In 2004, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary was awarded a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Targeted Watershed Initiative Program to complete a selection of projects that demonstrate how water pollution can be managed on a watershed basis. Elements of the initiative include studies, demonstrations, and education and outreach activities. With more than 40 projects and a dozen collaborating organizations and agencies involved (click here for list of partners), the Schuylkill Watershed Initiative Grant provides an excellent demonstration of a cooperative approach to coordinated water-quality protection efforts in a large watershed.

Through this initiative, we are working with the Schuylkill Action Network and local partner-organizations to implement on-the-ground projects resulting in positive effects on water quality in the Schuylkill River Watershed. Please click on the links below to learn more about the threats to water quality in the Schuylkill, the projects underway to address them, and the local partners involved in implementing them: