PA Aquatic Resource Restoration Conference 2026: Past, Present and Future

While comprehensive legacy sediment removal floodplain restoration projects provide significant ecological uplift, they also provide numerous other benefits that bring value to communities. These ancillary benefits can drive additional funding opportunities that ultimately allow more restoration work to be completed under various programs. These benefits include sediment and nutrient reductions that can meet MS4, Chesapeake Bay, and local TMDL targets, peak attenuation and volume reduction that can meet post construction stormwater management requirements for land development activities, groundwater recharge that can offset consumptive water use, and local and regional flood hazard mitigation. Case studies will be discussed demonstrating the effectiveness of floodplain restoration projects in providing multiple benefits.