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Do you enjoy outdoor activities? Become a community scientist. First Investigation of Stream Health (FISH) monitors changes to local streams and their habitats.

Learn about how to manage precipitation run-off and add to the aesthetic environment by building a suburban rain garden.

Interested in becoming a Master Watershed Steward in York County? Join us for this information meeting on how you can improve the health of Pennsylvania's waterways.

Managing stormwater, reducing flooding, and improving water quality.

Understanding and correcting wet basements is a key topic for homeowners.

Information for contractors to properly build an infiltration surface; the soil surface where stormwater or wastewater is expected to enter the soil profile.

Guidance to stormwater designers about assessing a potential stormwater infiltration site to determine the rate and volume of stormwater that can be expected to infiltrate into the soil.

Design guidance provided for engineers and planners on how to properly develop a bioretention cell.

While you may be familiar with the term, have you ever wondered what stormwater is?

Floods are a nuisance. Whether in the streets, parking lots, or your own front yard – they are no fun. Have you ever wondered why your community floods more now than it used to?

Does stormwater really affect me? Why should I care? Whether you live in a town, the country, a city, or the suburbs – when it rains, the water that runs off needs somewhere to go. Stormwater affects everyone!

Have you ever wondered why your basement keeps flooding or your driveway is washing away? Stormwater could be damaging your property.

It is important to realize that activities on your property can adversely affect your neighbor's property, because water does not follow property boundaries

Stormwater can cause water pollution because it often contains harmful materials picked up when it washed across the land.

Stormwater drainage, called runoff, affects everyone and all pay. Some costs may be in purchases or repairs, others in management.

Want to control stormwater on your property? There are many different things you can do.

Sediment is a stormwater pollutant that is made up of soil particles that have been detached from the land by erosion and is Pennsylvania's largest surface water pollutant by volume.

Conveyances are man-made flow-ways used to move stormwater runoff to a place meant to receive it. Natural drainages are not called conveyances. Any other functions must be added to the system.

Stormwater credits offer the opportunity to reduce stormwater fees that may be charged by your local municipality.

The storm drains along your street most likely lead directly to a nearby stream. Dumping anything in them besides clean water is an illicit discharge.

In communities with stormwater permits (MS4), there is a need for everyone representing the township, city, or borough to be able to answer basic questions about stormwater management plans.

Two-sided fact sheet discussing construction of and uses for rain barrels.

The stormwater systems most of us take for granted are getting more expensive to design, construct and maintain.

Native meadows reduce stormwater runoff and improve water quality and local stream health.

A brief introduction and instructional guide to using live staking as an inexpensive and simple technique to restoring eroding stream banks.