On April 27, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission announced more than $6 million in grant funding for 23 projects that will improve the sustainability of streamflows and groundwater during times of drought.

Projects include innovative activities from dam removals and riparian stream work that restores floodplains and ecosystems to leak-detecting satellite imagery and automated truck washing systems that conserve water.

“We were beyond thrilled with the wide array of cutting-edge projects that applied for funding this year,” said Andrew Dehoff, SRBC Executive Director. “Faced with increasing extreme climate events, it’s important to fund beneficial activities in our basin that will improve watershed resilience during the inevitable low flow periods of the future.”

Consumptive use refers to water that is used but not returned to rivers and streams because it is evaporated, transpired, incorporated into products or otherwise lost.

The grants are funded by fees paid to SRBC through regulated projects as mitigation for their consumptive water use.

Awardees will use the money to enhance water supplies, reduce water demands, increase flow resilience, or improve environmental conditions and water quality. These substantial grants paid out an average award of $268,000.

Click Here for a list of projects awarded.

Visit the Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant Program webpage to learn more about this program.

Groundwater Monitoring Grants

SRBC is accepting applications for Groundwater Level Monitoring Grants through June 30.  Click Here for more.

For more information on programs, training opportunities and upcoming events, visit the Susquehanna River Basin Commission website.  Click Here to sign up for SRBC’s newsletter.   Follow SRBC on Twitter, visit them on YouTube.

(Photo: Billmeyer Quarry Consumptive Use Mitigation Project in Lancaster County.)

Related Articles This Week- Watersheds:

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000  [PaEN]

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- DEP Update On Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters: New Funding Available; Watershed Forestry Summit; County Updates, More

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together Series: Community Solar Saves Water - Keeps it Clean - Saves Money, Too! -  By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Watersheds: How Land Use Impacts Groundwater  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6 Million+ In Consumptive Water Use Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Completes Water Storage Study To Support Resilience Planning; 12 Of 14 Final Projects In PA  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 10 On Water Withdrawal Requests, June 7 Business Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Julia Krall Named PA Executive Director Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

[Posted: April 28, 2023]

5/1/2023