Conservation district holds Barrels & Breakfast program

On Saturday, July 27, more than 20 community members joined the Pike County Conservation District for “Barrels & Breakfast” to learn about stormwater management and pollution reduction. Eighteen households each took home a 55-gallon rain barrel to install on their own property, with a total impact of nearly 1,000 gallons of stormwater being captured and diverted for each large rainstorm after they have all been installed.

Participants also learned about non-point source pollution, or pollutants that come from a wide area that’s difficult to pinpoint and are carried by excess stormwater through the Delaware River Watershed.

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Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.