A half-mile stream restoration project on the Conowingo Creek earned the 2024 Watershed Project Award this spring from the Lancaster County Conservation District as an exemplar of collaboration and conservation.
A poultry waste processing facility will contribute $1 million to environmental projects to end a Clean Water Act citizen suit accusing the facility of discharging excess nitrogen in its wastewater, according to the terms of a consent decree approved in Pennsylvania federal court.
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Thursday to end a Clean Water Act citizen suit seeking to hold a poultry waste processing facility accountable for discharging excess nitrogen in its wastewater, despite settlements with the state.