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十大赌博正规老平台 Creates Stormwater Tool for 约克郡

约克郡, PA – The 十大赌博正规老平台 recently partnered with the 约克郡 Stormwater Consortium to create a 定制的、基于web的工具 精简和规范数据, 计算, and formatting of stormwater project reports that are submitted by the 44 participating municipalities, 包括县, 每年. The tool will allow the Consortium to identify, 比较, and prioritize the most cost-efficient projects to help achieve water quality goals, 并在审查过程中节省时间.

The 约克郡 Stormwater Consortium is a coalition of 约克郡 municipalities that work cooperatively to address the municipalities’ responsibilities to clean up impaired waters. Through reductions in nutrient and sediment pollutants, water quality in local waters and the Chesapeake Bay will be improved. The staff of the 约克郡 规划 Commission serve as the Administrative Team for the Consortium.

这个工具，叫做 约克郡 Stormwater Consortium Best Management Practices (BMP) Reporting Tool, was rolled out in June 2016 as the 要求 process for municipalities to report progress toward meeting their Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan program goals. This year, reports on more than 70 stormwater projects were submitted through the tool.

“The first reporting cycle using the 十大赌博正规老平台’s web-based tool increased the efficiency of the reporting process. Reports were submitted more timely and the data could easily be downloaded into an excel spreadsheet for analysis and PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reporting purposes,” 约克郡 规划 Commission Chief of Long Range 规划 Pam Shellenberger said. “The land cover analysis and estimated pollutant reductions will help the Consortium focus on implementing projects that reduce the most pollutants for the least amount of cost to clean up 约克郡 waters and the Chesapeake Bay.”

“The 十大赌博正规老平台’s web-based tool is the kind of creativity and innovation that will help local governments plan and implement stormwater BMPs to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay and local waters,尼古拉斯·迪帕斯夸莱, 切萨皮克湾项目主任, 环保署说. “By working smarter, we can work more effectively. Other communities could benefit greatly from using this type of tool to meet their stormwater management requirements.”

“This tool provides local communities with the resources to make the best decisions based on the best available data combined with local knowledge and expertise to identify the most efficient and effective projects. This is a classic example of what we call ‘precision conservation,带来正确的做法, 正确的技能, 在正确的时间和地点,” 十大赌博正规老平台 President and CEO Joel Dunn said. “The partners can identify at a county-scale where the priorities are, and guide future Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Plans. These efficient, cost-effective investments in Pennsylvania are key to Chesapeake Bay restoration.邓恩说.

To use the 十大赌博正规老平台’s tool, 用户选择项目区域, and the tool automatically generates the associated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, including a high resolution land cover analysis for all of the land area draining through the project footprint and guides the user through inputting this data into a nutrient/sediment load reduction model.

除了创建工具之外, the 十大赌博正规老平台 has also trained a select group of eight local professionals to serve as technical assistance providers. Working closely with the local community and training local users to be proficient in the tool and its use has increased local technical capacity and secured community buy-in.

的一部分创建了该工具 想象一下萨斯奎哈纳河 initiative and is a direct result of outreach and stakeholder engagement made through the initiative. This community-based conservation collaborative combines the effort of federal, 状态, and nonprofit partners in the Susquehanna River watershed. 通过倡议, the partners seek to improve the ecological and cultural integrity throughout the Susquehanna landscape and in so doing improve the quality of life for all citizens along the river.