PA Clean Water Academy

Lunch and Learn on Centralia mine fire. 

Welcome to the Bureau of Clean Water Lunch and Learn Series. This course contains recorded Lunch and Learn presentations...enjoy!

Introduction to the functions of the DEP -Bureau of Clean Water.

This course covers six areas of the State Water Plan.  The six components summarized in the training include History of the State Water Plan, State Water Plan Update of 2009, Ongoing State Water Planning, Proposed Update Work Plan, Serving on a Regional Committee. This course is introductory in nature.

This presentation will discuss:

• The various types of road maintenance activities (RMA) outlined in 25 Pa. Code § 102.5(b)
• When an activity would fall under RMA and/or NPDES

This web-based training will assist MS4 permittees with developing mapping for their Pollutant Reduction Plans.

Produced by the Westmoreland Conservation District, this two-part video, discusses the design, assessment, retrofitting, and maintenance of stormwater basins.

This course was developed to provide citizens of municipalities regulated by Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permits with a basic understanding of MS4 permit requirements. 

All MS4 permittees are required to develop, implement, and enforce a Stormwater Management Program (SWMP). The SWMP consists of six Minimum Control Measures (MCMs) that must be implemented in order to reduce the discharge of pollutants from the MS4 to the maximum extent practicable, to protect water quality, and to satisfy the water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act and Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law. 

 This course will provide an overview of the three MCMs:

• MCM 4 – Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control;
• MCM 5 – Post-Construction Stormwater Management in New Development and Redevelopment; and
• MCM 6 – Pollution Prevention / Good Housekeeping.

Also included in this training are sample templates that may be used to meet MCM requirements. These templates are provided as examples and are intended to demonstrate the level of detail that is sufficient to meet MS4 permit requirements. Permittees may incorporate the provided materials into their SWMP but are not required to do so. Permittees with existing MCM plans do not need to revise their existing documents to use the provided templates.

This course contains a completion certificate for 1.5 credit hours. 

This course was developed by Penn State Extension as an educational tool for employees of municipalities regulated by a MS4 NPDES permit. The learning modules included in this course will introduce the learner to the basic stormwater concepts necessary to understand how urban stormwater is managed and regulated in Pennsylvania and the role all municipal employees play in helping with that effort.

The educational material included within this course is not intended to serve as regulatory guidance. MS4 permittees seeking regulatory guidance should reference their MS4 NPDES permit and/or PADEP’s Municipal Stormwater website.

This course will review how to use the MS4 Stream Restoration Eligibility Evaluation and Crediting Review Checklists. MS4 permittees implementing stream restoration projects for MS4 credit are encouraged to review these checklists and become familiar with the level of documentation that DEP expects to see when stream restoration projects are submitted to DEP for review.

During the spring of 2021, EPA and PADEP hosted a series of MS4 Forums for MS4 permittees located within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The intent of the MS4 Forums was to provide an opportunity for municipalities with MS4 permits to discuss their stormwater management programs and share experiences and lessons learned. 

This module contains the recorded presentations from the 2021 MS4 Forums. Topics covered include, minimum control measures (MCMs), stormwater financing, Pollutant Reduction Plans (PRPs), BMP maintenance, and BMP case studies. 

Welcome to the web-based training for the electronic reporting of MS4 Annual Status Reports through the GreenPort system. This training is intended to supplement the MS4 Annual eReporting User Guide. This course includes four training modules. These modules will introduce users to the eReporting application, provide guidance on the completion of electronic annual reports, and review the regulatory review process for submitted reports.  

Note: In 2023, the MS4 eReporting application was in the final phase of testing and its use was limited to permittees from select counties. For 2024 use of the eReporting application is being made available to all MS4 permittees.   

This course was developed to allow County Conservation Districts share their expertise on Stormwater BMP inspection and maintenance through short instructional videos. In each video, conservation district staff will explain how a particular BMP type works, the maintenance required to keep the BMP operational, and common issues that may be encountered when inspecting BMPs.

Disclaimer: The educational material included within this course is not intended to serve as regulatory guidance. MS4 permittees seeking regulatory guidance should reference their MS4 NPDES permit and/or PADEP’s Municipal Stormwater website.

The Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Act of 1978 (Act 167) required that within two years following the promulgation of guidelines by DEP, each county must prepare and adopt a watershed stormwater management plan (“Act 167 Plan”) for each watershed located in the county as designated by DEP, in consultation with the municipalities located within each watershed, and must periodically review and revise such plans at least every five years.

This training will provide guidance on what must be covered in an Act 167 Plan.

30 minute introductory overview of the history of NPDES Permitting in Pennsylvania

This course is on the DEP Water Quality Model version 7.0, also called WQM or WQM 7.0. WQM is used to develop limits for NPDES permits for ammonia, CBOD5 and dissolved oxygen.

This recorded webinar provides information on the newly released Nutrient Management Planning (NMP) Tool Version 8.0 and Nutrient Balance Sheet (NBS) Planning Tool 6.0.  This recording is approximately 1 hour  in duration.

This recorded webinar provides information on the newly released Nutrient Management Technical Manual Version 12.0, as well as, provided possible revisions being contemplated for the Manure Management Manual (MMM).  This recording is approximately 1 hour  in duration.

This recorded webinar provides information on the newly released Nutrient Management Planning (NMP) Tool Version 8.0 and Nutrient Balance Sheet (NBS) Planning Tool 6.0.  This recording is approximately 1 hour  in duration.

This recorded webinar provides information on the newly released Odor Management Program Guidance and  Technical Manual Version 4.0.  This recording is approximately 1 hour  in duration.

The Supplemental Status Review Form is to be used for all Nutrient Management Plan On-site Status Reviews in the state.  The purpose of the Supplemental Status Review Form is to gather additional Nutrient Management Best Management Practices in regards to N and P rate, timing, and placement,  The Supplemental Status Review Form, at this time was primarily developed for Chesapeake Bay Reporting, but statewide data is helpful for planning purposes. 

The 2022 Virtual Conservation District and PA Agency Ag Meeting was held via Zoom February 23-24, 2022.

This annual meeting has been expanded to include sessions that are relevant to conservation districts across the state, as well as more focused sessions for conservation districts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Staff from PA state agencies, USDA-NRCS, and conservation district agricultural technicians, watershed specialists, and management attended.

The agenda included topics such as agency updates, successful private/public partnerships, soil health education, targeting outreach and BMP implementation using PracticeKeeper data, targeted restoration using EPA’s recovery potential screening tool, maximizing your Clean Water Academy resources, county CAP successes, funding and leveraging partners to get projects on the ground, and other timely and relevant sessions.

This course provides training on the PAG-01 NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Small Construction Activities, effective March 1, 2022. In this course DEP provides an overview of PAG-01; explains similarities and differences compared to the PAG-02 General Permit; describes the suite of PCSM BMPs available under PAG-01; addresses the NOI requirements for PAG-01; and provides an explanation of post-approval requirements.

Welcome to the web-based training for the electronic reporting of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Annual Report through the GreenPort system. This training is intended to supplement the CAFO Annual eReporting User Guide. This training will introduce users to the Greenport eReporting application, provide guidance on completing the electronic annual report, and the regulatory review process for submitted reports.  

30 minute video of Lunch and Learn presentation in RCSOB

This is a story about the long-term, piece-by-piece restoration of Turtle Creek in north-central Pennsylvania. It’s also a story about the power of partnerships, innovation, the environmental stewardship of landowners, and the resiliency of natural systems. It’s a success story suggesting broader opportunities for Pennsylvania’s waters, and for the Chesapeake Bay.

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