DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters News: DEP Renews County Clean Water Funding Agreements With Bay Watershed Counties

The Department of Environmental Protection announced it has renewed County Clean Water Funding Agreements with all participating counties in the Pennsylvania portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed for another three years, with the potential to extend to five years.

This news and other updates are included in the latest DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters newsletter.

Among the other news highlights were--

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes Robert Hughes And John Dawes

-- PennVEST approves nearly $100 million in drinking water and wastewater projects in the PA portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in July.

-- 100,000 Live Stakes Planted To Restore Pennsylvania Streams

-- GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Awards 21 Grants To Support Native Plant Projects

-- Franklin & Marshall College Video Highlights Stream Restoration In Lancaster County

-- Apply For Most Effective Basin Funding  For Agricultural Conservation Practices

-- Adams County Conservation Districts Provides Erosion & Sedimentation Control Training

-- Lancaster County Watershed Restoration Projects Weather Storms 

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Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates on Pennsylvania’s progress.

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(Photo: Lancaster County Watershed Restoration Projects Weather Storms.)

Related Articles This Week:

-- DEP Watershed Restoration Staff Recognized With Governor's Award For Excellence    [PaEN] 

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters News: DEP Renews County Clean Water Funding Agreements With Bay Watershed Counties  [PaEN]

-- PennEnvironment Offers Tools Parents, Teachers Can Use To Protect Their Children From The Recent Rollback Of Lead Reporting Standards For Drinking Water In Schools; DEP Offers School Water Lead Testing  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Nearly 1 Year Since Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Spill, Company Sold Its Operations, Wastewater Still At All 3 Facilities  [PaEN] 

-- USDA Invests $2.8 Million With Fish & Boat Commission To Expand Wildlife Conservation, Outdoor Recreation Access  [PaEN]

-- DEP Drought Conditions Update: 3 Counties Return To Normal Status; 8 Counties Remain In Drought Warning  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 18 Webinar On First Investigation Of Stream Health Tool To Track Stream Health  [PaEN] 

NewsClips:

-- PA Capital-Star: Citizens Coal Council Claims DEP Is Falling Behind Reporting On Structure, Stream Damage Caused By Underground Coal Mining 

-- WITF - The Spark: PA DEP Releases Draft 2026 Water Quality Assessment For Rivers, Streams, Lakes

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Reminder - Lancaster County Clean Water Project Grant Applications Due Aug. 31 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: A Visit To The Horst Farm To See Conservation Practices In Action 

-- WNEP: Sunbury Practices Putting Flood Barriers In Place With Annual Flood Defense Exercise

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: State Of Plastics In The Susquehanna River - They Are Everywhere And Have Become A Major Threat, According To Survey Of Experts, River Users

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Bibliography Of Plastics Research Includes Links To 72 Studies Related To Health, Environmental Impacts Of Plastics, Microplastic Particles

-- Republican Herald: Unpredictable Algal Blooms Keep Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area On Alert

[Posted: August 4, 2026]  PA Environment Digest