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Citizens' Volunteer Monitoring Program is a statewide
program through the Department of Environmental Protection,
which educates the public on ways they can help monitor
our 83,000 miles of waterways. The following information
was obtained from their website at:
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/wc/factsheets/ws/fs2129.htm
CITIZENS' VOLUNTEER MONITORING PROGRAM
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quality of our water is important to all of us. Pennsylvania's
Citizens' Volunteer Monitoring Program (CVMP) has been
initiated to help both organizations and individuals concerned
about water quality more quickly reach agreement on the
nature of water quality issues and begin to share resources
and plan for the future.
WHY DOES PENNSYLVANIA NEED THE CVMP?
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monitoring is an integral part of comprehensive statewide
water protection. By monitoring water quality, citizen
volunteers empower themselves and their communities to
become better water stewards. Volunteers are able to supplement
government monitoring programs by providing information
immediately following a storm or on waterbodies in remote
areas. Resource agencies can more effectively manage and
protect Pennsylvania's aquatic resources with the active,
positive cooperation of an educated public.
Many energetic, hardworking citizens-adults and children
alike-voluntarily monitor a variety of surface and groundwater
resources. These include rivers, streams, lakes, ponds,
wetlands, estuaries, beaches and wells. They often have
multiple sampling stations in or on numerous waterbodies.
survey completed by the CVMP indicates that there are
more than 140 groups actively monitoring surface and groundwater
resources in the Commonwealth. The number of sampling
stations exceeds 3,000. Nearly 11,000 individuals are
involved in monitoring activities and citizens' volunteer
monitoring groups are spending in excess of $2 million
annually statewide to learn more about the health of our
waters.
To learn more about EASI and the Pennsylvania
Senior Environment Corp, visit their website at: www.easi.org
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