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This course provides new staff with a foundational understanding of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Water Quality Standards (WQS) program. Instruction focuses on the three core components of the WQS framework and their role in protecting and maintaining surface water quality across the Commonwealth. Participants will gain an understanding of designated and existing uses, criteria, and antidegradation requirements. The course also introduces the use of Chapter 93, supporting references, and DEP’s GIS tools to locate and interpret protected water uses. This course establishes the baseline knowledge required for further training in water quality protection and regulatory implementation.

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By the end of the course, learners will be able to define and recognize harmful algal blooms (HABs), understand surveillance, sample collection, and response strategies, and apply prevention and communication strategies related to HABs.FeedbackSCORM packageSimple CertificateURLE-learning
In this course you will gain a basic understanding of how to properly recognize wetlands in Pennsylvania and at the conclusion you will be able to identify and evaluate the three components that make up a wetland; hydrology, hydrophytic vegetation and hydric soil. This course was designed specifically to meet DEP’s regulatory programs related to wetland identification and the 1987 Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual and the associated Regional Supplements. 


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This webinar is on the USDA NRCS’ new compendium of Hydric Soils of Problematic Conditions and Altered Materials. This manual, released earlier in 2025, references our current understanding of problem conditions and altered soil scenarios which can cause difficulty in hydric soil identification and it also provides solutions to address these circumstances. Aaron Miller, an NRCS soil scientist, member of the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils, and author of this publication, presented on this manual and explain its purpose and use, and discusses specific components of this manual most applicable to Pennsylvania.FeedbackFileQuizSimple CertificateURLvideotimeE-learning
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