PA Environmental Council Sponsors Stormwater Retrofit Workshops in Southeast

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is sponsoring a series of three Stormwater Retrofit Workshops in Southeastern PA that are geared to engineers, contractors, municipal officials and interested citizens.

The workshops will be held on--

· March 15 - Neshaminy Watershed, Doylestown Township Building, 425 Wells Rd, Doylestown;

· March 22 - Chester-Ridley-Crum Watershed, West Goshen Township Building, 1025 Paoli Pike, West Chester; and

· April 5 - Darby-Cobbs Watershed, Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center, 700 Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia (along Cobbs Creek).

Each 3-hour workshop will feature design concepts and BMP retrofit recommendations to improve stormwater management at developed sites. Engineers/designers will discuss site-specific design concepts and BMPs.

Workshops will take place from 8:30 a.m.to Noon.

To register call, Liz Feinberg at PEC’s Philadelphia Office, 215-592-7020, Extension 113 or send email to: lfeinberg@pecpa.org .

Funding for this program is generously provided by: Department of Environmental Protection Coastal Zone Management Program, William Penn Foundation, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Philadelphia Water Department. (courtesy Watershed Weekly)


2/10/2006

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