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Canaan Valley Institute's goals are to develop natural stream design projects and decentralized wastewater treatment systems suitable for rural communities throughout our service area. Assistance may be monetary or in the form of training or organizational and technical support, including the following:
Organizational Support in Project Planning and Management |
| CVI has the dual capacity of providing technical assistance in landscape assessment and project planning and management for stream restoration and decentralized wastewater treatment systems, while enhancing the ability of local organizations to drive the decision-making process, build support and leverage resources. Specific organizational support may include: |
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Watershed assessment, mapping, and prioritizing among projects
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Project planning and development of implementation strategies
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Inter-agency collaborative problem solving and partnership-building
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Group facilitation and decision support
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Community outreach, public support and involvement strategies
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Fundraising, grant-writing for project design and implementation
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Technical project management
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Preconstruction coordination
For additional information on CVI's project planning and management capabilities,
call Jenny Newland at 1-800-922-3601, ext. 254
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Technical Training |
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To further build the capacity of local people and organizations, CVI's education programs offer regularly scheduled courses and some specifically targeted training in the following areas:
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Natural stream design (NSD)
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Decentralized wastewater treatment systems
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Watershed management
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping
For additional information on CVI's technical training capabilities,
call Paula Worden at 1-800-922-3601 extension 223.
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Stream Restoration |
| Specific technical assistance for stream restoration projects may include: |
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Project planning, permitting and design
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Project management and quality assurance
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Environmental compliance
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Construction oversight
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Vegetation and resource management
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Project monitoring and evaluation
For additional information on CVI's stream restoration capabilities,
call Todd Miller at 1-800-922-3601, ext. 293
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Decentralized Wastewater Treatment |
| Specific technical assistance for decentralized wastewater treatment projects may include: |
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Wastewater assessment for watersheds, communities and counties
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Project planning, permitting and design
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Project management and quality assurance
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Construction oversight
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Performance monitoring
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Operations and maintenance recommendations
For additional information on decentralized wastewater treatment,
call Jenny Newland at 1-800-922-3601, ext. 254
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Applied Science |
| To address emerging issues and provide stakeholders in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands with the information they need to identify and prioritize among watershed restoration needs, CVI collaborates with a number of partners to conduct integrated and long-term scientific research on themes such as: |
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Use of extensive watershed datasets to prioritize restoration projects
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Identification of reference reaches for stream restoration
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Impacts of land use patterns on hydrologic regimes
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Evaluation of natural stream design projects
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Effectiveness of managed decentralized sewage (MDS) treatment systems, and social,
economic and regulatory barriers that limit MDS acceptance
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Sources and effects of atmospheric deposition of pollutants
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Ecosystem services provided by high elevation wetlands, and their classification
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Use of native plants for wetland restoration
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Effectiveness of wetland restoration techniques
For additional information on CVI's applied science program,
call Dr. Daniel Welsch at 1-800-922-3601, ext. 247
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Geospatial Services |
| CVI's cutting edge technology in geographic information systems (GIS) can provide additional support to local projects with specific needs for highly specialized geographic data. For example: |
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GIS can be used to compile maps with databases to illustrate a range of restoration needs across a watershed or region
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LiDAR systems can be used to produce very accurate digital elevation models to map contours and topography, floodplains, impervious surfaces, or other patterns in land use, land forms and physical infrastructure
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Remote Sensing and LiDAR systems can be combined to produce high-resolution true color of infrared photos geographically connected to the digital elevation model and detailed 3-D visualizations of watershed surface features
For additional information on CVI's geospatial services, call Janette McNeer
at 1-800-922-3601, ext. 256
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