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VUSP PA Stormwater SymposiumVillanova University, PA
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Delaware River Watershed
Source: ESRI
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Population 8.5M
Source: Kauffman U. Delaware
Source: OSI
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Water supply for 17M
Source: NYC DEP
Source: DRBC
$25 billion economic value
Source: Visit PA
Source: Kauffman U. Delaware
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1870’s
Source: PhillyH2O7
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Monthly mean Dissolved Oxygen at Ben Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia
HYPOXIC CONDITIONS
Data source: USGS
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Delaware River ranked 5th in the nation for highest amount of total toxic discharge
– 14,805 lb cancer causing chemicals (21st)
– 2,587 lb developmental toxics (26th)
– 2,510 lb reproductive toxics (13th)
132.8 million pounds Total N– 104.5 million pounds NPS
Source: USGS SPARROW
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Lost 100K forested acres each year between 2006-2011
– Pipelines could be responsible for an additional 6K acres
(source: DRN)
(source: BCC)(source: Berks Nature)
Pesticides commonly detected in surface water and finished drinking water– Atrazine, metolachlor,
simazine, prometon, alachlor, tebuthiuron, cyanazine, etc.
Source: USGS
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1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
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Delaware River Watershed Impervious Cover
Source: CWP Source: CIMISS15
Source: RNajjar, Penn StateData Source: NLCD
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• $15MM for operations – Supporting operations for
over 50 organizations
• $6MM for monitoring– Maintaining or collecting data
from over 300 stream sites
• $7MM for restoration– $4.5MM to 34 projects
leveraging $9.5MM
• $10MM for protection– $4.5MM for 18 projects
protecting 13,728 acres leveraging $36.6MM
• $15MM from USDA– Regional Conservation
Partnership Program
DRWI Phase I: >$230MM in projects, >$35MM in WPF funds
$60MM leveraged to date
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Delaware RiverDelaware River WatershedCounties
9 Long-Term Integrative Monitoring Sites9 Project-Specific & General Monitoring Sites!( Restoration Project Awards
Protection Project Awards (acres)") 12 - 111") 112 - 548") 549 - 810") 811 - 1588") 1589 - 2449
Targeted Sub-Watershed ClustersPoconos and KittatinnyUpper LehighNew Jersey HighlandsMiddle SchuylkillSchuylkill HighlandsUpstream Suburban PhiladelphiaBrandywine and ChristinaKirkwood Cohansey Aquifer
• Project tracking• Ongoing monitoring• Third party evaluation• Adaptive management
Spending ≠ Impact
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POCONO KITTATINNYUPPER LEHIGH
MIDDLE SCHUYLKILL
SCHUYLKILL HIGHLANDS
BRANDYWINE CHRISTINA
UPSTREAM SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA
NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS
• Scoring system:
GoodFair
Poor
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– Scale of the basin (8 million acres 106)→– Scale of the Cluster (500,000 acres 104) →– Scale of the focus area (20,000 acres 103) →– Scale of the project site (4 acres 100) →
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Requires leverage of partnerships…– 150 PA municipalities in focus areas– 304 PA municipalities in clusters– 525 PA municipalities across the Delaware Basin– Plus academic institutions– Plus government and non-profit– Plus engineering professionals; over 140 registered
for this symposium!
Challenges of scale and impact persist!
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Federal $98MM
Non Profits $66MM
Municipal $65MM
State $53MM
Conservation Districts $34MM
County $24MM
Regional $5MMPower Companies
$2MMWater Purveyors $1MM
Wastewater Utilities $1MM
$350 Million Total
Source: Kauffman, U. Delaware, 2015
…and funding!More state funding?• Delaware’s Clear Choice• New Jersey Keep It Green• Pennsylvania Growing Greener• Supplemental Environmental
Projects (SEPs) in NJ • Community Environmental
Projects (CEPs) in PAMore private donors?• Foundations and individualsMore federal recognition?• National Parks• Estuary Program• Delaware River Basin
Conservation ActNew municipal, regional sources?• water funds• Program Related Investments
(PRIs)
Public Conservation Funding in the Delaware River Watershed
• Hundreds of municipalities– Partners in water quality monitoring
• E.g., Middle Schuylkill: Reading Area Water Authority, Kutztown Borough, Western Berks Water Authority
– Partners in planning and code development• E.g., Upper Lehigh cluster and Kidder Township
– Partners in project implementation• E.g., Upstream Suburban Philadelphia and $300K to Upper Gwynedd
– Partners in technical assistance• E.g., Delaware Regional Planning Commission municipal panel
• Dozens of academic partnerships in applied research and monitoring
• E.g., Moravia, Lehigh, Temple, Villanova, Drexel, Kutztown, Albright, Ursinus, Reading Area Community College
• Thousands of professional restoration firms• E.g., NAM Landscape Architecture, AKRF, Cerulean Project Management,
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Thank you
ansp.org/research/environmental-research/projects/watershed-protection-program/
nfwf.org/delaware
osiny.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Issues_Watershed_Fund_2williampennfoundation.org/what-we-fund-watershed-protection
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