The Westmoreland County Conservation District will host public meetings on a draft Integrated Water Resources Plan for the County on February 19 and 20. 

The Plan will serve as a blueprint for managing the county’s streams, rivers, drinking water, stormwater, and other water resources.

Westmoreland County Commissioners signed a resolution to begin the IWRP planning process in December 2015 to start a process that looked deeply into the ways water is used throughout Westmoreland County...the impacts of those uses...and some of the things that can be done to ensure that this important resource is responsibly managed.

The following year saw the creation of the Watershed Plan Advisory Committee led by the District to guide the development of the plan.

An engineering consultant, Ethos Collaborative LLC, was hired to model 10 priority watershed areas of interest within the county identified in Phase 1 of the County’s Act 167 Plan completed by L. Robert Kimball and Associates in 2010.

As the IWRP progressed, the District, its partners, and the WPAC, completed the inventory, analysis, and creation of the plan, the watershed modeling, development of the model stormwater ordinance, and the online decision making tool for anyone seeking to develop land within the county related to our water resources.

The Westmoreland County IWRP will be adopted by the County and will be updated as needed to meet future needs to sustain our water resources.

Public Meetings

The meetings will be held at the J. Roy Houston Conservation Center, 218 Donohoe Road, in Greensburg--

-- February 19: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- February 20: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Questions about the meetings should be directed the Andrea by sending email to:  andrea@wcdpa.com or calling 724-837-5271.

For more information on the plan, visit the Westmoreland Integrated Water Resources Plan website.

Apply Now For These Grants

These watershed restoration, recreation and flood reduction grants programs are now accepting applications until these deadline--

-- March 7: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Community Stormwater Grants

-- March 15: Western PA Conservancy TreeVitalize Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Tree Planting Grants

-- March 29: PA American Water Environmental Grants

-- April 10: DCNR Community Conservation, Recreation, Trail, Riparian Buffer Grants.

-- May 31: Commonwealth Financing Authority Grants for: Watershed Restoration, Abandoned Mine Drainage, Well Plugging, Water Quality Monitoring, Sewage Facility, Flood Mitigation, Greenways, Trails and Recreation funded by the Act 13 drilling impact fee.

Click Here for a list of other environmental and energy grants and awards you can apply for to support your projects.

[Posted: Feb. 16, 2019]

2/18/2019