Comments Invited On Draft Southwestern PA Water Network Vision/Purpose/Goals

The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania is inviting comments on a draft Southwestern PA Water network vision, purpose and goals statement from local stakeholders.  The deadline for comments is December 18.

Over the past few months, the Water Center at Penn has been working with a diverse group of Southwestern PA Water Stakeholders to develop a draft vision, purpose and set of goals for a SW PA Water Network. 

This draft has been heavily informed by broader outreach and conversations we have had with hundreds of people in the region over the past year.

Click Here to review the draft document that contains both background information as well as draft network vision, purpose and goal language

Click Here to answer survey questions aimed at gaining your feedback on the document you just reviewed.

Once the Center has everyone's feedback, they will work to incorporate perspectives into revised vision, purpose and goals that better reflect all regional perspectives.  

Shortly thereafter, they will share both the revised language, as well as a consolidated document containing everyone's verbatim survey feedback. 

The Center plans to hold a stakeholder meeting early in the new year to engage with Southwestern Pennsylvania stakeholders.

The western one-third of Pennsylvania forms the headwaters of the Ohio River Watershed, including the Allegheny and Monongahela river watersheds.

For more information, visit the The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania website.  Click Here to sign up for updates from the Center.

Questions about the Southwest Pennsylvania Project should be directed to Alison De Luise: adeluise@sas.upenn.edu or Karl Russek: russek@sas.upenn.edu.  

Additional Resource Links:

-- Phase 1 Accelerating Transformational Change in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers' Report

-- May 2020 Virtual Stakeholder Meetings Summary Report

-- Video recording capturing key takeaways from Phase 1 report and the approach being pursued in this Phase 2.

Related Articles:

-- New Ohio River Watershed Plan To Benefit Economy, Environment, Communities In 15-State Region

-- Creating A Collaborative Water Resource Network In Southwestern PA; Water Stakeholders GIS Map

-- Special Project: Good River - Stories Of The Ohio River [Yes, PA Is The Ohio River Watershed]

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Discusses Threats To The Ohio River Watershed With PA Stakeholders In Online Forum; Calls For Action

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Announced To Promote Sustainable Economic Strategies In Ohio Valley, Western PA

[Posted: December 1, 2020]  PA Environment Digest