PA Environment Digest Articles
Drinking Water Wells
*  [7/8/2024] PublicSource.org: July 9 Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia
*  [7/8/2024] WTAE: Can You Drink Water From Roadside Springs?
*  [7/8/2024] Spotlight PA To Host July 18 Panel Discussion On How Unreliable Small Private Water Systems Affect Quality Of Life In PA
*  [6/17/2024] House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products
*  [6/3/2024] The Derrick: PUC Judge Orders 7 Rhodes Estate Water Companies To Secure Counsel For Hearings On Their Future [More Fallout From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County]
*  [5/27/2024] Penn State Extension Hosts June 19 Webinar On Testing Emerging Contaminant Mixtures In PA Private Wells
*  [5/20/2024] Environmental Hearing Board Clears Away More Attempts By Olympus Energy To Block Shale Gas Permit Appeal By Protect PT In Westmoreland County; Olympus Fails To Provide Info On PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Use
*  [5/20/2024] The Derrick: PUC To Hold May 21 Prehearing On Future Of Venango Water Company; Water Source Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill
*  [5/20/2024] Penn State Extension June 5 Webinar: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Our Environment
*  [5/13/2024] Berks Nature Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water & Environment Grant
*  [5/13/2024] Penn State Extension Holds In-Person Private Water Supply Education, Water Testing Workshops In Waynesburg, Lancaster, Punxsutawney
*  [5/13/2024] SRBC: Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Meeting May 16 In Harrisburg
*  [4/29/2024] Lancaster Conservancy, Partners Hold Lancaster Water Week June 7-15
*  [4/29/2024] PUC Urges Congressional Action To Address Potential PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup Liability For Water & Wastewater Utilities
*  [4/29/2024] Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts April 29 Webinar On Challenges For Drinking Water Systems: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Lead Service Lines
*  [4/22/2024] Registration Open! Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium, May 23 In Harrisburg
*  [4/15/2024] The Derrick: State Intervenes In Venango Water Case [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill]
*  [4/15/2024] EPA Sets First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Drinking Water; PA State MCL Will Change
*  [4/8/2024] Spotlight PA: Little Information Made Public About Free Water Testing Ordered As Part Of Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Settlement To Criminal Charges By Attorney General
*  [3/25/2024] DEP: Shale Gas Drilling Resulted In 54 Incidents Of New Wells Interfering With Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Water Wells Or Other Shale Gas Wells In Last 8 Years
*  [3/18/2024] DEP Issues Violation To Blackhill Energy, LLC Shale Gas Driller For Contaminating Groundwater, 3 Water Supplies With Methane In Springfield Twp., Bradford County
*  [3/18/2024] The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill
*  [3/18/2024] DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8 Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission
*  [3/18/2024] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 30 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties
*  [3/18/2024] PennVEST To Hold Local, In-Person, Online Educational Events To Share Information On Unprecedented Water Infrastructure Funding Opportunities, Starting March 21
*  [3/18/2024] March 20 Penn State Extension Webinar On Defining Nature's Worth From A Health And Economic Perspective
*  [3/18/2024] DEP Sets April 17 Hearing On Alternatives For Dealing With PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination At The Newberry Twp. PFC Site In York County
*  [3/18/2024] Penn State Extension: April 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education And Water Testing
*  [3/11/2024] EPA Region III Issues Formal Notice With Instructions On Appealing Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In Allegheny County
*  [3/11/2024] DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More
*  [3/11/2024] DEP: All Counties Now Back To Normal Status, All Drought Watches, Warnings Lifted
*  [3/4/2024] 40 Individuals File Appeals, Most Handwritten, Of DEP’s Permit For Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County
*  [3/4/2024] EPA Appeals Board Allows Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal Of Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In Allegheny County To Move Forward
*  [3/4/2024] Latest DEP Inspection Shows No Progress By Petro Erie In Cleaning Up The Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County 7 Months Ago
*  [3/4/2024] Chemstream Chemical Maker Agrees To Disclose Information About Its Proprietary Chemicals Used In Natural Gas Drilling
*  [2/26/2024] Citizen Complaint Leads DEP To Breakout Of Mariner East Pipeline Drilling Mud That Contaminated The Lake At Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County; Sunoco Pipeline Starts Cleanup
