Energy Industry in Northeast Pennsylvania
The Speakers conference on growing Pennsylvania industries and business activity around and beyond the drilling of Marcellus Shale gas. The overall theme of this conference is how Pennsylvania – specifically the Northeast and North central regions – can take advantage of Natural Gas resources to build a thriving, diverse economy that will not only weather the ups and downs of commodity prices, but will last for generations to come.
The event will be held on the campus of the Keystone College, just west of the city of Scranton. Full details are below:
The Energy Industry in Northeast Pennsylvania: Local Benefits and Downstream Development
Keystone College, Brooks Hall Theatre
One College Green
La Plume, PA 18440
Thursday, May 14, 2015
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
The event will feature a series of speakers who will share a variety of perspectives regarding the development of the industry, its impact on local business and job growth, and the potential for future downstream development.
Representatives from local business, government, and education will all be present. Topics may include:
Local business role in the Marcellus supply chain
The benefits of affordable natural gas to manufacturing
Contributions to local government revenues
Job training
Natural gas vehicles and fuels
To Register for this event.
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Keystone Clean Water Team is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Unsolicited donations are appreciated (Helps us complete our mission), but we also do local educational workshops and local cellphone/small electronic recycling programs. If you would like to set up a program to help recycle cellphones at an event, business, or other organization. Through our program we can recycle cell phones, iPods, game systems, and small digital cameras. If your interested, please contact us. Our new PSAs.
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Heating and Cooling from the Earth Engine
When people think of renewable energy, their first thought is typically solar power or wind energy. In Pennsylvania, the most natural and renewable energy system available to meet the heating and cooling needs for residential, commercial and recreational needs is a geothermal or a ground-source heating and cooling system. These systems come with a variety of configurations and a single system can heat or cool a home without natural gas, coal, oil or biomass. However, some electric is required to run the system.
This relatively obscure technology is robust, proven and available now to those willing to understand the simple beauty of these systems.
A geothermal system moves and stores energy rather than producing energy through combustion or resistance. Geothermal systems work by exchanging hot or cold air from the home with the stable stored energy in the ground, rather than by converting chemical energy to heat. This is a renewable energy system that is very efficient and has enough flexibility to fit a variety of applications. Some added benefit in addition efficiency is that geothermal energy creates no pollution to our air or water and other than electricity, they eliminate the need to purchase highly processed petrochemical fuel from less than environmentally conscious producers.
While the air temperature in Pennsylvania can vary from -20 degrees Fahrenheit in the coldest part of winter to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, the Earth’s temperature a few feet under the surface is essentially the same in winter and summer. In the winter, the system can heat a home using the Earth’s relatively warm core energy. In the summer, the same system can cool the home with the Earth’s relatively cool mass. Year-round, geothermal systems can produce hot water. Geothermal heat pumps have an efficiency of over 300 to 500 percent (meaning they get a payback of 3 to 5 times the energy used to run the system). This efficiency provides the heating/cooling needs at a cost that is 30 to 70 percent less expensive than conventional energy systems, without combustion, carbon dioxide, methane, water pollution or the waste generated by other energy systems.
Geothermal ground-source heating and cooling systems work during the night when the sun is blocked by clouds and when the wind is not blowing. While electricity costs may vary, geothermal costs don’t fluctuate like natural firewood, gas, coal and heating oil. The ground-source system comes in a variety of configurations to easily fit new home construction or homes with a more conventional, existing duct-based heating and cooling systems.
The geothermal system has three main components: connection to the Earth, delivery and distribution system and a geothermal heat pump. The Earth connection allows the system to pull or store heat in the Earth. In heating mode, the system uses the Earth connection to pull a small quantity of heat from the Earth to heat a person’s space. In cooling mode, the system does the reverse and transfers heat from the air back to the Earth.
The distribution system can be a series of vertical connections or loops buried in the ground that transfer and help to distribute the energy. The geothermal heat pump is very efficient energy transfer system that moves the energy from the building to the transfer fluid.
The system does require an electrical source to run the heat pumps and circulation system and it is critical that an existing home have a formal energy audit done prior to installing a system. New construction should use green building and energy efficient insulating systems so the system can be properly sized. The Residential Energy-Efficient Property Credit provides a 30 percent tax credit toward the cost of alternative energy equipment installed on or in a home or business. With these credits, payback on installation is about 10 years+.
