Susquehanna River Basin Commission Urges Feds To Provide Funding For Flood Warning System

At its December 6 meeting, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission  adopted a resolution urging the federal government to provide its fair share of financial support to the National Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program which provides the data used by the Susquehanna Flood Warning System.

The Commission also--

-- Accepted the independent financial audit report for fiscal year 2018;

-- Approved the signing of an agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey to assist in collecting LiDAR for 22 Pennsylvania counties and two grant agreements with Department of Environmental Protection for mine drainage restoration efforts;

-- Adopted a resolution approving a consumptive use mitigation project located in Lancaster, County, Pa., and approved the signing of a water supply agreement with the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority; and

-- Adopted a resolution deferring updates to the Comprehensive Plan for the Water Resources of the Susquehanna River Basin until 2021.
Click Here to see a list of other actions taken at the meeting.

The voting Commissioners and alternates were: Paul D’Amato, Chair, Director, Region 8, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation;  Col. John T. Litz, Commander and District Engineer, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Patrick McDonnell, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; and Virginia Kearney, Deputy Director, Water Management Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment.

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