Healthy Drinking Water and Healthy Homes The Healthy Homes, Healthy Communities, and Healthy Drinking Water Initiatives or Programs The Healthy Homes Program / Healthy Home Initiates “Environmental hazards in the home potentially harm millions of children each year. The Healthy Homes Program addresses multiple childhood diseases, exposures, and injuries that may originate in the home.… Read more
“Public perception of freshwater is often dominated by visions of rivers and lakes. Groundwater is rarely a part of that imagination. Historically, it has been a hidden resource, and it remains so even now. The irony is that aquifers contain over 98% of Earth’s liquid freshwater. Global and national water data are not very reliable.… Read more
The Keystone Clean Water Team has been involved in watershed training and citizen based science programs since the foundation of the organization. We have conducted rain barrel workshops, training sessions on low impact development and rural/urban landowner stormwater management, citizen science and stream and lake monitoring programs, education on conservation of water, resources, and energy,… Read more
Next Thursday, May 2, the Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens or UDRBC will be holding a seminar in Lookout, Pennsylvania to talk landowner rights and more. Be there! The UDRBC, lead by Ned Lang and a large group of Upper Delaware River citizens will be conducting an in-depth discussion of natural gas exploration and development. … Read more
Please join Our Pocono Waters Campaign for a panel discussion about clean streams in the Poconos and the economic, environmental, and recreational benefits they provide for the region. When: Tuesday, Oct. 30 Time: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Where: East Stroudsburg University Innovation and Entrepreneur Center 562 Independence Road East Stroudsburg, PA… Read more
Here are a few easy ways to help protect Groundwater Quality in Your Community ” Remember We ALL Live Downstream”: 1. Implement Water Conservation Practices and Take the First Step use less and Install a Rain Barrel or Water Garden. 2. Apply fertilizers and other herbicides and pesticides as per the manufacturers specifications or seek out “Green”… Read more
Initial Press Release (Partial) – Chemical Spill – Potter County, PA (Please like and share with others) “JKLM ENERGY, LLC INITIATES RESPONSE TO RELEASE OF SURFACTANT AT REESE HOLLOW DRILLING LOCATION IN SWEDEN TOWNSHIP, POTTER COUNTY WEXFORD, Pa (Sept.24) – JKLM Energy, LLC (JKLM) today released information on the company’s ongoing efforts to respond… Read more
Critical Issues Webinar: Water as One Resource Date/Time: July 13, 2015; 12:00-1:00pm U.S. Eastern time. With water shortages gaining prominence as a critical issue in the U.S., many water management authorities are looking at how to more sustainably manage their water. The interconnected nature of water resources means that a change in groundwater can also affect… Read more
The Keystone Clean Water Team was invited to Big Bass Lake to discuss groundwater and private well issues with the Association. Great event and a beautiful community in the Poconos in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania. The presenter was board member and manager Mr. Brian Oram from B.F. Environmental Consultants, Inc. During the presentation, we discussed: a. Need… Read more
Welcome to Pennsylvania and Welcome to Managing Your Own Small Water Company In Pennsylvania, there are generally no specific construction standards for private wells and there is only some general guidance with respect to well placement and construction. Further, private well water is not regulated by the EPA or PADEP and therefore it is up… Read more
