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    Recreational, Ecological, and Economic Value of the Spring Creek Watershed and its Exceptional Wild

    Recreational, Ecological, and Economic Value of the Spring Creek Watershed and its Exceptional Wild

    Storm Water Management--Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program

    The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed regulations for managing stormwater under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program which addresses water pollution by regulating the many different sources (industrial, agricultural, etc.) that discharge pollutants. The program is administered by state governments, in Pennsylvania by the Department of Environmental Protection. The Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) progr
    The Gristmills of the Spring Creek Watershed

    The Gristmills of the Spring Creek Watershed

    The early economy of central Pennsylvania was closely tied to harnessing flowing water to power mills and forges. Gristmills, the focus of this report, use millstones to grind grain into flour that fed the people settling the Spring Creek Watershed. Even though the early industries, including flour milling, were very important to Centre County's inhabitants, little information about them remains. Perhaps these mills were taken for granted as they were replaced by more modern

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