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Brandywine Valley Association’s Red Streams Blue Program

The Red Streams Blue Program aims to improve water quality in the Brandywine watershed by taking actions to turn impaired streams from red to blue. Learn about the restoration projects and challenges, and find contact information for more details.

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Brandywine Valley Association’s Red Streams Blue Program

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  1. Brandywine Valley Association’s Red StreamsBlue Program Presented by: Jane Fava & Kathy Bergmann Brandywine Valley Association 1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road West Chester, PA 19382 Aaron Clauser, PhD Clauser Environmental, LLC 312 Deer Trail Drive Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972

  2. What is the Red Streams Blue Program? The Brandywine watershed covers a 325 square miles with 507 miles in Pennsylvania 102 miles or 20% of streams are designated impaired by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Impaired streams do no meet water quality standards Impaired streams are mapped in Red and unimpaired waters are in Blue. The goal of Red Streams Blue Program is to take actions to improve water quality and turn all Red Streams Blue.

  3. How will we make Red Streams Blue? • Conduct a preliminary watershed review. • Conduct biological and habitat assessments at sample locations. • Walk the stream and map outfalls, riparian buffers, areas of erosion and major areas of upland impacts. • From assessments identify all impaired reaches and problems in the watershed. • Develop a restoration plan identifying areas for action, type of actions, the cost and the priority for the actions. • Select restoration projects to implement. Determine partners and funding sources. • Implement projects and monitor water quality forimprovements. Upgrade streams fromRed toBlue

  4. Plum Run Restoration Projects

  5. Challenges • Money • Site limitations • Forming the partnerships • Getting landowner agreement • Permitting • Weather • Long-term maintenance

  6. For Information Red Streams Blue Coordinators Jane Fava (610) 429-0109 janefava@verizon.net Kathy Bergmann katberg17@verizon.net Brandywine Valley Association www.brandywinewatershed.org (610) 793-1090 Clauser Environmental, LLC www.clauserenvironmental.com Plum Run Project is funded by a DEP Growing Greener Grant Micolucci Project is funded by DEP Growing Greener Grant & PENNVEST

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