All tours include transportation and cold soft drinks. Meals are included only where indicated. All tours leave from the Adam's Mark Hotel.
Penn Forest and Beltzville Dams
Sunday, June 22 - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
The Penn Forest Dam located in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County is a roller compacted concrete and earth embankment dam. At 2,000 feet long and 180 feet high, the dam is the third largest roller compacted concrete project in the United States. Enroute to the Penn Forest project we will stop at the Beltzville State Park for a delicious box lunch and a tour of the Army Corps of Engineers Flood Control Project - the Beltzville Dam. $49 per person, includes boxed lunch
Villanova Stormwater Best Management Practice Research and Demonstration Park
Monday, June 23 - 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Monday, June 23 - 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Thursday, June 26 - 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Participants will tour Villanova's BMP Research and Demonstration Park (Featured in ASCE Magazine September 2002). As the practice of stormwater management moves toward addressing runoff volume and quality, new design practices and innovative technologies are being explored. Villanova, supported through 319 and Pennsylvania Growing Greener Grants has constructed a research and demonstration park to both introduce new designs to the public as well as to study their performance. Current BMP's include a stormwater wetland, a bioinfiltration traffic island, a detention pond, and a porous concrete facility. A stormwater reuse pond on the campus of neighboring Bryn Mawr College also be included. Except for the detention pond, all facilities are retrofits, showing how older facilities can be updated. Plans are underway to add a roof top garden and other BMP's. More information on each of these BMPs is available through the Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership website:
Figure 1- Villanova University BMP Park (Structural Components)
Historic Waterworks
Tuesday, June 24, 1;30 pm - 5:30 pm
Visit three 19th century water supply projects of historical significance. The first stop will be Philadelphia's renowned Fairmount Waterworks, the first urban supply of water. Our second stop will be to Wilmington, Delaware's historic Rockford Tower. His 115 foot tall tower , built in the late 19th century encases a working 500,000 gallon water tank. In addition to providing a valuable commodity, the Tower offers spectacular views of Wilmington from its observation decks. From there we will visit the Brandywine Pumping Station built in 1906. The station includes 550 horsepower Holly engines installed in 1908. $25 per person