*  [2/26/2024] PUC Adopts Final Regulations Strengthening Operation, Construction Requirements For Intrastate Hazardous Liquids Pipelines
*  [2/26/2024] DEP Publishes Final Guidance On Environmental Consideration In Using Trenchless Technology To Construct Natural Gas, Other Pipelines
*  [2/26/2024] PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 17 to 23 -- 7 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Defective Casing From 2018; Mariner Pipeline Drilling Mud Breakout; Additional Shell Air Penalties; Water Supply Investigation
*  [2/26/2024] DEP Set To Receive $2 Billion+ In Federal Funds Over Next Decade+ For Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Clean Energy, Climate Resiliency, Clean Water
*  [2/26/2024] Master Watershed Steward Cindy Rogers Strengthens Partnerships In Indiana County
*  [2/26/2024] PA Environmental Council, Aqua Pennsylvania Now Accepting Applications For New Protect Your Drinking Water Grant Program In Chester, Delaware Counties
*  [2/19/2024] DEP: Interim Report On A Full Year Of Sampling Finds No Evidence Of Contamination In Western PA Related To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [2/19/2024] PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 10 to 16 - 31 More Conventional Abandoned Well NOVs - 103 For Year; Pipeline Land Slips; Water Supply, Stray Gas Complaints
*  [2/19/2024] PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 17
*  [1/15/2024] Environmental Hearing Board Allows Protect PT Appeal Of Olympus Shale Gas Well Permits In Westmoreland County To Proceed; Olympus Was Trying To Deprive Protect PT Of Its Rights
*  [1/8/2024] DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County
*  [1/1/2024] DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp. PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination Site In York County; Levels Exceed DEP Drinking Water MCL
*  [12/25/2023] AP: Drilling Under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' Town Has Been Banned Since 2010, It's Coming Back
*  [12/25/2023] HEI Energy, Penn State Study Uses 28,500 Water Sample Results To Help Identify Oil & Gas Industry Groundwater Pollution
*  [12/25/2023] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Water Withdrawal Requests For Shale Gas Drilling In Loyalsock, Pine Creek Exceptional Value Watersheds
*  [12/25/2023] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 32 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties
*  [12/25/2023] Franklin County Joins Clinton, York Counties In Drought Warning Status; 26 Water Supplies Ask For Water Conservation
*  [12/11/2023] Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Trigger ShutDown Of 4 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Tioga County
*  [12/11/2023] Delaware River Basin Commission Releases 10-Year Evaluation Showing Water Losses In Public Water Supply Systems Have Remained Constant
*  [12/11/2023] Penn State Extension Host Jan. 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing
*  [12/4/2023] DEP- EQT Settlement Agreement Allows Fracking To Resume From 2 Shale Gas Well Pads In Area Impacted By Frack-Out In New Freeport, Greene County; Does Not Address Water Supply Issues Of Residents
*  [12/4/2023] PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 25 to Dec. 1 - 13 More Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs; Failure To Report Water Supply Impact In July
*  [12/4/2023] Shapiro Administration Provides Update On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Response 9 Months After Derailment
*  [12/4/2023] DEP: Clinton & York Counties In Drought Warning, Westmoreland Added To Drought Watch, 13 Counties Remain In Drought Watch
*  [12/4/2023] EPA Region 3 Awards Nearly $387 Million For Clean Water, Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades In Pennsylvania
*  [11/27/2023] Penn State Extension In-Person Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing Workshop Jan. 30 In Dauphin County
*  [10/30/2023] DEP 2024 Water Quality Report Shows 28,820 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (34%) - An Increase From 27,886 In 2022
*  [10/30/2023] Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Increase, CBF Sees Opportunities And Momentum In Pennsylvania
*  [10/30/2023] Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: What To Flush Or Not To Flush Into Your Septic System; Brooke Meets A Stream Doctor; More Education Opportunities
*  [10/30/2023] Large Heating Oil Spill In Cumberland County Highlights A Hole In Storage Tank Act, Availability Of Voluntary Underground Tank Leak Cleanup Insurance
*  [10/30/2023] Better Path Coalition: Nov. 2 Brown Bag Briefing On Fracking And PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania
*  [10/30/2023] USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center Newsletter: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals;’ Orphan Oil & Gas Wells; Hurricane Ida Impacts; More!