Pennsylvania residents could benefit from lower energy costs, elimination of water and air pollution and a significant reduction of the expensive and environmentally destructive infrastructure of fossil fuels by adapting geothermal systems as soon as possible.
To learn more about geothermal energy, visit the Keystone Clean Water Team at CarbonWaters.org or Duane Moyer Well Drilling at MoyerWellDrilling.com.
Article published in the April Addition of Natural Awakenings Magazine
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We have offered “Free” Assistance to this effort, but if you are a private well owner that needs assistance we are happy to help.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests !
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Keystone Clean Water Team is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Unsolicited donations are appreciated (Helps us complete our mission), but we also do local educational workshops and local cellphone/small electronic recycling programs. If you would like to set up a program to help recycle cellphones at an event, business, or other organization. Through our program we can recycle cell phones, iPods, game systems, and small digital cameras. If your interested, please contact us. Our new PSAs.
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Coatesville Solar Panel Energy Initiative – Exton Pennsylvania
Press Release – Exton, PA Dec. 31, 2014
When the power grid that currently feeds electricity to our hospitals, police stations, homes or electric cars goes down, in a natural disaster like Hurricane Sandy, it will be the microgrids that will come on and will power us back up.
“Think of it like we think of ‘Locally-grown produce,’ ” says Bob Keares, of Keares Electric, developer of the Coatesville Solar Initiative (CSI). “When the Coatesville Solar Farm goes live, it will, by regulation, become a microgrid for part of the Coatesville area. That’s comparable to locally grown apples, tomatoes and corn. If the container ships that deliver fresh fruit and vegetables to us from across the globe could not make it into port due to a natural or man-made disaster (and thus to our supermarkets), our own “locally grown” products could then sustain us. It’s the same way with the solar farm. We are literally harvesting electricity, on a local basis.”
The benefit (and strength) of the solar farm is not only illustrated in the production of total renewable energy for the Coatesville Area High School (CASH). It will also be demonstrated in a disaster, for example, such as last week’s snowstorm in Buffalo, where power was cut off to municipalities, thus crippling much-needed services. With a microgrid in place, power (reserved in batteries) will be available for local use. The CSI microgrid will be on call 365 days a year, and 24 hours a day, ready with the clean, renewable power the solar farm produces.
David Ferris, of Forbes Magazine (July, 31, 2013) explains it in this way, “A microgrid is a lot more than just backup power… It is a system that blends power from the utilities with local power whether there is an outage or not. Few large-scale examples of microgrids yet exist, but here is what one is intended to do. It reduces emissions by scaling down the power arriving from faraway, carbon-spewing coal or natural-gas plants, while adding in local sources like fuel cells, biomass plants, and solar and wind power installations. It prioritizes power needs so that during a blackout, the most crucial elements stay on (like data centers) while the less important ones (like coat closets) are let go. It gives a user some control over the power supply instead of just begging to the power company. And it does all this autonomously and without a flicker in the lights.”
In addition to serving as a microgrid, the Coatesville Solar Initiative (CSI) will provide 100% of the energy needs for the Coatesville Area Main Campus (CAMC) for the next 25 years. CSI will construct two (2) 2.4 MW farms producing approximately 6.3 plus million KwHs of power covering 26 acres of the 48-acre parcel located adjacent to the school. It is estimated CASD by the year 2039 will have saved a total of $3.0 to $6.0 million dollars in energy costs. CAMC includes the High School, its athletic facility and outdoor lighting.
CSI will also be providing the CASD with an electric vehicle and three electric vehicle-charging stations to power it, to be used by staff or students that may want to bring their electric vehicle to work and or school. Plus, included in the CSI package is LED lighting at the high school on main campus, as well as LED lighting on poles at Rainbow Elementary. Three solar-education kiosks will be developed, which can be moved from school to school. These savings (in excess of $365,000.00) are all “no cost benefits” to the school district. The statement of sustainability and energy conservation are being made, and will help benefit students of all ages including staff and administration from all areas of studies.
Not to mention, the geographic region of Coatesville in a power outage emergency.
For information on this project, kindly contact the Coatesville Solar Initiative at Keares Electrical Contracting at 610-363-8160 or visit
http://www.gogreencsi.com/
Release Prepared and submitted by: For more information on this release, kindly contact Melinda Williams at The Williams Group, 610-518-4888 or visit www.thewilliamsgroup.info
Other educational programs or training
Green Design – Sustainability and Historic PreservationStormwater Harvesting
Certificate in Sustainability (University Program)
Global Communities and Building a Sustainable Future
Solar Energy Generation
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests !
For more information, please go to CCGG’s About Page or contact us. Follow us on Twitter
Keystone Clean Water Team is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Unsolicited donations are appreciated (Helps us complete our mission), but we also do local educational workshops and local cellphone/small electronic recycling programs. If you would like to set up a program to help recycle cellphones at an event, business, or other organization. Through our program we can recycle cell phones, iPods, game systems, and small digital cameras. If your interested, please contact us.
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New Pubic Service Announcement – Private Well Owner Screening Program
Keystone Clean Water Team is proud to announce that our first Pubic Service Announcement is available. Based on the feedback obtained by the private well owner survey, the private well owners in Pennsylvania indicated that needed assistance with reviewing water quality data, they were looking for a low cost screening test for their drinking water, and looking for guidance on issues related to water quality problems. We have addressed these problem through the New Private Well Owner Water Quality Screening Program. The program is simple and cost-effective.
The following is the public service announcement:
As part of this informational water test program, we are testing for total bacteria, E. coli, pH, conductivity, iron, manganese, nitrate, total dissolved solids, total hardness, and alkalinity. If you are looking for comprehensive testing, please visit Informational Testing Website or visit our certified baseline testing website. Our Flier !
The program is simple.
Step 1: Download an information and order form.
Step 2: Return the form with payment for the first year the cost is $ 60.00 to cover the shipping of the first water quality kit. We will include a numbered copy of the sample information return form.
Step 3: When you get the sampling kit, fill the bottles and return it to the Keystone Clean Water Team.
Step 4: In about 2 weeks or less, you will get an email and hardcopy of the testing results with a review, plus a $ 10.00 coupon towards the cost of another water screening kit and our booklet on Groundwater Quality in Pennsylvania. Review, Coupon, and Booklet have a combined total value of $ 75.00
We are looking to host community education events and we are looking for support for this program. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
If you are a certified laboratory, professional association, or other Association and you would like to be part of this network, please contact us.
We also offer educational workshops on this topic and help provide citizens evaluate their water quality.
If you want to be added to the Water Research Newsletter.
Volunteer
We seek new people at all skill levels for a variety of programs. One thing that everyone can do is attend meetings to share ideas on improving the Keystone Clean Water Team (CCGG Program), enabling us to better understand and address the concerns of well owners. We look for people that can forward solid articles, help coordinate local education efforts, and more. Become part of the Keystone Clean Water Team!.
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests ! Get educated on Drinking Water Quality in Pennsylvania.
For more information, please go to CCGG’s About Page or contact us.
Keystone Clean Water Team /Carbon County Groundwater Guardians is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The IRS Officially Approved Name change to the Keystone Clean Water Team by the IRS. Unsolicited donations are appreciated (Helps us complete our mission).
Help the Organization and Get Your Water Tested or Order the Private Well Owner Guide (proceeds benefit This Organization).
High Performance, Passive and Zero Net-Energy Homes Wayne County Pennsylvania
igh Performance, Passive and Zero Net-Energy Homes
Tuesday July 15th at 7:00pm at the Park Street Complex, located near Wayne Memorial Hospital, off Rt 6, at 648 Park Street.
Everyone wants to save money and energy, especially if you’re thinking of building a new house or for any major renovation. A public presentation on Tuesday, July 15th will address how to design, model and construct high performance, super-insulated homes, even to point of having the building be zero net-energy, i.e. where all the annual energy it uses is less than the energy generated. All are welcome to attend this free forum at the Park Street Complex in Honesdale at 7:00pm to 9:00pm. The forum is sponsored by your local non-profit group SEEDS (Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support) of Northeastern PA.
Rob Lewis and Jack Barnett will lead the discussion, which will include super-insulated walls designs for air tight envelopes, passive gains for lighting, heating and cooling, household systems and appliances for energy conservation and modeling the whole building’s energy usage to properly size an energy generation system, such as solar photovoltaic.
Rob Lewis lives in Shavertown, PA and is a principal with Bakker & Lewis Architects. Jack Barnett is a SEEDS board member, interim board president of the newly formed Clean Energy Cooperative Inc. for Wayne and Pike counties, and owner of a ‘nearly’ zero net-energy solar home near Hawley, PA. Rob has been personally and professionally interested in high performance buildings since 1980. He and his partner, Margaret Bakker, designed Jack’s house, which was completed in 2008.
