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Working with StormWater
By Kelly Meinhart, Producer
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you're an engineer, municipal official, or just interested in
the best ways to transport and utilize storm water on your property,
than you will definitely want to check out the newest project
of the Chester County Conservation District (CCCD). The CCCD
has developed a self-guided tour of twenty-one sites across
Chester County, which exhibits the best examples of storm water
best management practices.
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of the projects highlighted in the tour include; infiltration
basins, infiltrator berms, warm season native grassy meadows,
paver blocks, porous pavement, and various swales. These projects
exhibit standard, innovative, and alternative practices for
managing storm water, and are designed to utilize the benefits
of this resource by returning the water to the ground - rather
than sending it to a basin or retaining reservoir. Not only
does it make sense - but it also helps the watershed by renewing
ground water resources.
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innovative, educational, highly organized, and impressive program
is the brainchild of Dan Greig, the District Manager at CCCD.
I had the opportunity to visit with Dan and a few of his staff
members to tour three of the twenty-one sites. The first, highlighted
in this week's feature, is the porous pavement project at the
East Whiteland Township Building. Porous pavement can be used
for patios, walkways, driveways and parking lots and is a positive
answer to today's ever-growing problem of parking lot run-off.
In the video clips highlighted, Dan not only tells us all about
the product but also demonstrates how it works. So be sure to
check it out.
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Lynn Criswell, Erosion and Sediment Team Leader for CCCD gave
me a first hand look at the Applebrook Golf Course Community.
This site is a positive display of utilizing a large track of
land and incorporating a variety of bmp's, including wet ponds
and constructed treatment wetlands, at the same location. Be
sure to click through the photos, and listen to Gay Lynn explain
the variety of techniques used at this property.
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self-guided tour is a Growing Greener grant project, and had
its official kick off this past May to celebrate "Watershed
Awareness Month." Participants in the program will receive
a tour book and instructions on how to access the properties.
The CCCD has also developed a website which includes all the
information in the tour kit, for on-line viewing. That website
is listed below.
 ongrats
to the Chester County Conservation District office staff and
partners for developing this highly innovative, replicable program.
For more information
Contact the Chester County Conservation District office
at (610) 436-9182 or check out the online
version of the virtual BMP tour.
Check out these Watershed Weekly Presentations on Chester
County Programs:
Growing Greener Along the Octoraro
(Video)
Mushroom Farm Conservation (Video)
Environmental Reporter Story on Porous
Pavement.
Managing Stormwater:
Best Management Practices
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