Stormwater System and MS4
Spring to Life As the snow slowly melts away, the birds begin to sing and fresh life bursts from the soil heralding the approach of Spring and the lawn maintenance season. For the 1 million-plus acres of home lawns in Pennsylvania, selecting and implementing an appropriate lawncare management program to…
Little Conewago Creek Floodplain Restoration An evidence-based approach to improve water quality, enhance flood resilience, revive critical habitat, and foster community connections. Dover Township and West Manchester Township | Updated June 2024 Click Here for the Story Map
The Vital Role of Routine CCTV Inspection in Municipal Sewer Systems and routine sewer system inspections are critical for municipalities. Failure to identify and eliminate blockages, leaks, or deterioration inside the sewer can lead to costly and dangerous overflows, environmental disasters, regulatory penalties, and PR nightmares. But regularly scheduled CCTV…
Dover Township plans to start our yearly street sweeping the week of 4-1-2024. We kindly ask that you remove all vehicles from the roadway. This not only helps our operator but also makes for a much cleaner job. Dover’s goal is to get as much dirt and debris as possible…
In 2024 calendar year, Dover Township has budgeted to rehabilitate the existing stormwater pipes within the Cypress Manor development. There are known problems with the old, corrugated metal pipes. The existing pipes were installed in the late 1970’s. They have well outlived their life expectancy. The stormwater pipes are located…
Three rounds of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds were utilized in 2016, 2018, and 2024 to purchase, demolish and relocate tenants from this area subject to repeated flooding. The program is a voluntary buyout program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (75% funding) and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (25%…
Little Conewago Restoration Master Plan The York County Stormwater Consortium identified the area on the above plan as a potential Pollution Reduction Project under the Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Plan. Dover and West Manchester Townships funded a Feasibility Study that was performed by Land Studies in 2021 by sharing…
York County Coalition for Clean Waters bi-monthly newsletter about the implementation of the Countywide Action Plan for clean waters. Please click the link below to view the PDF: June 2023 ReCAP Issue 17
With the construction of the new public works garage along West Canal Road, we were required to construct rain gardens to filter out any contaminants from our storm water runoff before it leaves our property and drains ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay. A rain garden is a garden of native…
This public MS4 seminar was held on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Below are the handouts that were provided during the seminar: 2019 MS4 Seminar – Building a Rain Barrel Handouts