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Free Webinar: Nature-Based Hazard Mitigation for Flood Resiliency in Appalachia (Aug 27)
Flooding is one of the defining water challenges of our region, and the landscape itself is part of both the problem and the solution. On Thursday, August 27, the Appalachian Flood Resilience Coalition is hosting a free webinar on how nature-based approaches can make our communities more resilient to floods. Nature-Based Hazard Mitigation: Approaches for…
Read MoreSave the Date: Mid Mon Stormwater Workshop, October 20 in Uniontown
Save the date. On Tuesday, October 20, the Mid Mon Stormwater Workshop brings together the people who shape what happens to the rain that falls on our communities. It is a free day of learning, connecting, and taking action for cleaner water, and the H2O Water Network is proud to co-host. Every storm is a…
Read MoreA Win for the Yough: Pennsylvania Accepts Its First ‘Unsuitable for Mining’ Petition in 30 Years
A tool Pennsylvania had left on the shelf for three decades just came back to life, and it happened right here in the Youghiogheny watershed. After a legal win by the Mountain Watershed Association, the state has agreed to formally study whether 11,000 acres of the Laurel Highlands are simply the wrong place to mine.…
Read MoreThe EPA Wants to Cut the Public Out of Air Permits. Comments Close August 21.
The way you get a say over a polluting facility in your community usually starts with a simple thing: a public notice and a window to comment. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has proposed making that window optional for a whole class of pollution sources, and the clock to weigh in runs out on August…
Read MoreA Community Just Stopped a Seven-Building Data Center. Here Is the Playbook for Water Groups.
A community in southern Maryland just did something a lot of people said was impossible. They stopped a massive data center. For every watershed group in our network, this one is worth studying, because the same fight is heading for Pennsylvania, and Calvert County just showed how it can be won. The short version Amazon…
Read MoreSupport Clean Water: Join the 9th Annual Headwaters Party on August 29
Join the Jacobs Creek Watershed Association for its 9th Annual Headwaters Party on August 29 at West Overton Village. Donate a basket, sponsor, or attend to support clean water.
Read MoreH2Ohio Rivers Program Puts $87,000 Into River Cleanups, Including the Ohio River
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced on July 28 that its H2Ohio Rivers Program has awarded nearly $87,000 in Healthy Rivers Livery Grants to twelve canoe and kayak liveries across the state, putting real money behind the volunteer river cleanups that many of these outfitters host every season. Each livery can receive up to…
Read MorePA Water Systems Untouched by Cyberattacks Hitting Other States
Drinking water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states, including Minnesota and Michigan, have been hit by cyberattacks in recent weeks, with suspicion falling on actors linked to Iran. Pennsylvania officials say the Commonwealth’s systems have so far been untouched, but they are not treating that as a reason to relax, according to WESA…
Read MorePittsburgh Water Expands Lead Line Replacement to Four More Neighborhoods
Pittsburgh Water is expanding its lead service line replacement program into four more neighborhoods: Highland Park, Shadyside, Bloomfield, and Lawrenceville. The new phase will replace 770 public and 840 private lead lines, with completion targeted for the end of 2027, WESA reported on August 5. The work is backed by $31.5 million from PENNVEST, Pennsylvania’s…
Read MorePA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Returns October 20 to 22
The Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference returns October 20 to 22, 2026, at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg (Hershey Area) in Grantville, just off I-81. This year’s theme is “Meeting the Challenge,” and registration is open now for attendees and exhibitors. Co-hosted every year by the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) and the…
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