pacd’s work in the amr community

Robert Maiden

PACD Executive Director

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS…

…are just like school

districts. Everybody lives in

one.

PRINCIPLES

Education & Outreach

Sustainable Resource Conservation

Local

Partnerships

Integrity

Photos courtesy of Flickr and Istock Photo.

Terry Fisher

PENNVEST NPS Application Developer

PENNVEST NONPOINT SOURCE PROGRAM

Low-Interest Loans and Grants for Nonpoint Source Projects

• Eligible Projects: Agricultural BMP’s; Urban Stormwater; Abandoned Mine Drainage; Brownfield Stormwater that have a water quality benefit.

• Eligible Applicants: Public / Government Entities; Not-For-Profit organizations and Private-For-Profit entities) may apply.

• Eligible Costs: Construction, Administration, Design & Engineering and Legal Fees. No matching funds are required.

For more information, contact Terry Fisher at terry-fisher@pacd.org

or 717-238-7223.

Eric Robertson

Conservation Engineer with PACD’s Engineering Technical Assistance

Program. 

PACD ENGINEERING STAFF HAS EXPERIENCE DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING

• Anoxic Limestone Drains (ALD)• Open Limestone Beds (OLB)• Vertical Flow Ponds (VFP)• FeAlMn Beds• Engineered Wetlands• Automatic Flushing Siphon Beds• Bioreactors• Engineered Settling Basins• Lime Dosing Silos• Limestone Sand Dosing• Pressure Venturi Systems• And Others

FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL PARK AMD TREATMENT SYSTEMS

Conservancy Auto Dosing Sipon

Engineered Wetland

Alkaline Iron Settling Basin

Manganese Bed

DISTRICT PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS: FAYETTE COUNTY—SW REGION

Firetower Road looking downstream.

Mouth 5

DISTRICT PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS: WESTMORELAND COUNTY—SW REGION

Brinkerton Abandoned Mine Drainage

Installed Water Aeration Pumps

DISTRICT PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS: SCHUYLKILL COUNTY—NE REGION

Rain gardens being installed along walking trail at the Silver Creek Acid Mine Drainage Treatment System.

2012 PACD/EPCAMR AMD TOURS

Robert Maiden, Executive Director

robert-maiden@pacd.org

717-238-7223 x14

Terry Fisher, PENNVEST NPS Program Application Developer

terry-fisher@pacd.org

717-238-7223 x11

Eric Robertson, Conservation Engineer, Somerset Office

eric-robertson@pacd.org

814-445-8979 x124

PACD THANKS YOU!