*  [10/23/2023] Gov. Shapiro Marks Plugging 100th Conventional Oil & Gas Well In 10 Months; New Initiative Allows Texting Abandoned Well Photos/Locations To Governor That Need Plugging
*  [10/23/2023] DEP Drought Update: York Remains In Drought Warning; 14 Counties Remain In Drought Watch; 6 Counties Return To Normal
*  [10/23/2023] DEP Responds To Oil Spill In Conodoguinet Creek; PA American Water Company Shuts Water Intake, Customers Asked To Conserve Water In Cumberland County
*  [10/23/2023] Protect PT, Partners Host Oct. 26 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania's Oil & Gas Production
*  [10/16/2023] The Derrick: Permanent Alternate Water Supply Being Considered For Village Of Reno, Venango County After Contamination By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill
*  [10/9/2023] DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Unauthorized Water Withdrawals For 17 Days From Beaver Run Reservoir In Westmoreland County
*  [10/9/2023] Petro Erie Inc. Again Claims It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s 2nd Order To Cleanup Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County
*  [10/9/2023] Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals
*  [9/25/2023] Petro Erie, Inc. Appeals 2nd DEP Order Requiring The Operator To Restore The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply Contaminated By A Spill Of Conventional Oil Well Wastewater In Venango County
*  [9/25/2023] DEP To Increase Monitoring, Develop Surface Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' After Study Shows 76% Of Streams, Rivers Contained At Least One Of These Chemicals
*  [9/25/2023] DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing
*  [9/25/2023] DEP: York County Moved To Drought Warning; 19 Counties Still In Drought Watch
*  [9/25/2023] Penn State Master Watershed Steward Coordinator Erin Frederick Honored By Lehigh Valley Business Council
*  [9/11/2023] Penn State Extension: Sept. 27 Water Cooler Talk Webinar: Private Wells And Enteric Disease
*  [9/4/2023] Do Not Consume Water Advisory Lifted In Village Of Reno; Petro Erie, Inc. Barely Begins Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Site That Contaminated The Water Supply In Venango County
*  [9/4/2023] Public Health Watch: Black Water - How Industry Fights Controls On Manganese, A Little-Known Drinking Water Contaminant; Beaver County Community Impacted
*  [8/28/2023] Petro Erie, Inc. Appeals DEP’s July Field Order To Clean Up Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill Contaminating Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County; 2nd Appeal May Be Coming
*  [8/28/2023] DEP Finds 2 More Petro Erie, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Tanks With A Pipe Leading To A Discharge Area In A Ditch In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County
*  [8/28/2023] Republican Herald Editorial: Health Depends On Regulation Of Oil & Gas Development
*  [8/28/2023] DEP: Drought Watch Remains For 20 Counties, Lifted For 47 Counties
*  [8/28/2023] $75,000 In Groundwater Level Monitoring Grants Awarded To 12 Recipients By The Susquehanna River Basin Commission
*  [8/21/2023] The Derrick: DEP Issues Order To Petro Erie, Inc. To Restore Village Of Reno Water System, Cleanup Contamination Caused By Its Conventional Well Wastewater Release; 1 Month Without Clean Water
*  [8/14/2023] Mayor Of Sugarcreek Asks For Donations To Refill Village Of Reno Water Tank After Contamination In Venango County; Emergency Water Distribution Resumes; Contamination From Conventional Oil Wastewater Tanks Suspected
*  [8/7/2023] DEP Investigates Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Leak As Possible Source Of Village Of Reno Water Supply Contamination In Venango County; Customers Under Do Not Consume Advisory For 2+ Weeks
*  [8/7/2023] Early Bird Registration! Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 28-29 In Wilmington, DE
*  [7/31/2023] DEP: Drought Watch Remains In Place Across Pennsylvania
*  [7/10/2023] DEP: Drought Task Force Maintains Drought Watch Status For All Of Pennsylvania
*  [7/10/2023] Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Host Homeowners Resource Fair July 21 At Wallenpaupack Environmental Center
*  [6/26/2023] Legislative Report On Proposed Changes To Biosolids Permits Finds No Approved Method Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemical' Testing, No Standards For PFAS In Biosolids; DEP Says Changes Needed To Protect Health, Environment
*  [6/26/2023] Penn State Extension: Testing, Treating For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In PA Water Wells
*  [6/19/2023] DEP Declares Statewide Drought Watch, Recommends Voluntary Water Conservation
*  [6/19/2023] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Advises Water Withdrawal Permit Holders To Review Low Flow Water Restrictions And Begin Planning For Alternative Operations
*  [5/15/2023] DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County
