EPA Offers Communities New Tool for Achieving Smart Growth and Water Quality Goals

Enesta Jones, 202-564-7873 / jones.enesta@epa.gov
July 7, 2004 Press Advisory

EPA has released a new report that will help communities protect water resources and achieve smart growth. Some of the adverse effects of growth and development include: loss of woodlands, meadowlands, and wetlands, and increased polluted run-off. Smart growth is development that is good for the economy, public health and the environment. The report documents 75 innovative approaches -- including redeveloping abandoned properties, encouraging rooftop gardens, creating shared parking, and promoting tree planting -- that state and local governments and water quality professionals can use to achieve their smart growth and water quality goals. To receive a free copy of the report, send an email to: ncepimal@one.net or call 1-800-490-9198 and request EPA publication 231-R-04-002. The report and more information about smart growth are also available at: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth.

EPA Offers Communities New Tool for Achieving Smart Growth and Water Quality Goals

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