“We want to keep people informed about the latest developments in home building methods for maximum energy efficiency,” says SEEDS Executive Director, Jocelyn Cramer. “This forum will be highly useful to those in the building trades, and anyone interested in renovations to their present home or considering new construction.”
SEEDS, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable energy and living in Northeast Pa. For a full list of its forums and other programs, visit www.seedsgroup.net, or contact their office on 570-245-1256, or upstairs at the Cooperage, 1030 Main Street, Honesdale.
Featured Courses
Energy Audit
Alternative / Renewable Energy Systems
Sustainability / Green Design
Volunteer
We seek new people at all skill levels for a variety of programs. One thing that everyone can do is attend meetings to share ideas on improving the Keystone Clean Water Team (CCGG Program), enabling us to better understand and address the concerns of well owners. We look for people that can forward solid articles, help coordinate local education efforts, and more. Become part of the Keystone Clean Water Team!.
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests ! Get educated on Drinking Water Quality in Pennsylvania.
For more information, please go to CCGG’s About Page or contact us.
Keystone Clean Water Team /Carbon County Groundwater Guardians is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The IRS Officially Approved Name change to the Keystone Clean Water Team by the IRS. Unsolicited donations are appreciated (Helps us complete our mission).
Help the Organization and Get Your Water Tested or Order the Private Well Owner Guide (proceeds benefit This Organization).
Do It Yourself Solar – Honesdale Pennsylvania- Free Training
Tuesday – Jun 17, 2014 and June 24, 2014 at 7:00 pm at the Park Street Complex; 648 Park Street, Honesdale
Anyone interested in solar technology, who wants to learn more about a less expensive Solar Do-It-Yourself option should attend!
This is a FREE hands-on workshop teaching you about:
- solar photovoltaic (PV) – electric generating panels
- the costs and return on your solar investment
- how to install the DIY solar panels
NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY TO ATTEND.
Blair Buselli, of Buselli Plumbing and Heating, a local family plumbing business in operation for over 30 years, will be conducting this two night workshop. Blair is a PA & NY approved installer, and NABCEP Certified Installer. Blair started Shekinah Solar and has been installing solar in our area since 2009.
The first session on June 17th will include an overview of solar installation, how it works, and how to determine if your home is in a good location for solar. We will also cover solar economics – how much it costs, and what kind of a return you can expect on your solar investment.
The second session will cover installation training: including the racking, panels, inverters and wiring. We will cover proper labeling, permitting requirements, utility inspection and net-metering agreements and monitoring systems to oversee your electric generation.
There will be an opportunity to buy DIY solar kits at the end of the workshop. SEEDS is committed to educating our community on renewable energy, and purchase is NOT required.
This workshop is free and open to the general public. Coffee/Tea and baked goods will be served.
At the Park Street Complex; 648 Park Street, Honesdale
near Wayne Memorial Hospital
Registration is encouraged, but not required.
Email jocelyn@seedsgroup.net or call (570) 245 – 125
Program offered by SEEDS
Volunteer
We seek new people at all skill levels for a variety of programs. One thing that everyone can do is attend meetings to share ideas on improving the Keystone Clean Water Team (CCGG Program), enabling us to better understand and address the concerns of well owners. We look for people that can forward solid articles, help coordinate local education efforts, and more. Become part of the Keystone Clean Water Team!.
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests ! Get educated on Drinking Water Quality in Pennsylvania.
For more information, please go to CCGG’s About Page or contact us.
Keystone Clean Water Team /Carbon County Groundwater Guardians is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The IRS Officially Approved Name change to the Keystone Clean Water Team by the IRS. Unsolicited donations are appreciated (Helps us complete our mission).
Help the Organization and Get Your Water Tested or Order the Private Well Owner Guide (proceeds benefit This Organization).
Green Cleaning – Sustainable Energy Education Development Lake Wallenpaupack
A free workshop on how and why to clean your home and body without harsh chemicals. Location PPL Lake Wallenpaupack, May 20 @ 7:00 pm (Tuesday)
SEEDS (Sustainable Energy Education and Development Support) and PPL have lined up an incredible group of individuals to talk about how much we can improve our health and well- being by rethinking some of our cleaning routines. This GREEN CLEANING workshop will demonstrate how to make your own home and body cleaning products, how to avoid harsh chemicals, and how to know which natural ingredients are actually not harmful. Door prizes will be given away!