*  [5/8/2023] Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete
*  [5/8/2023] Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills
*  [4/17/2023] Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment
*  [4/17/2023] Ohio River Valley Institute Hosts April 19 Webinar On Policy Action In Response To The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment & Beyond
*  [4/3/2023] Shapiro Announces Norfolk Southern Repaid PA Fire Departments, First Responders $1 Million
*  [4/3/2023] Dept. Of Health Establishes Community-Based Health Resource Network To Provide Long-Term Assistance To Residents Impacted By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [3/27/2023] Registration Open For May 9 Online Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium; Optional In-Person Tour May 3
*  [3/20/2023] Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing Events
*  [3/13/2023] Pennsylvania State Actions Responding To Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of March 6
*  [3/13/2023] Norfolk Southern CEO To Appear March 20 Before PA Senate Committee To Answer Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Committee Subpoenas Documents
*  [3/13/2023] Moms Clean Air Force: Impacted Parents From Ohio, PA Will Raise Concerns About Chemical Pollution From The Train Derailment, Petrochemical Industry In The Ohio Valley During U.S. Senate Hearing
*  [3/13/2023] Sen. Bob Casey Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee On Ohio/PA Train Derailment
*  [3/6/2023] Senate Committee Votes 9-1 To Issue A Subpoena To Compel CEO Of Norfolk Southern To Appear At March 8 Hearing On Train Derailment; 2nd Subpoena Expected Next Week For Documents
*  [3/6/2023] Pennsylvania State Actions On Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of Feb. 27
*  [2/27/2023] Pennsylvania State Actions Last Week On Ohio/PA Train Derailment
*  [2/27/2023] Bay Journal: Pennsylvania's State Water Plan Points To New Challenges
*  [2/20/2023] Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment
*  [2/20/2023] Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions To Transportation
*  [2/20/2023] EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water
*  [2/20/2023] EPA Region III Sets March 2 Virtual Listening Session On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Strategic Roadmap
*  [2/20/2023] Sentinels Of The Susquehanna Vol. 2 Now On Sale Featuring 40 Stories On Important River-Related Topics
*  [2/13/2023] Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Pipeline Explosions, Uncontrolled Releases Put Spotlight On Public Health, Safety Threats Posed By Petrochemical, Natural Gas Industrial And Pipeline Infrastructure In PA
*  [2/13/2023] Acting AG Henry, Other State AGs Urge EPA To Close Reporting Loopholes For PFAS Chemicals
*  [2/6/2023] Penn State Extension: Climate Risk And Private Water Wells
*  [2/6/2023] Protecting Clean Water Together: Where Does Your Water Come From?
*  [1/30/2023] DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use
*  [1/23/2023] Feature: 60 Years Of Fracking, 20 Years Of Shale Gas: Pennsylvania’s Oil & Gas Infrastructure Is Hiding In Plain Sight
*  [1/23/2023] DEP: Drought Watch Lifted For All Counties, Hydrologic Conditions Normal Statewide
*  [1/16/2023] DRBC: New Study Estimates Groundwater Availability For The Delaware River Basin, With Focus On Southeastern PA Groundwater Protected Area
*  [1/9/2023] Guest Essay: Counties, PEMA Need To Include A Complete Vulnerability Assessment Of All Natural Gas Facilities In State, County Hazard Mitigation Emergency Plans
*  [1/9/2023] PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 7
*  [1/2/2023] PA Oil & Gas Industry Has Record Year: Cost, Criminal Convictions Up; $3.1 Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts
*  [1/2/2023] Jim Thorpe Borough To Vote Jan. 12 On Allowing On-Lot Septic Sewage Systems Within 1,000 Feet Of Mauch Chunk Lake, A Drinking Water Source In Carbon County
*  [12/26/2022] Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Navy Veterans Patrick & Helen Robinson Relate Their 7-Year Struggle Dealing With Impacts Of Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Indiana County, And They Continue
*  [12/26/2022] Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction
*  [12/26/2022] Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice
*  [12/26/2022] Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23
*  [12/26/2022] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Oil & Gas Development, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Water Withdrawal Requests
*  [12/12/2022] PUC Approves $48,000 Refund To Sunoco Pipeline On A Penalty It Paid For Mariner East Pipeline Construction Violations
*  [12/12/2022] DEP: Drought Watch Remains In Effect For Carbon, Luzerne, Northampton, Potter, Schuylkill Counties
*  [12/5/2022] AG Shapiro: Coterra Energy, Formerly Cabot Oil & Gas, Pleads No Contest To A Criminal Charge Related To Polluting Water Supplies In Dimock, Susquehanna County
