The Penn State Extension will host another in a series of Water Cooler Talks December 13 on Implementing Green Stormwater Infrastructure from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is a popular way to mitigate stormwater and provide other ecosystem services. Implementing GSI at the required scale is challenging due to its decentralized nature.

Explore a diverse range of topics with in-depth discussions, including the factors influencing voluntary adoptions, distributional impacts, and the valuation of benefits that Green Stormwater Infrastructure offers.

What will you learn?

-- Hear about current work happening in the water resource field

-- Be able to ask questions about the green stormwater infrastructure implementation

-- Share ideas with professionals across Pennsylvania

The speakers include--

-- Daniel Brent, Associate Professor, Penn State Extension

-- Tyler Groh, Assistant Research Professor, Penn State Extension

Click Here to register and for more information.

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-- The Shenandoah Sentinel: The Orange Mahanoy Creek Could Finally Be Treated In Schuylkill County

-- Scranton Times Blog: New DEP Map Shows Which Waterways Are Clean, Which Are Impaired

-- Warren Times: Minister Creek In Sheffield Twp. Deemed Water Quality Impaired

-- MCall: Residents Urge DEP To Deny Environmental Permits For Massive Lehigh Valley Industrial Warehouse Site

-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents Newsletter: News That Infiltrates & Transpires

Related Articles:

-- Reminder: State Conservation Commission Seeking Proposals To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Loads In Priority Watersheds, Due Nov. 20  [PaEN]

-- US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $7.4 Million In Grants To Restore Chesapeake Bay Watershed Habitats; $1.8 Million+ To Benefit PA  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Partners With Amazon Web Services On Watershed Restoration To Help Achieve Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals  [PaEN]

-- Pike Conservation District: DEP Releases New Online Bridge & Culvert Maintenance & Repair Permitting Tool  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Implementing Green Stormwater Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Call For Proposals, Student Posters By 2024 Keystone Coldwater Conference On Feb. 23-24 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Restoration Project Financial Coordinator

[Posted: November 17, 2023]

11/20/2023