WAY facilitates informational and organizational assistance that will improve watershed organization development and the quality and quantity of the Commonwealth's surface and groundwater resources.

 

 

 

WATERSHED WEEKEND

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The purpose of the Watershed Weekend is to increase public awareness about the importance of local watersheds to community health, sustainable economies, and environmental quality of the Chesapeake Bay. Participants can get to know their watershed and the folks and organizations who are working hard to enhance, restore and protect them. Watershed Weekend is fun for the whole family!

 

To view, download and print Watershed Weekend venue descriptions, locations, other information, and maps click here.

 

Watershed Weekend Guides are available to the public in the Lobby of the York County ANNEX Building (118 Pleasant Acres Rd.) and at your local library and municipal office.
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To view, download and print the Watershed Weekend Tour Guide click here.

 

PIGS, PARKS & SUPERSTORES - Sustainable York County "Next Steps" 
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On September 23, 2005, the Watershed Alliance of York sponsored “Pigs, Parks & Superstores: A Conference on the Sustainability of York County”. The purpose of the conference was not to explore all the many aspects of sustainability but rather to begin a dialogue about how we can improve the quality of life in York County by applying the concept of sustainability.  WAY’s goal was that participants will leave the conference with a better understanding of sustainability and how it may be applied in York County.  The audience of 125 stakeholders was challenged to take this new knowledge and apply it in at least one way to the local organizations they are involved with so we may collectively make York County sustainable for future generations. 

 

Next Steps:

   1. Sustainable agriculture forum

   2. Educational programming on sustainability

   3. Engage local elected and municipal officials e.g., council of governments

   4. Political action

   5. Advocate sustainable growth, development, resource management, and life styles

   6. Economic sustainability forum

   7. Demonstrate alternatives to growth, development, resource management, and life styles

   8. Public forums on various sustainability issues

   9. Develop/obtain tools to effect change

  10. Public participation implementing sustainable systems locally

  11. Protecting living resources

  12. Natural resources valuation processes

  13. Leveraging financial resources i.e., county bond initiative

  14. Develop/obtain sustainable development talking points e.g., “What Is Smart Growth” fact sheet 

 

To view, download and print the Sustainability Conference Proceedings click here.

 

To request assistance with "Next Steps" click here.

 

Chesapeake Bay TMDL Implementation

 

WAY is helping facilitate York County to prepare a Watershed Implementation Plan, that will list measureable nutrient and sediment total maximum daily load reduction actions countywide, and help it meet EPA's two-year milestones for achieving restoration of the Chesapeake Bay by 2025.Interim and final

 

What goes into a Watershed Implementation Plan?

  • Interim and final nutrient and sediment target loads
  • Current loading baseline and program capacity
  • Accounting for growth
  • Gap analysis
  • Commitment and strategy to fill gaps
  • Tracking and reporting protocols
  • Contingencies for slow or incomplete implementation
  • Detailed targets and schedule of implementation

 

To learn more about the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and it's implementation, browse the resources listed below.

 

To learn more about the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and what you can do click here.