*  [12/5/2022] DEP: Schedule For Updating Conventional Oil & Gas Environmental, Waste Regulations Will Be Up To Gov. Shapiro
*  [12/5/2022] Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 26 To Dec. 2
*  [12/5/2022] DEP Withdraws Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation Ending Rulemaking; Existing Standard Remains In Place
*  [11/28/2022] Delaware River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 7 On Shale Gas Fracking Wastewater Regulations
*  [11/28/2022] FracTracker Alliance Releases 4th Watershed Oil & Gas Drilling Impact Analysis In Susquehanna River Basin - Towanda & Schrader Creek Watersheds
*  [11/28/2022] FracTracker Alliance: Lycoming Creek Watershed Oil & Gas Drilling Impact Analysis In Lycoming County
*  [11/21/2022] Center For Coalfield Justice Holds First Water Distribution Day Nov. 19 To Help Provide Families Drinking Water In Greene County Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ At Natural Gas Well Site In June
*  [11/21/2022] Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land
*  [11/21/2022] DEP Assesses $200,000 In Penalties For Drilling Wastewater Spills By CNX In Greene County
*  [11/21/2022] Beaver County Residents, Allies Launch New Shell Ethane Plant Accountability Campaign With Nov. 21 Webinar
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: We've Got Enough Compelling Evidence To Enact Health Protective Policies For Families Now
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: When It Started, It Was Kind Of Nice, But What Happened Afterwards Really Kind Of Devastated Our Community
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Living Near Oil & Gas Facilities Means Higher Health Risks, The Closer You Live, The Higher The Risk
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Economically, Socially Deprived Areas In PA Have A Much Greater Chance Of Having Oil & Gas Waste Disposed In Their Communities
*  [11/21/2022] IRRC Approves Final VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Federal Highway Funds Still At Risk; And First State MCL For PFOS/PFOA
*  [11/21/2022] Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Meets Dec. 9
*  [11/21/2022] Penn State Extension Report On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing In 2022
*  [10/31/2022] Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops
*  [10/3/2022] Final Reg. Reducing Methane From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities NOT On Environmental Quality Board Agenda For Oct. 12; Will Consider Final PFOS/PFOA MCL Rule
*  [9/19/2022] Drought Watch Remains In Place For 36 Counties, DEP Asks For Continued Voluntary Water Conservation
*  [9/5/2022] DEP Declares Drought Watch for 36 Counties, Asks For Voluntary Water Conservation; First Since 2020
*  [9/5/2022] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Monitors Hydrologic Conditions Across The Basin; Including Oil & Gas Operations
*  [8/29/2022] DEP, Williamsport Authority, PA Rural Water Assn., Lycoming County Highlight Importance Of Source Water Protection To Clean Drinking Water
*  [8/29/2022] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $100,000 In Grants For Groundwater Level Monitoring
*  [8/29/2022] Penn State Extension: Managing Your Drinking Water Well During A Drought
*  [8/29/2022] Penn State Extension To Offer Private Drinking Water Testing Webinars This Fall
*  [8/22/2022] Yale School Of Public Health Study Found PA Children 2 To 3 Times More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Leukemia If They Live Near Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities
*  [8/22/2022] DEP Invites Comments On Draft State Water Plan Update
*  [8/8/2022] AG Shapiro: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Convicted Of Criminal Charges Related To Construction Of Mariner East 2 & Revolution Natural Gas/Liquids Pipelines In PA
*  [8/1/2022] Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?
*  [8/1/2022] Environmental Health Project Profile: Dr. John Stolz, Duquesne University - Monitoring Impact Of Shale Gas Extraction On Private Water Wells, Groundwater In SW PA
*  [8/1/2022] EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg. Setting Manganese Toxics Water Quality Standard, RACT For Major Sources Of Nitrogen Oxides
*  [7/4/2022] Frances Rodgers Partners With French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust To Preserve 7.5 Acres In Chester County
*  [6/27/2022] New USGS PA Groundwater Quality Monitoring Data Tool Displays Monitoring Results On Interactive Map
*  [6/20/2022] DEP Hosts June 28 Hearing On Benner Twp. PFAS Hazardous Site Cleanup Investigation In Centre County
*  [6/20/2022] EPA: New Drinking Water Health Advisories Set For 4 PFAS Chemicals; $1 Billion In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Available For Cleanup
*  [5/2/2022] Register Now For May 2 Tour, May 5 Virtual Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium
*  [3/28/2022] Dept. Of Health Hosts 2 Virtual Focus Groups In April To Learn More About Private Well Water Use In PA
