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• Project Overview
• Your Role in the Project
• April 2009

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• The Collaboration
• Pa. DEP
• Pa. Environmental Council
• LandStudies
• with assistance from the PGCSA

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• Handbook Information
• Connections to
• Environmental Institute for Golf
• Audubon International Certification
• Pennsylvania State Water Plan
• Pennsylvania Nutrient Trading Program
• Economic Opportunities Through
• Regulatory Fulfillment Partnerships
• - stormwater management
• - wetland mitigation banking
  

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• Handbook Information
• Importance of Mapping
• Importance of Monitoring
• Working with
• Conservation Organizations

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The 18 Water Resource-Related BMPs
Irrigation System Improvement 1. Equipment
selection maintenance 2. Where when to
irrigate
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Chemical Use 3. Chemical storage handling 4.
Herbicide pesticide selection
application 5. Nutrient Management Native Plant
Installation 6. Use native plants 7. Increase
naturalized areas
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8. Erosion control 9. Equipment washing
stations Buffer Strip Installation 10. Choosing
vegetation 11. Placement sizing
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12. Composting Stormwater Management 13.
Collection, cleansing, storage 14. Reusing
stormwater
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• Stream Floodplain Restoration
• Assumes a major role because of
• - many benefits from one project
• - availability of credits offsets from
• several of the resulting benefits
• 15. Floodplain Restoration

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Stream Floodplain Restoration Special
emphasis on first four of the following
benefits - Flood reduction -
Stormwater management - Sediment
nutrient reduction - Groundwater recharge
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Stream Floodplain Restoration Benefits
- Wetland creation - Riparian buffers
- Wildlife habitat improvement -
Invasive species removal - Aesthetic
enhancement - Topsoil generation
- Environmental education
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16. Wetland construction/restoration Alternative
Water Source Use 17. Grey water 18. Treated
wastewater effluent
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• DEP Credits and Offsets
• Nitrogen Trading Credits
• Phosphorus Trading Credits
• Sediment Credits (future)
• Carbon Credits (potential)
• Stormwater Offsets

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• State Water Plan Tie-In
• Environmental Components
• Flood Mitigation
• Stream Channel Alterations
• Stream Bank Erosion
• Runoff Quality
• Dry-Weather Flow Protection
• Aquifer Recharge

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• State Water Plan Tie-In
• Regulatory Components
• Stormwater Management Act
• Sewage Facilities Act
• Municipalities Planning Code
• Chapters 102 105
• NPDES
• MS4
• TMDLs

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TPC Potomac Stream Floodplain Restoration
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Juvenile Green Heron
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Lehigh Valley Country Club Stream Floodplain
Restoration
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Bedford Springs Stream Floodplain Restoration
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Saucon Valley Stream Floodplain Restoration
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Butterfly Acres Infiltration Trenches
for Groundwater Recharge
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Infiltration Trench Schematic
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Infiltration Trench Construction
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Help

• Do you know a golf course
• where one or more of the BMPs
• has been implemented?
• Photos
• Contact information
• Cost range
• Project partnerships
• Acreage or linear footage
• Project partnerships
• other relevant details

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your contributions involvement! Thank you.