Posts by popemaster
Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week: Free Webinars July 29-31 and How to Get Involved
Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week runs July 26 to August 1, 2026. Join three free webinars July 29-31 on drinking water, soil health, and the Gulf dead zone, and test your local water with a free Nitrate Watch kit.
Read MoreWashington County Wants Your Input on Its 2027 Hazard Mitigation Plan
Washington County is updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan for 2027. Share your input at the July 28 public meeting at the Fairgrounds, or complete the county survey by July 28.
Read MoreFree Webinar July 29: How Data Centers and Fracking Threaten Pennsylvania Communities
Join a free July 29 Halt the Harm Network webinar on how Pennsylvania’s data center build-out drives more fracking and gas plants, and how protective buffers keep communities safer.
Read MoreFree Virtual Workshop: How to Apply for ARC Funding in Pennsylvania (August 6)
A free August 6 virtual workshop from the Appalachian Regional Commission and PA DCED on ARC funding, the Area Development program, and application best practices.
Read MoreRadioactive Leachate in Landfills: A Free Coalition Webinar on the Risk to Our Water
When oil and gas waste ends up in a landfill, it doesn’t just sit there. Water moves through it and creates a runoff called leachate, and a growing coalition of Pennsylvania groups is raising concerns about what that leachate can carry, including radioactive material, and where it ends up: our water treatment plants and waterways.…
Read MoreHow Healthy Are Our Rivers? Three Rivers Waterkeeper’s 2025 State of Our Waters Report
How healthy are our rivers? It’s one of the most common questions people ask, and our partners at Three Rivers Waterkeeper have spent a year gathering data to help answer it. Their newly released 2025 State of Our Waters Report takes stock of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers and their tributaries, the same waters…
Read MoreFree PFAS Workshop and Water Test for Private Well Owners in Fayette County
If you get your water from a private well, spring, or cistern, keeping it safe is on you, and that includes keeping an eye on PFAS. On Thursday, July 16, Penn State Extension is hosting a free one-hour workshop in Uniontown to help private water supply owners understand these “forever chemicals,” how to test for…
Read MoreGet Out on the Water This July with Three Rivers Waterkeeper
Our partners at Three Rivers Waterkeeper have a full July lined up, and they have opened it to the whole H2O network. These events run through the lower reaches of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio, part of the same basin we all share, and there is something here for just about everyone: boat tours, a…
Read MoreDownstream from Spring Confluence: What We Took Away from Geneva College
The Spring 2026 Confluence brought the H2O Water Network together at Geneva College in Beaver Falls for a day built around three simple things: connecting, sharing, and learning. Folks came from across the Upper Ohio River Basin, and the program covered a lot of ground, from the nuts and bolts of delivering clean water to…
Read MorePaddle the Middle Yough and Join the Picnic: Two CRWA Events in July
The Casselman River Watershed Association (CRWA) has two July events lined up, and they make a nice pair: a beginner-friendly float down one of the prettiest stretches of the Youghiogheny, and a potluck and annual meeting with the pool open. Here are the details. CRWA’s First Middle Yough Sojourn, July 11 On Saturday, July 11,…
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