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Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership

Susquehanna River below Conowingo

The Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership (Partnership) was formed in 2012 to examine ways in which agencies and organizations can collaborate to address common issues and challenges related to protecting sources of drinking water on a regional scale.

The Partnership meets twice a year. Please see below for information on our next meeting. There's also an archive of past meetings and announcements.

Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Meeting

Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: Virtual via Zoom (link below) or In-Person at SRBC, 4423 N. Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110 (limited seating available (~25 seats): contact Jamie Shallenberger if interested in attending in person)

Agenda

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Meeting Archive
May 29, 2025

A Lower Susquehanna SWP Partnership meeting was held on May 29, 2025. The meeting featured presentations by Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) about its National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) program to improve water quality in the Cherry Run and Bull Run subcatchments of Fishing Creek in Clinton County, PA. The aim of the NWQI program in Cherry and Bull Run is to reduce sediment and nutrient pollutant loads for the betterment of the local watershed and downstream stakeholders. The setting faces challenges to balance its thriving and expanding agriculture productivity, rural communities, and outstanding recreational trout fishery. The NRCS NWQI program promotes incentives for private landowners to voluntary adopt agricultural conservation practices. NRCS relies on cooperative participation from other organizations and stakeholders who share its vision of natural resources stewardship and improved water quality and who can deliver skills and capabilities that complement NRCS’ core mission. The meeting also featured staff from PA American Water who described an iterative process to investigate source(s) of PFAS that were detected during monitoring of surface water intake from Conodoguinet Creek in Cumberland County, PA.

December 4, 2024

A Lower Susquehanna SWP Partnership meeting was held on December 4, 2024. The meeting featured three presentations: Regulatory Approach to Public Water Supply by Dave Bolig, Environmental Group Manager, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, PA Department of Environmental Protection and Todd Eaby, Program Manager, Project Review, SRBC; Water Quality Characterization of Roadside Springs by Faith Kibuye, Affiliate Researcher, The Pennsylvania State University; and Water Resources Extension Associate Federal Response to Support Water Infrastructure During Declared Disasters by Christopher Andersen, Regional Source Water Protection Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3/Mid Atlantic. There was also an opportunity for attendees to share news and announcements with the Partnership.


May 16, 2024

A Lower Susquehanna SWP Partnership meeting was held on May 16, 2024. The meeting featured two presentation/dialogue segments: Know Your Responsibilities Under Pennsylvania's Recently Revised Fertilizer Law, a presentation delivered by Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Denise Uzupis, and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration staff update about the latest progress and next steps as the Commonwealth continues to lead measures that reduce nutrient and sediment pollution in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and how such measures can overlap with SWP goals. There was also an opportunity for attendees to share news and announcements with the Partnership. For more information, see links below.

Meeting Documents


December 12, 2023

A Lower Susquehanna SWP Partnership meeting was held on December 12, 2023. The agenda included an Emergency Management Panel with staff from PADEP, Dauphin County Department of Public Safety-Office of Emergency Management and Capital Region Water, as well as a Drought Preparedness presentation with staff from PADEP's Bureau of Safe Drinking Water and SRBC's Planning & Operations Program. There was also an opportunity for attendees to share news and announcements with the Partnership. For more information, see links below.

Meeting Documents


Announcements