Text Box: Eric Ward’s Eagle Scout Project
Protecting Lovettsville’s Watershed

 

 

 

 

 

Hi, my name is Eric Ward and you have stumbled upon my web page dedicated to

explaining my Eagle Scout project.  Basically, the project consists of two parts.

The first part will be marking all the various storm drain inlets that are around the

Town of Lovettsville, VA.  Second will be a public awareness campaign in which

I will be distributing flyers and booklets on ways that the average homeowner can

help keep our area’s creeks and rivers clean.

 

The first phase of my project will be to mark all the storm drain inlets in Lovettsville

with markers that say "No Dumping, Drains to Creek "on them.  These are scattered

about, mostly in the suburb residential sections, with seventy drains total.  The markers

are made of a tough, durable plastic.  They will be attached to the inlets using Sikaflex,

a multipurpose adhesive created for applications like this one.  The scouts will work in

teams of two to four individuals, all wearing safety vests. 

 

 

 

   A marker from ACP International                                                         A tube of Sikaflex

  (http://www.acpinternational.com)                                                                                         (http://www.sika.com/)

 

                             

 

 

 

 

The second phase of my project will involve handing out flyers explaining my project

and informational booklets provided by the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation

District (http://loudoun.vaswcd.org/).  A total of 240 booklets with informational leaflets

will be distributed door-to-door throughout Lovettsville.  They wrote a "Letter of Support."

 

 

                      

 

 

 

 

            Here are some pictures from my project:

 

 

                                  

                

        Some of the volunteers for my project                                              Some of the equipment…                    

        Left to Right – Me, Peter Regan, Mike

        Yarmie,  Kenny Miller                                                             

 

 

  

 

 

 

            

                 A storm drain before….                                                                          …and after

 

                      You can see a map (770 KB) of the town and where we placed the marker  ( click here)

 

                                                                        For any more information, please contact me at
                                                                                                 phone – (540) 822-5092
                                                                                           or email ericw (at) vt.edu
                                                                                   Sept. 24, 2002