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AnnualReport
2010
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
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Water Supply .........................................................Water Quality ........................................................Flooding ...............................................................Ecosystems ...........................................................Chesapeake Bay ....................................................Coordination, Cooperation & Public Information ....Awards/Fiscal Year 2010 Summary ........................SRBC Staff ..............................................................p. 4p. 6p. 8p. 10p. 11p. 12p. 14p. 15
Executive Director’s Message
Paul O. Swartz
About the Report
This report highlights 2010 accomplishmentsand acvies under SRBC’s six majorprogrammac areas: Water Supply; WaterQuality; Flooding; Ecosystems; ChesapeakeBay; and Coordinaon, Cooperaonand Public Informaon. These six areasare the foundaon of SRBC’s updatedComprehensive Plan adopted in December2008. Long-term goals for each of thepriority management areas are listed at thetop of each program area.
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ecember 24, 2010 markedan important milestone inthe history of interstate,watershed management. It was fortyyears ago that day when PresidentRichard M. Nixon signed into law theSusquehanna River Basin Compact.The compact joined the federalgovernment and the states of NewYork, Pennsylvania and Maryland asequal partners to wisely manage thewater resources of the Susquehanna basin. It also authorizedthe formation of the Susquehanna River Basin Commissionthirty days after the compact went into law.In looking back at other important milestones in 2010, the listof “rsts” for our agency is long and one for which we are very proud.SRBC partnered with the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency and others to produce the rst-ever State of theSusquehanna report. We identied and reported on thefollowing seven indicators as being among the key factorsinuencing the Susquehanna watershed in 2010: Water Use and Development, Floods and Droughts, Stormwater,Abandoned Mine Drainage, Sediment and Nutrients, HumanHealth and Drinking Water Protection, and Habitat and AquaticResources.2010 was also the year we signicantly enhanced the agency’stransparency by launching the Water Resources Portal to allowall interested parties to view approved projects and to nd thestatus of pending applications and to view many of them. Wealso made data from our state-of-the-art Remote Water QualityMonitoring Network available on the web site so people cansee real-time water quality conditions.We could not have successfully fullled our commitment toenhanced transparency, especially in such a short timeframe,had it not been for the decision to signicantly ramp up our information technology capabilities in 2010.On matters of ood mitigation, the Commission partnered withthe National Weather Service to provide 54 “Turn Around,Don’t Drown” signs to participating counties in New York and Pennsylvania. The purpose of this successful pilot projectwas to urge people not to drive on ooded roadways. We alsocompleted innovative, web-based ood inundation maps for communities in southern tier New York.Information on all of these “rsts” and our other programsand projects is provided in this annual report. I hope yound it informative. And as always, we look forward another productive and rewarding year serving the citizens of theSusquehanna watershed.
Cover Photo Credit: Nicholas A. Tonelli, Round Island Run Falls, Sproul State Forest, Clinton County, Pa.
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Commander & Division EngineerNorth Atlanc Division, U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers
United States: Brigadier GeneralPeter A. DeLuca
Assistant Commissioner for Water ResourcesNew York State Department of EnvironmentalConservaon
New York: James M. Tierney, Chair
Acng SecretaryMaryland Department of the Environment
Maryland: Dr. Robert M. Summers
SecretaryPennsylvania Department of EnvironmentalProtecon
Pennsylvania: John Hanger, Vice Chair
Alternate (photo):Colonel David D. AndersonBalmore District2nd Alternate:David J. LeachAlternate (photo):Kenneth P. Lynch2nd Alternate:Peter FreehaferAlternate:Herbert M. SachsAlternate (photo):John T. Hines2nd Alternate:Glenn H. Rider II
2010 Commissioners
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