Our Water Resources

The CCEDC Environment Program works to provide landowners and municipal officials with the resources they need  to protect our county’s rich water resources. We offer materials, workshops, and demonstration projects on topics that help prevent pollution of local lakes, rivers, streams and drinking water supplies, and we help facilitate stream cleanups, tree plantings and awareness events. We also work to provide technical resources and support to local volunteer watershed organizations.

Dutchess County Watersheds

Find information on what a watershed is and the four major watersheds located within Dutchess County.  In partnership with Vassar College, the CCEDC Environment Program developed and now maintains a rich community website, with information & resources on watershed protection: www.dutchesswatersheds.org.

Information on Water Resource Protection

Find numerous resources helpful to both landowners and municipal officials on issues such as stream management and flood prevention, maintaining septic systems, managing riparian buffers, stormwater control, better site design, the urban stream syndrome, pond management, and water quality information for consumers.

Watershed Education and Outreach

CCEDC’s Environment Program helps to build the long-term capacity of watershed organizations and volunteer groups by developing and implementing stakeholder initiatives, facilitating meetings, conducting watershed surveys, providing GIS tools and maps, assisting with stream assessments and undertaking education campaigns.

Dutchess County Watershed Groups and Organizations

Currently in Dutchess County there are six watershed groups working to protect the water and land resources within their watersheds.