Approximately 53% of Pennsylvania’s water quality impaired waterways area are polluted from nonpoint source pollution, including Abandoned Mine Drainage, urban and agricultural runoff, atmospheric deposition, on-lot sewage systems, earthmoving activities, stream hydromodification and timber harvesting.
The Report highlights these major programs--
-- Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
-- Trout Unlimited AMD Technical Assistance Program
-- Trout Unlimited Agricultural Nonpoint Source Technical Assistance Program
-- Pennsylvania VinES Program To Promote Sustainable Grape Production
-- Implementation Of Watershed-Scale Monitoring - Quittapahill Creek, Lebanon County, Conowingo Creek, Lancaster County
Project highlights--
-- AMD Treatment Systems Improve Tioga River Water Quality, Bradford, Tioga Counties
-- Swatara Creek Floodplain Restoration Project, Lebanon, Schuylkill Counties
-- West Branch Antietam Creek Restoration, Franklin County
Click Here to read the entire 84-page report.
Visit DEP’s Watershed Restoration and Nonpoint Source Management webpage for more information.
Related Articles:
-- DEP Office Of Water Programs: Our Common Goal, Clean Water For All Pennsylvanians
-- State Conservation Commission PA Agriculture Conservation Stewardship Farm Certification Program
-- DEP Webinar: Integrated Water Quality Plan Overview (on demand)
-- DEP 2026 PA Aquatic Resource Restoration Conference
-- Chesapeake Bay Program Highlights Recent Monitoring Data
(Reprinted from DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Program Healthy Waters newsletter. Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)
[Posted: September 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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