Speakers include:
Janet Brown, founder of Green Leaf Cleaning will share cleaning recipes and tips with a direct focus on sustainability. Janet Brown of GreenLeaf Cleaning, LLC began her green cleaning business in May of 2011 along with her sister Cindy. GreenLeaf Cleaning strives to use the most non-toxic chemical free alternatives for all cleaning needs. Janet has a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Scranton, and is passionate about fostering an environmentally conscious society.
Nora Eisenberg, award winning novelist and reporter of the environmental effects of war, will discuss startling similarities between chemical warfare agents and household cleaning products. Ms. Eisenberg is the author of three award-winning novels that explore the effects of war and social injustice on individuals, families, and communities. Her short stories, essays, and reviews, have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals including The Village Voice,Partisan Review, the LA Times, and Tikkun. Eisenberg, who holds a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University, directs the Faculty Fellowship Publication Program at the City University of New York and is the author of several widely used books on the craft of writing. She divides her time between Manhattan and the Delaware River village of Narrowsburg, New York
Carl J. Milks, MD, a board-certified allergist will discuss how indoor air quality is adversely affected by many of the modern everyday products we buy and use. “At least 60% of everyone that has a runny, stuffy, sneezy nose has at least a component of non-allergic rhinitis, ie a “cranky nose”. Fortunately we have control over many of these things in what we buy and what we use, and some of the things that are not good for the nose and lungs are “natural”.
Gudrun Feigl of Mount Pleasant Herbary will demonstrate household uses for herbs and spices and how beneficial they are to our well-being. She will demonstrate how to make potpourri, fabric softener and deodarant. “The products of Mount Pleasant Herbary are made with herbs we grow right here in our herb garden including Anise, Lavender, Chamomile, Chocolate Mint, Moroccan Mint, Spearmint, Peppermint, Calendula, and Lemon Balm. We grow our herbs without the use of herbicides or pesticides. After handpicking and drying the herbs, they are combined together and hand packaged into wholesome, delicious herbal teas. We also use the herbs in our natural handcrafted soap and add them to our dream pillows. Handmade, heat-able buckwheat pillows and sachets add to our wonderful array of products.” Gudrun Feigl grew up in Germany, close to the border of Switzerland. With Mount Pleasant Herbary, she is combining her love for nature, gardening and beautiful things.
This will be an informative and fun-filled discussion for all in your household!
Registration is encouraged, but not required.
Email jocelyn@seedsgroup.net or call (570) 245 – 1256
For more information, please contact Jocelyn Cramer at SEEDS; 1030 Main Street, Honesdale, PA 18431. jocelyn@seedsgroup.net or call (570) 245 – 1256
This workshop will be held at the PPL Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center off Rt. 6 in Hawley.
Volunteer
We seek new people at all skill levels for a variety of programs. One thing that everyone can do is attend meetings to share ideas on improving CCGG, enabling us to better understand and address the concerns of well owners. We look for people that can forward solid articles, help coordinate local education efforts, and more. Become part of the Keystone Clean Water Team!.
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests !
For more information, please go to CCGG’s About Page or contact us.
Carbon County Groundwater Guardians is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Waiting on Official Name change to the Keystone Clean Water Team by the IRS. Unsolicited donations are appreciated.
Help the Organization and Get Your Water Tested or Order the Private Well Owner Guide (proceeds benefit This Organization).
Heartbleed Web Threat
In an effort to help our supporters, here is a few types related to the Heartbleed Web Threat:
What is Heartbleed – “Heart bleed is probably one of the largest security exposures, at least that I can remember in ten or fifteen years. It impacts almost all of the internet. David Kennedy, a security researcher and self described ethical hacker calls heart bleed the bug that broke the internet. Affects websites using a software called OpenSSL. Software is used to encrypt data that is exchanges the site will have https or a padlock sign in the web address. Any site you may have used – which is probably most – You could be at Risk. Any site that required a name and password – Could be an issue.
Some general recommendations:
1. Change all your passwords and log-ins.
2. Make the passwords and log-in more difficult.
Other Websites
http://heartbleed.com/
http://www.businessinsider.com/heartbleed-bug-explainer-2014-4
Lifelock Security Tracking (Identify Protection)
Volunteer
We seek new people at all skill levels for a variety of programs. One thing that everyone can do is attend meetings to share ideas on improving CCGG, enabling us to better understand and address the concerns of well owners. We look for people that can forward solid articles, help coordinate local education efforts, and more. Become part of the Keystone Clean Water Team!.
