Every year, billions of gallons of stormwater flow into the Schuylkill River, carrying with it pollutants from lawns, homes, roads, businesses and industry. This causes flooding and erosion. As we continue to replace forests and meadows with homes, businesses and pavement in this heavily developed watershed, stormwater runoff increasingly threatens water quality in the Schuylkill River.

The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary is helping to address this threat by providing Schuylkill Watershed Initiative Grant funding for the implementation of two important suites of stormwater runoff projects:

• Suite 1: Perkiomen Initiative Stormwater Management Demonstration Projects
The Perkiomen, the largest sub-watershed in the Schuylkill, represents a microcosm of its larger watershed. It even has many of the same challenges, including a growing and diverse population. The Schuylkill Action Network has worked to establish a small pilot program in the Perkiomen Sub-watershed that will result in the implementation of six projects, all of which will provide lessons for moving forward with addressing stormwater on a larger scale in the Schuylkill Watershed. Click here to learn more about this suite of projects.