DUQ News: Audio Archive
2003 Reports: Water, Water Everywhere…
If you missed the 2003 watershed reports, click on the links below. Click here to listen to the 2002 reports.
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Report #1: Following One Watershed: Head(waters) to Toe
Broadcast date: Monday, February 17, 2003
In Northern Butler County a coalition of industry, state and local government, non-profits, colleges and universities, private landowners and volunteers have been working to clean up the Slippery Rock Creek watershed. DUQ’s Alexandria Chaklos follows the watershed from its headwaters and takes a look at the success of this collaborative effort. LISTEN
Report #2: Recreation's Impact on Watershed Preservation and Restoration
Broadcast date: Monday, February 24, 2003
Each year millions of gallons of water pour from abandoned mines throughout Western Pennsylvania, staining waterways orange and killing everything in its path. DUQ’s Mark Nootbaar takes a look at how a desire to use the impacted waterways for recreation often leads to conservation. LISTEN MAPS
Report #3: Agriculture's Impact on Watersheds
Broadcast date: Monday, March 3, 2003
Drainage from abandoned mines is Pensylvania's biggest watershed problem, but agriculture, the state's largest industry, is the number one active land use that causes waterways to not meet federal Clean Water Act and Pennsylvania Clean Streams Act standards. Duq's Charlee Song looks at what can be done on farms to protect waterways.LISTEN MAPS
Report #4: Moving Beyond Brownfields: Small Site Challenges
Broadcast date: Monday, March 10, 2003
Large industrial businesses are not the only ones to blame for putting harmful chemicals in the region's water. DUQ's Katherine Fink looks at how a corner gas station is threatening one community's water supply.LISTEN
Report #5: Who Owns the Water?
Broadcast date: Monday, March 17, 2003
In December, then Governor Mark Schweiker signed the "Water Resources Planning Act." Under the legislation, six regional panels and a statewide committee will be created to examine current water resources and usage, and future needs, but not water rights issues. DUQ's Kevin Gavin looks at some ongoing disputes over "who owns the water?"LISTEN
Report #6: What Other Living Organisms Tell Us About Our Watershed
Broadcast date: Monday, March 24, 2003
There are many ways to assess the health of a watershed. In a lab you can measure a stream's PH level or test for aluminum. You can see the orange tint from iron oxide or smell sewage as a river flows by. DUQ's Mark Nootbaar takes a look at what living organisms can tell us about the health of a watershed. LISTEN MAPS
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