Conowingo WIP Steering Committee

What's New?

The PENNVEST Clean Water Procurement Program, funded by the 2022-2023 Clean Streams Fund, is now accepting applications through September 1, 2023. The program will improve water quality in the Commonwealth through the purchase of verified nutrient (nitrogen/phosphorus) or sediment reduction resulting from the installation of Best Management Practices determined to be effective and practical to manage nutrient and sediment to protect surface water and groundwater.

The CWIP Steering Committee developed 2022/2023 milestones for CWIP implementation in January 2022. In January 2023, the Steering Committee submitted a Progress Report to EPA highlighting 2022 activities.

• 2022/23 Progress summary document

In December 2022, the Steering Committee issued a Phase 1 Implementation Framework which shows the parties responsible for implementation of both the smaller-scale watershed implementation and the broader-scale state-wide implementation.

For more information about upcoming CWIP implementation funding opportunities, see the following handouts:

• CWIP Funding Handout for Project Implementors (05-25-2023)
• CWIP Funding Handout for Property Owners, Farmers, Producers (03-31-2023)

NOTE: All previous meeting materials, documents, and historical records can be accessed on the archived projects and resources page and the archived meetings page.

Final Conowingo Watershed Implementation Plan (CWIP)

To listen to the pre-recorded webinar on the final Conowingo WIP and 2022-2023 Milestones, please click here. Associated documents are posted below.

• Final Conowingo WIP (pdf - 3.35 MB)
• EPA Evaluation of the Final CWIP (pdf - 389.185 KB)
• Conowingo Phase 1 Implementation Framework (Dec 2022) (pdf - 511.216 KB)
• CWIP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document (2021) (pdf - 7.958 MB)

Actions and Decisions Log

See below for a comprehensive list of actions, decisions, and meetings of the Steering Committee.

• CWIP SC Actions Decisions (03.06.2023) (pdf - 330.987 KB)

Tracking CWIP Progress

• Final CWIP 2022-2023 Milestone Document (pdf - 104.649 KB)
• CWIP Progress Report on 2022-2023 Milestones (Jan 2023) (pdf - 199.655 KB)

Financing

See below for the Conowingo WIP Financing Strategy.

• Final CWIP Financing Structure (pdf - 548.859 KB)
• CWIP Financing Authority - Final (pdf - 530.986 KB)