1. Brandywine Valley Association’s Red Streams Blue Program
Presented by:
Jane Fava & Kathy Bergmann
Brandywine Valley Association
1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road
West Chester, PA 19382
Aaron Clauser, PhD
Clauser Environmental, LLC
312 Deer Trail Drive
Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972

3. What is the Red Streams Blue Program?
The Brandywine watershed covers a 325 square miles with 507 miles in Pennsylvania
102 miles or 20% of streams are designated impaired by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Impaired streams do no meet water quality standards
Impaired streams are mapped in Red and unimpaired waters are in Blue.
The goal of Red Streams Blue Program is to take actions to improve water quality and turn all Red Streams Blue.

4. How will we make Red Streams Blue?
Conduct a preliminary watershed review.
Conduct biological and habitat assessments at sample locations.
Walk the stream and map outfalls, riparian buffers, areas of erosion and major areas of upland impacts.
From assessments identify all impaired reaches and problems in the watershed.
Develop a restoration plan identifying areas for action, type of actions, the cost and the priority for the actions.
Select restoration projects to implement. Determine partners and funding sources.
Implement projects and monitor water quality for improvements. Upgrade streams from Red to Blue

5. Plum Run Restoration Projects
Stream Segment
Action
Priority
Partners in addition to BVA & CCCD
Cost $
19-26
Remove legacy sediments & restore floodplain, install riparian buffers
High
Landowners, East Bradford
$600,000 17
Deflectors on Mill side & floodplain restoration to East
Landowners, East Bradford, PHMC
$80,000 97
Demonstration Raingardens, Rain Barrels
Basin Retrofits
WCU , West Goshen, Church, Landowners,
West Chester Boro
$110,000
8-11
Riparian Buffers, Fish Habitat, bioretention areas
Radley Run Country Club, BEST, East Bradford, Birmingham
$160,000
14-15
Stabilize streambank & floodplain restoration, invasive removal & riparian buffer enhancement
$75,000
Total
$1,025,000

6. Challenges Money Site limitations Forming the partnerships
Getting landowner agreement
Permitting
Weather
Long-term maintenance

7. For Information
Red Streams Blue Coordinators
Jane Fava (610)
Kathy Bergmann
Brandywine Valley Association
(610)
Clauser Environmental, LLC
Plum Run Project is funded by a DEP Growing Greener Grant
Micolucci Project is funded by DEP Growing Greener Grant & PENNVEST