*  [2/28/2022] Penn State Extension Drinking Water Team To Offer Water Testing In 18 PA Counties
*  [2/7/2022] Pike Conservation District: Source Water Protection And The Pocono Source Water Protection Collaborative
*  [1/24/2022] Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions
*  [12/20/2021] DEP Hosts 8th Round Of State Water Plan Regional Committee Meetings Starting Jan. 11
*  [9/26/2021] Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Water Webinar Series For Homeowners
*  [9/26/2021] Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hosts Oct. 14 Webinar On Revised Regulations, Policies, Updated Natural Gas Program
*  [6/7/2021] Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: A Snapshot Of Rural Drinking Water June 30
*  [5/10/2021] PUC Highlights Recent Actions To Protect Drinking Water For Drinking Water Week
*  [5/3/2021] Delaware River Basin Commission To Hold Online May 12 Hearing, June 9 Business Meeting
*  [4/26/2021] Stroud Water Research Center To Study PFAS Contamination In Biosolids Used As Soil Amendments
*  [4/26/2021] Citizen Science Opportunity: Penn State Looking For 60 Volunteers For Endocrine Disrupter Study In Susquehanna River Watershed
*  [4/19/2021] SRBC Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Meets May 13
*  [4/5/2021] DEP Hosts 5th Round Of Regional State Water Plan Meetings Starting April 13
*  [3/29/2021] USGS Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Sampling Data For 33 PFAS Compounds, Including PFOS+PFOA In PA Surface Waters
*  [3/29/2021] Penn State Master Well Owner Network Hosts Special Private Water Supply Education & Testing Webinar Series
*  [3/29/2021] Penn State Extension: 8-Part Wednesday Water Webinars Start April 14 To Discuss Private Drinking Water Supply Issues
*  [3/22/2021] Citizens Advisory Council Sets April 8 Hearing On Latest DEP Act 54 Report On Surface Damage Caused By Underground Coal Mining
*  [3/15/2021] DEP: 2nd Round Of PFAS Sampling At 114 Public Water System Sites: 65% No PFAS, None Of Sites Above Federal Limits
*  [3/15/2021] Gov. Wolf Promotes Free Testing For Lead In Drinking Water For Schools, Child Care Programs Thru PennVEST Funding
*  [2/22/2021] Dept. Of Health Seeks Focus Group Members To Discuss Private Water Wells; 13 County Water Supply Testing/Protection Webinars Set
*  [2/22/2021] Registration Now Open For 2021 Virtual PA Groundwater Symposium May 6
*  [2/22/2021] University Of Pittsburgh Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Featured Exploring The Nature Of Water In Western PA Program By Master Watershed Stewards
*  [2/8/2021] DEP Lifts Drought Advisories Statewide, Hydrologic Conditions Return To Normal
*  [2/1/2021] Penn State Extension: Comprenda Su Suministro de Agua Potable en Idioma Español
*  [1/25/2021] Applications Now Being Accepted For Next Penn State Extension Master Well Owner Course
*  [1/11/2021] Public Invited To Comment On DEP Report Showing 40% Of Streams Are Damaged By Underground Coal Mining
*  [1/11/2021] Penn State Extension Offers 50% Off 75 Online Courses If You Register In January
*  [1/4/2021] DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Don't Buy, Sell, Or Use Lead Solder For Water Plumbing
*  [12/28/2020] DEP Hosts 6 Regional Public Hearings On 2022 State Water Plan Update Jan. 6
*  [11/23/2020] DEP Lifts Drought Watch In 10 Counties, 20 Remain On Watch And 3 On Warning
*  [11/16/2020] EQB Meets Nov. 17 On Stream Redesignations, Mining Water Supply Replacement Regulations
*  [11/2/2020] DEP Adds One County To Drought Watch, Bringing Total To Thirty
*  [10/26/2020] Managing Your Water Well During a Drought
*  [10/26/2020] Penn State Extension Webinar Series On Private Drinking Water Supply & Management
*  [10/26/2020] PUC Joins 6th Annual Imagine a Day Without Water To Raise Awareness About The Value Of Water
*  [9/28/2020] Applications Being Accepted For Next Penn State Master Well Owner Online Training
*  [9/14/2020] USGS PA Water Science Center: Fall Pennsylvania Waters Newsletter Now Available
*  [8/17/2020] DEP Publishes New Policy On Replacement, Restoration Of Private Water Supplies Impacted by Unconventional Drilling Operations
*  [8/17/2020] PennTAP: Aug. 20 Webinar On Improving Plant Efficiencies And Performance During Unstable Times
*  [7/27/2020] Penn State Extension Water Well Series: PFAS Testing, What To Test For, Catalog Of Resources For Well Owners + Free Webinars
*  [6/29/2020] Grant Allows Citizen Scientists To Study Emerging Contaminants In Susquehanna River Watershed
*  [6/29/2020] Penn State Extension Hosts Wednesday Webinar Series To Discuss Solutions To Drinking Water Problems
*  [5/25/2020] PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts June 5 Webinar: Fundamentals Of Drinking Water For Watershed Groups
*  [5/4/2020] Help Wanted: American Rivers Director Of Clean Water Supply Program In PA
*  [4/27/2020] Penn State Extension: Celebrate Water At Home This Earth Day!