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests !
For more information, please go to CCGG’s About Page or contact us.
Carbon County Groundwater Guardians is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Waiting on Official Name change to the Keystone Clean Water Team by the IRS. Unsolicited donations are appreciated.
Help the Organization and Get Your Water Tested or Order the Private Well Owner Guide (proceeds benefit This Organization).
Protect Your Own Drinking Water in Pike County the Poconos
Pike County Commissioners and the Pocono Source Water Protection Collaborative
“Protect Your Own Drinking Water”
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00 am – Noon
Pike County Training Center, Route 739, Lords Valley
We invite you to join us at an important free forum called, Protect your Own Drinking Water: Our Most Important Resource. The forum will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2014, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Pike County Training Center, located on Route 739, in Lords Valley. The forum will help promote understanding of Pocono drinking water areas, the threats we face, effective stewardship measures, and ways that local officials and homeowners can take action to prevent contamination before it’s too late. Everyone has an important role to play in protecting our vital liquid assets. To register, contact the Pike County Conservation District at 570-226-8220. For more information about the Pocono Source Water Protection Collaborative and the forum, visit www.sourcewaterpa.org/pocono. Funding for the Collaborative and forum has been provided by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund under a grant from the PA DEP for Drinking Water Source Water Protection, administered by the US EPA.
Volunteer
We seek new people at all skill levels for a variety of programs. One thing that everyone can do is attend meetings to share ideas on improving CCGG, enabling us to better understand and address the concerns of well owners. We look for people that can forward solid articles, help coordinate local education efforts, and more. Become part of the Keystone Clean Water Team!.
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. CCGG’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot. Get YOUR WATER Tested – Discounted Screening Tests !
For more information, please go to CCGG’s About Page or contact us.
Carbon County Groundwater Guardians is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Waiting on Official Name change to the Keystone Clean Water Team by the IRS. Unsolicited donations are appreciated.
Help the Organization and Get Your Water Tested or Order the Private Well Owner Guide (proceeds benefit This Organization).
Free Well and Spring Water Screening Test
As part of our outreach and assistance to private well owners, we are offering a free water screening test. The water screening test will check the general quality of your well or spring water and the testing will include pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, iron, nitrate, nitrite, alkalinity, and total hardness. To qualify for the testing, you will need to do the following:
1. Provide you full name, email address, and mailing address with a general description of your water source. This should include your zip code, county, and local municipality and the water sample should be collected prior to any water treatment.
2. Provide a description of any water quality concerns or questions.
3. Provide a copy of any certified baseline testing or most recent water test.
4. Using a clean plastic spring water bottle or plastic container – collected a 200 ml water sample or 6 ozs- Remove any aeration devices and allow the water to run for 10 to 15 minutes prior to sampling. Ship the sample to the address shown below.
5. State that you Liked our Websites on Facebook ( Keystone Clean Water Team) or Twitter @keystonewater or @KnowYourH2OPath
Mail your water sample to the following address. Turn-around time may be as much as 2 weeks.
Keystone Clean Water Team(CCGG Program)
15 Hillcrest Drive
Dallas, PA 18612
There will be no charge for the analysis, but we will plan to use your testing results as part of our educational outreach program. There will be NO sales calls for water treatment equipment and your contact information will NOT be sold to any third party.
If you are looking for more comprehensive information water testing, please visit our Private Well Owner Water Testing Portal. If you are looking for certified baseline testing, please go to this webportal.
This program is supported by donations by individuals, businesses, and corporations. Please consider supporting this effort – ever dollars helps!
Looking for a water treatment system – Try !
Program is open to all private well owners in the United States.
Volunteer
We seek new people at all skill levels for a variety of programs. One thing that everyone can do is attend meetings to share ideas on improving CCGG, enabling us to better understand and address the concerns of well owners.
Everything we do began with an idea.
We realize your time is precious and the world is hectic. KCWT’s volunteers do only what they’re comfortable with. It can be a little or a lot.
For more information, please go to KCWT’s About Page or contact us.
Keystone Clean Water Team is a 501(c)(3) IRS approved nonprofit, volunteer organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Unsolicited donations are appreciated.
Get Your Water Tested or Order the Private Well Owner Guide (proceeds benefit This Organization).