Lancaster Clean Water Partners Award $87,000 in 2025 to Support Local Projects

The Lancaster Clean Water Fund serves as a catalyst for increased collaboration to efficiently achieve clean and clear water in Lancaster County by 2040. It provides a unique opportunity to work with landowners, leaders, and communities across the county on education, restoration, and protection projects to improve water quality.

In 2025, 10 non-profit organizations and municipalities were awarded more than $87,000 for clean water projects! Below are the grantees and their project descriptions.

Conestoga: Our River, Our Restoration

The Yoheh Project

$1,800

The Yoheh Project will film a documentary that educates Lancastrians on the severity of the pollution in the Conestoga River, while also addressing the nuances of tribal sovereignty and the ways in which Native American communities might be empowered to protect land and water resources.

Mobile Stream Table for Hands-On Environmental Education Program

Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association (LSRA)

$7,500

LSRA will construct a mobile stream table to bring to schools and communities to improve environmental knowledge and encourage stewardship of the Susquehanna River.

Eco Explorers

Lancaster Science Factory

$6,675

Building on 2024’s award, Eco Explorers will work with Lancaster students to provide watershed education through visits to farms, streams, and neighborhood green infrastructure projects.

Lancaster City Corridor Launch Facility, Phase 1

Conestoga River Club

$15,000

Continuing their work to provide universal access to the Conestoga River, CRC will work with the community to develop process templates for restoring launch facilities.

Climbers Run Nature Center Stormwater Management Project

Lancaster Conservancy

$13,729

By implementing a rain garden and sub-surface infiltration bed at Climbers Run, this project will protect the property and its high-quality stream while providing education to the many visitors each year.

Blue Green Connector – Clean Water Kiosk

The Little Conestoga Creek Foundation

$10,000

This project supports a Clean Water Kiosk at the Noel Dorwart Park trailhead to the Little Conestoga Blue Green Connector—a 3.5-mile multimodal ADA-accessible trail along the restored Little Conestoga Creek when completed.

Accelerating the Impact of the Lancaster One Water Partnership

Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC)

$7,000

IPC has partnered with congregations and partners to implement green space across the county. This year’s grant adds educational signage to their green infrastructure and conservation landscaping practices.

Watershed and Wildlife Improvement Projects for Plain Sect Communities

Stroud Water Research Center

$10,000

Stroud will provide watershed and wildlife education to schools and pilot conservation-education work with Plain Sect communities.

Outdoor Classroom Activation & Restoration

Let’s Go 1-2-3

$7,000

Let’s Go 1-2-3 will work with the School District of Lancaster to strengthen teacher tools by revitalizing outdoor classrooms and urban community greenspace opportunities.

Upper Cocalico Creek Stream, Floodplain and Wetland Restoration Partnership

Cocalico Creek Watershed Association (CCWA)

$8,500

Building on 2024 progress, CCWA will continue building landowner buy-in by developing concept plans that help private property owners envision stream restoration in their backyard.

With the majority of Lancaster County streams and much of our groundwater unhealthy, our community is a priority area for reducing nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment by 2025 in accordance with Lancaster’s Countywide Action Plan (CAP). The Lancaster Clean Water Fund provides a unique opportunity for grantees to work with landowners, leaders and communities across the county on education, restoration and protection projects to improve water quality. The fund supports the projects that address clean water priorities as well as the pollution reduction goals in Lancaster’s CAP.