*  [3/23/2020] Penn State Extension: Why Drinking Water Is Considered Safe From Coronavirus Pandemic
*  [3/23/2020] Celebrate Water At Home! Fix A Leak, Plant A Tree!
*  [2/24/2020] Elizabethtown College Awarded EPA Student Innovative Technology Grant For Lead Detection
*  [2/17/2020] EQB Sets 3 Public Hearings On Proposed Changes To Land Recycling Program Regulations Setting First PFOS/PFOA/PFAS Cleanup Standards
*  [2/17/2020] Gov. Wolf To Make Available $1.74 Million PennVEST Grant To Test Schools, Child Care Centers For Lead In Drinking Water
*  [2/10/2020] One Health Seminar Series: PFAS Chemicals In PA Threaten Our Health, Environment, What Can We Do? Feb. 11 Bucks County
*  [1/27/2020] Penn State Master Well Owners Now Accepting Applications For New Volunteers
*  [1/27/2020] Penn State: Persistent PFOS Contamination Exposure Changes Gut Microbiome Of Mice, Could Have Implications For Human Health
*  [12/2/2019] EPA Proposes PFAS Chemicals Be Added To Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Program
*  [12/2/2019] EPA Now Accepting Applications For Research On PFAS Impacts In Rural Communities, Agricultural Operations; Dec. 5 Webinar
*  [12/2/2019] Penn State Extension Project Provides Information On Lead, Copper In Rural Drinking Water Supplies
*  [11/18/2019] You Are Looking At A Map Of Future Dumpsites For Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater If Road Dumping Is Approved By General Assembly
*  [11/18/2019] DEP Identifies Source Of PFAS Contamination At Ridge Run Hazardous Waste Site In Bucks County
*  [11/4/2019] Nearly 700 Attend Workshops To Help Private Water Well, Septic System Owners Across PA
*  [11/4/2019] Pike Conservation District Watershed Specialist Monitors Groundwater Levels In PA's Fastest Growing County
*  [10/28/2019] Senate Environmental Committee OKs Bills Responding To PFAS Contamination
*  [10/28/2019] DEP To Hold Nov. 18 Meeting/Hearing On Easton Road PFOA/PFOS Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Bucks County
*  [9/30/2019] Penn State Master Well Owner Network Now Accepting Volunteer Applications
*  [9/22/2019] PFAS Action Team To Release Recommendations For Action, Funding Needs Soon; 25 Sites Now Contaminated In PA
*  [9/9/2019] On Sept. 17 DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council Will Hear Update On PFAS Contamination Response In The Year Since The Governor’s Action Team Was Formed
*  [9/9/2019] PA Township News: Public & Private Water Supplies Face Threats From Emerging Contaminants
*  [8/19/2019] AG Shapiro Urges Congressional Leadership To End Use Of Harmful PFAS Chemicals
*  [7/29/2019] Clarion County Residents Learn About Managing Private Drinking Water Supplies; 70% Of Water Supplies Failed Test
*  [6/23/2019] DEP Expects To Present EQB With A Consultant Report On Costs/Benefits Of Climate Cap-And-Trade Petition Early Next Year; Update On PFOS Petition
*  [6/23/2019] Private Drinking Water Wells-- What & Where To Test, How Much Will It Cost?
*  [6/10/2019] House Committee Holds Info Meeting June 12 On Bill Exempting Religious Facilities, Schools, Camps From Need To Meet Safe Drinking Water Standards
*  [5/27/2019] Emerging Contaminants Highlighted At 2019 PA Groundwater Symposium
*  [5/27/2019] Penn State Extension Schedules 7 Safe Drinking Water Clinics For Well Owners
*  [5/13/2019] Celebrate Drinking Water Week In Pennsylvania May 5-11
*  [5/13/2019] Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Water Partnership Education Van Gets Makeover For Drinking Water Week
*  [5/13/2019] PUC Recognizes Drinking Water Week In Pennsylvania
*  [4/29/2019] U.S.G.S Releases Study Of Bradford County Private Drinking Water Wells; Nearly 50% Have Coliform Contamination
*  [4/29/2019] Master Well Owner Network Volunteers Water Testing Project Shows 50% Of Wells Did Not Meet At Least 1 Health Standard
*  [4/15/2019] DEP Announces PFAS Sampling Plan To Identify Possible Water Contamination
*  [4/8/2019] PFAS Action Team To Provide Updates On Upcoming Sampling Plan, Solicit Resident Feedback April 15 In Montgomery County
*  [4/1/2019] Gov. Wolf Announces CFA Funding To Remove PFAS Contamination From 17 Drinking Water Wells In Bucks County
*  [4/1/2019] Berks County Source Water Protection Program Accepting Entries In Logo Contest From Higher Ed Students With $1,500 In Scholarships As Prizes
*  [3/4/2019] Dept. Of Health Asks For $1.4 Million For PFAS Monitoring, Oversight; And Helps Assess Climate Health Risk
*  [2/25/2019] Penn State Master Well Owner Course Accepting Volunteer Applications
*  [1/28/2019] Home Water And Septic System Workshops March 18 In Northampton County
*  [10/22/2018] Gov. Wolf's PFAS Action Team Outlines Public Outreach Plans, Nov. 30 Meeting
*  [10/22/2018] Penn State Water Insights Seminars: Oct. 23: Dynamic Management Of Nutrient Pollution In Aquatic Environments; Oct. 26: Are We Drinking Our Medicines?
