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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.

Manure impacts water quality. In PA, everyone who produces manure needs a plan. That includes 4-H youth.

Groundwater levels in wells vary over time. Water conservation and pump adjustments can help manage your water well during drought.

Managing stormwater, reducing flooding, and improving water quality.

Water wells require regular maintenance to ensure adequate water flow and optimum water quality.

Find out how to estimate homeowner or farmer water needs and calculate how much water must be delivered from a private water supply to meet these needs.

Fracture Trace Mapping can be used to locate larger producing water wells for farms, businesses and large homes.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has a laboratory accreditation program for water testing labs to ensure data accuracy.

Shock chlorination can be used to disinfect water supplies that have been contaminated as a result of a contamination incident.

Sanitary water well caps and a grout seal around the casing can prevent surface water contamination of water wells.

It is important that certain procedures be followed to ensure a clean, reliable, productive well.

A listing of symptoms in water (color, smell, taste), the common causes, and possible solutions to common drinking water problems.

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

Guidance provided on how to develop effective runoff capture and reuse systems as part of a stormwater management plan.

Pesticides and fertilizers are effective crop management tools. However, these chemicals can endanger water quality and human health if they are not properly stored and handled.

Managing the land application of animal waste to protect water quality depends on applying rates based on various factors.

Silage is an essential feed for livestock-based agriculture. When properly harvested and stored, silage poses little or no pollution threat.

Water is one of our most important resources. Numerous farms have a stream or drainageway cutting through heavily used pastures, exercise lots, or barnyards.

This publication helps farmers evaluate groundwater and surface water protection related to milkhouse wastewater conditions and management practices.

If wells are not properly constructed or maintained, groundwater may become contaminated, putting human and livestock health at risk. This publication helps farmers evaluate water protection.

The lack of private water well construction regulations in Pennsylvania means that observing manure application setbacks is crucial for protecting private drinking water resources.

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

This manual for landowners describes where wetland restoration is possible and how it is done. It covers basic wetland concepts, ecological concepts and terms, wetland restoration, and maintenance.

Though it has been around since the times of ancient tribes, biochar is only recently becoming a popular topic of discussion among modern home gardeners, commercial farmers, land managers, and wastewater treatment operators.

Live stakes are an increasingly popular way to repair eroding streams on a budget. However, moving plants always comes with the risk of spreading pests and diseases.