For Immediate Release

October 11, 2006

SCHUYLKILL ACTION NETWORK TO HOLD
FREE MONITORING WORKSHOP IN POTTSTOWN ON OCTOBER 12

(WEST TRENTON, N.J.) - The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) along with the other members of the Schuylkill Action Network (SAN) will hold a free workshop entitled Monitoring Matters.

WHEN?     Thursday, October 12, 2006, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE?  Montgomery County Community College West Campus
                   101 College Drive
                   Pottstown, Pa.
(Directions are available at http://www.mc3.edu/gen/directions/wc_directions.html)

Watershed association members, government agency representatives, local decision makers, drinking water suppliers, and educators along with SAN members will be attending this annual workshop.  Media representatives also are welcome to attend this event.            

Attendees will learn about SAN workgroup activities and progress in areas such as agriculture, abandoned mine drainage, stormwater, and pathogens/compliance.  In addition, sessions will be offered on designing a stream monitoring plan and developing a strategic monitoring program for the Schuylkill River Watershed.
           

For more information about SAN, visit www.schuylkillactionnetwork.org.

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Contact: Kate O'Hara (609) 883-9500 ext. 205

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