*  [10/22/2018] Penn State Master Well Owner Network Trained 780 Volunteers, Reached Over 52,500 Well Owners
*  [10/1/2018] Applications Now Being Accepted For Next Penn State Master Well Owner Course
*  [9/24/2018] Gov. Wolf Signs Executive Order Creating PFAS Action Team
*  [9/24/2018] DEP Blog: The Ins And Outs Of Septic Systems In Pennsylvania
*  [9/17/2018] 2 Protect Your Springs, Wells & Cisterns Workshops Nov. 5 In Lancaster County
*  [8/27/2018] Lack Of State Toxicologist Delays Evaluation Of Petition To Set PFOA Drinking Water Standard
*  [8/27/2018] Master Well Owners To Participate In Water Testing, Interpretation Project
*  [8/6/2018] Penn State: Small Amounts Of Pharmaceuticals Found In Northcentral PA Rural Water Wells
*  [7/23/2018] PUC, DEP: There Needs To Be A Serious Conversation On Legislation Controlling Pipeline Siting
*  [7/9/2018] July 11 DEP Hearing On Interim Response At Ridge Run PFAS, PFOS, PFOA Well Contamination Site, Bucks County
*  [7/9/2018] EPA To Hold July 25 Community Meeting On PFAS In Horsham, Montgomery County
*  [6/4/2018] July 19 DEP Hearing On Interim Response At Nockamixon TCE Well Contamination Site, Bucks County
*  [6/4/2018] July 11 DEP Hearing On Interim Response At Ridge Run PFAS, PFOS, PFOA Well Contamination Site, Bucks County
*  [3/26/2018] Montour County Residents Learn How To Protect Their Drinking Water At Workshop
*  [3/26/2018] Penn State Extension Private Water Well Owners Drinking Water Clinics April 11 In Bucks County
*  [3/26/2018] Fix A Leak Week: PA American Water Reminds Customers Saving Water Saves Money
*  [3/5/2018] Discovering Your Drinking Water Program March 26 In Pike County
*  [2/26/2018] DEP To Hold March 26 Meeting/Hearing On TCE Contamination Site In Lycoming County
*  [11/20/2017] Accomplishments Of The PA Master Well Owner Network 2016-17
*  [5/15/2017] USGS: High Levels Of Radon Found In 14% Of Water Wells Surveyed In PA
*  [3/20/2017] Potter County Implementing Source Water Protection Plan
*  [3/13/2017] DCNR Announces Improvements To PA’s Private Water Well Information System
*  [1/23/2017] Applications Being Accepted For Next Penn State Master Well Owner Course
*  [1/23/2017] EPA Accepting Entries For Groundwater Awareness Week Video Challenge
*  [12/19/2016] PA Ground Water Association Annual Conference Jan. 26-27 In Grantville
*  [12/19/2016] Final EPA Report: Fracking Can Impact Drinking Water Under Some Circumstances
*  [12/13/2016] Call For Presenters - 2017 PA Groundwater Symposium May 3 In State College
*  [12/13/2016] Penn State Extension Releases New LearnNow Video On Protecting Water Wells
*  [11/21/2016] Penn State Master Well Owner Network Issues Annual Report
*  [10/31/2016] Drilling Company Wins Water Well Contamination Case, But Court Says Actions Reckless
*  [9/19/2016] Applications Now Being Accepted For Next Penn State Master Well Owner Course
*  [6/27/2016] DEP Investigating Perfluorinate Water Contamination In Bucks County