You can do your part by using good conservation practices in your own backyard and by knowing what the issues of concern are in your watershed. Not only will you be protecting surface waters we use for recreational purposes, but groundwater stores we rely on for our drinking water. Is Restoration your goal? To properly restore an area, the ecosystem should be returned to the condition prior to the disturbance by repairing the ecological damage to the resource both in form and function.This may involve: physical reconstruction chemical clean-up biological manipulation re-vegetation Pollution Dams Habitat Alteration Water Quality Standards What affects water quality? Land use does. Farming, industry, and urbanization can influence the quality of water in the watershed. Click here to read about water quality standards for Pennsylvania on the internet. To view The Department of Environmental Protection's 305(b) report of water quality assessment for April 2000, click here.