Similar Posts
Watersheds United Vermont 2023 Accomplishments of Vermont’s Watershed Groups
Watershed groups are community-based organizations working to protect and restore Vermont’s rivers, streams, and lakes.
Watershed groups work in their communities on a suite of restoration
and protection activities that improve water quality and lead to healthy
and resilient waters and watersheds.
This report highlights the activities and projects of 15 watershed groups
across Vermont. Each section of this report focuses on a type of watershed restoration work and includes a few of the many watershed group success stories during 2023.Gov. Scott announces $784,000 grant for Newport to combat sewer overflows
NEWPORT — Governor Phil Scott, alongside the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), announced a significant environmental initiative, allocating $29.25 million in grants to address combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in 11 Vermont municipalities. This funding, sourced from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), aims to improve municipal sewer infrastructure, enhance water quality in the state’s streams and lakes, and comply with Vermont’s strict CSO regulations.
Spill of landfill leachate into stormwater pond leaves Coventry locals concerned
Casella is still investigating what happened, but the company filed a report with state regulators that says the spill happened because the foam fractionation system malfunctioned.
Casella says the system is rigged with an alarm and two “flood switches” that should have disabled the machine when it started to leak.
“All the measures failed to alarm and engage, despite weekly observation and maintenance to ensure proper functioning,” Casella wrote in its report.
Farrant Street, City of Newport Stormwater Treatment Project
Starting in mid-July, the Memphremagog Watershed Association, in partnership with the City of Newport, will be breaking ground on a stormwater improvement project on Farrant Street near the Newport Marina and former Numia Medical Technology building. The stormwater improvements will prevent approximately 19.8 pounds of phosphorus and over 1,000 pounds of sediment from entering Lake Memphremagog each year.
Water Quality Restoration Grants
Totaling $105,000 Awarded to the Memphremagog Watershed Association
The Memphremagog Watershed Association (MWA) was recently awarded nearly $105,000 in grant funding from the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB) in their role as the Memphremagog Clean Water Service Provider (CWSP). MWA requested these funds from the Water Quality Restoration Formula Grant program and will use the monies to design and/or implement four water quality and fish habitat restoration projects in the towns of Derby, Newport, Holland and Morgan.
Vermont DEC offers guidance to help property owners protect shorelands
A shoreland property owner used a best management practice for encapsulated soil lifts to reduce erosion and stabilize the shoreline along Lake Bomoseen; the lifts or terraces also help to protect water quality and recreate wildlife habitat. DEC photo.
