West Chester, Pa (January 5, 2024) – Five projects to protect watersheds in Chester County and improve stormwater management systems will receive more than $625,000 in state funding, state Senator Carolyn Comitta said today.
“Investments in protecting our watersheds and improving our stormwater runoff systems benefit the entire community, especially as stormwater and agricultural runoff represent leading sources of nonpoint pollution in our region,” said Comitta, who serves as minority chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee.
The projects were awarded grant funding through the Growing Greener program and the Stormwater Management Planning (Act 167) program. Those in the 19th Senatorial District are as follows:
- $77,300 for the Goose Creek Alliance for the Goose Creek watershed action plan and feasibility study in West Chester.
- $200,747 for West Chester Borough for the design and construction of green infrastructure in the public works yard.
- $41,217 for Easttown Township for the establishment of a rain garden program.
- $258,000 for the Stroud Water Research Center for the design and construction of forested buffers with livestock exclusion in several Chester County municipalities including West Marlborough.
- $50,000 for the Chester County Water Resources Authority to update the county-wide integrated water resources plan (Act 167 plan).
Growing Greener aims to improve or protect Pennsylvania’s waters from nonpoint source pollution like agricultural and stormwater runoff. Act 167 is the state policy that oversees watershed stormwater management plans in every Pennsylvania county.
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