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Keep the Rain Out of the Drain! A workshop for disconnecting downspouts in your community

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Event Date: 
2011-02-11
This free workshop will teach participants how to disconnect a downspout, install a rain barrel or rain garden, and create a disconnection program for your community.
LOCATION:
Etna- Fugh Hall
27 Crescent Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15223

 

8:00 - 9:30 a.m. 

Come to one of the Downspout Disconnection Workshops to learn how to:

  • Conduct a proper site evaluation;
  • Disconnect a downspout;
  • Install a rain garden and rain barrel;
  • Create a municipal disconnection program for your community.

Workshops are being held around the county to offer technical guidance on creating a successful downspout disconnection program.

Click here to see the flyer.

Topics

  • Introduction to the Stormwater Problem in the Region
  • Municipal Requirements for Managing Stormwater
  • Site Evaluations for Downspout Disconnections
  • Implementing a Municipal Disconnection Program
  • Options for Managing Stormwater at Home: Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens

Instructors

  • Lisa Brown, Director of Operations and Outreach, Nine Mile Run Watershed Association
  • Mary Ellen Ramage, Manager, Borough of Etna
  • Lisa Kunst Vavro, RLA, ASLA, Sustainable Landscape Coordinator, Penn State Center – Engaging Pittsburgh
  • Don Newman, P.E., Etna Borough Engineer
  • Janie French, Director of Green Infrastructure Programs, Pennsylvania Environmental Council

Code enforcement officers, public works employees, and engineers are encouraged to attend. This workshop is being offered by Penn State University for 1.5 CEUs (continuing education units) for landscape architects and professional engineers.

 

Click here to download the registration form. Register early. Space is limited.

Partners in this project are: Allegheny County, Audubon Society of Western PA, Etna Borough, Nine Mile Run Watershed Association, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, and the Penn State Center – Engaging Pittsburgh. Funding was provided by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund through a Section 319 federal Clean Water Act grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

For more information, contact the PA Environmental Council at 412-481-9400 or jnovak@pecpa.org

 

There is no cost to attend!

 

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