-pennvest-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=23671","title":{"rendered":"Luzerne and Somerset Conservation Districts Receive PENNVEST Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.pa.gov\/newsroom\/gov-wolf-announces-199-million-investment-in-water-infrastructure-projects-in-11-counties\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8030 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pennvestlogo-300x72.jpg\" alt=\"PENNVEST logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pennvestlogo-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pennvestlogo-768x184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pennvestlogo-1024x245.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Pennvestlogo.jpg 1353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Governor Tom Wolf announced the investment of $199 million for 13 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and non-point source projects across 11 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST).<\/p>\r\n<p>Two conservation districts received funding for Non-Point Source Projects.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Luzerne Conservation District <\/strong>\u2013 received a $630,000 grant to construct a concrete manure storage tank and associated transfer system and storm drainage components on the Kevin Drasher farm, a beef and dairy operation. The project will implement agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) and reduce 4,163 pounds of sediment and 4,937 pounds of nitrogen from the Chesapeake Bay watershed annually.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Somerset Conservation District<\/strong> \u2013 received a $682,638 grant to construct a circular manure storage structure and a roofed, heavy-use manure stacking area at the Joe Walker farm, a dairy operation in Summit Township. The project will eliminate 5,794 pounds of nitrogen annually and associated runoff into a tributary of the Blue Lick Creek and, ultimately, the Ohio River.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.pa.gov\/newsroom\/gov-wolf-announces-199-million-investment-in-water-infrastructure-projects-in-11-counties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to read the entire press release.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Tom Wolf announced the investment of $199 million for 13 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and non-point source projects across 11 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST). Two conservation districts received funding for Non-Point Source Projects. Luzerne Conservation District \u2013 received a $630,000 grant to construct a concrete manure storage tank and associated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}