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Our Water: who's got the power?
By Kelly Meinhart, Producer
Protecting Our Water: who's got the power?
Produced by Delaware Nature Society, 1998
 rotecting
Our Water: who’s go the power? is a wonderful overview
of many of the problems affecting our watersheds today. Whether
you live in a watershed in Pennsylvania or Delaware, or somewhere
beyond or in-between, you’ll find this production a positive
educational resource and overview of what a watershed is and
why it is such a sensitive yet powerful system.
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with watershed dynamics, the basics of groundwater recharge
and how impervious surfaces affect our water supplies is also
discussed, as well as issues like our changing landscape and
how every change we make to our land affects our water.
ennsylvania’s
own, internationally renowned, Stroud Water Research Center,
located in Avondale, PA is featured in the production with appearances
from Executive Director, Bern Sweenie, and Biochemist Louis
Kaplan to talk about the importance of small streams and why
protecting their health is so important.
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video further delves into essential information related to protecting
stream ecology, and what leaf litter and small stream organisms
can tell us about the health of a stream.
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sure to watch the entire presentation as it really provides
you with some essential information about stream ecology and
what we can do to protect our waterways and the health of our
water. We, as individuals, have the power to play a strong role
in this protection.
hank
you to the Pennsylvania DEP Bureau of Watershed Management for
loaning this video, as well as to the Delaware Nature Society
for producing this informative video.
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For More information:
 Delaware
Nature Society
Izaak Walton
League Save Our Streams Program
Riparian Forest Buffers: Function and Design for Protection
and Enhancement of Water Resources (A USDA Publication)
Action
Guide for Source Water Funding: small town and rural county
strategies for protecting critical water supplies (A National
Center for Small Communities Publication)
Stroud
Water Research Center: Education Programs
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