Water
Protecting and celebrating our most vital resource
Since 1970, PEC has championed policies to protect and restore watersheds, ensuring a supply of clean drinking water, and promoting recreational paddling. Through our sister organization, the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR), we support local watershed groups across the state with education and training, resources, and direct assistance. In partnership with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, POWR also administers the Pennsylvania River of the Year and Pennsylvania River Sojourn Mini Grant programs.
As climate change brings more frequent and more extreme severe weather events, Pennsylvania communities are already grappling with floods, sewer overflows, and other negative environmental impacts. In the southeast, PEC coordinates multi-partner efforts to improve water quality under the Delaware River Watershed Initiative and the Wissahickon Clean Water Partnership, supplies stormwater management training and resources to municipalities, and provides watershed education and outreach to Philadelphia residents.
Programs

Water Recreation
Improving access and promoting use of Pennsylvania’s 86 thousand stream miles

Healthy Watersheds
Working with municipal, nonprofit, and grassroots partners to support watershed health

Watershed Communities
Educating and engaging Pennsylvanians in stewardship of local waterways
Water Policy
Find information, analysis, important dates, and status updates on pending state legislation and regulation related to watershed protection and restoration in Pennsylvania.
Stormwater Illustrated
PEC works with many groups to improve water quality in the Delaware River Basin by encouraging the use of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI). GSI is a solution that can be deployed at almost any scale — from big commercial properties all the way down to residential backyards.
Watershed News

Rolling on the Susquehanna River
It happens: sometimes outdoor adventures don’t go as smoothly as you’d hoped. They can be frustrating and physically punishing. At times they can be downright

PEC announces 2022 Pennsylvania Water Trail Mini-Grant Awards
News for Immediate Release: July 14, 2022 Media contact: Tali MacArthur, PEC, 570-285-8013 PEC announces 2022 Pennsylvania Water Trail Mini-Grant Awards Luzerne – The Pennsylvania

Get Submerged in French Creek, PA’s 2022 River of the Year
The French Creek Valley Conservancy (FCVC) celebrated its 40th anniversary by hosting the 2022 Pennsylvania River of the Year Sojourn on June 11 in Meadville