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Water Affordability Landscape

Water affordability is the ability of an individual household to pay for essential water services bills, including drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater, without sacrificing other household needs.

Mystic River Watershed Steering Committee Meeting, December 5, 2019

View document(s) for the December 5, 2019 Mystic River Watershed Steering Committee Meeting.

115th Congress 1st Session

This page will hold testimony statements for the 1st session of the 115th Congress(2017)

Regional Removal Management Levels (RMLs) User's Guide

These are questions and answers from users of the RML download page.

116th Congress 1st Session

This page will hold testimony statements for the 1st session of the 116th Congress(2019)

Guidelines for Tailoring Community Engagement Activities to Circumstances at Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Sites

guidelines to help states determine when enhanced community engagement is warranted

Regulation of Formaldehyde Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

Certain products containing formaldehyde are considered pesticides under federal law because they are intended to be used to control microorganisms and other pests

Publications about the 2015 UST Regulation

Find links to publications about 2015 underground storage tank regulation.

2022 Allotments from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (2022)

2022 allotments

Example Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Franchise Agreement

Example Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Franchise Agreement designed to advance zero waste goals between the city of Monrovia and Arakelian Enterprises, Inc. dba Athens Services, a California corporation.

Example Contract & Franchise Agreements

Examples of contracts, agreements, and requests for proposals by local governments to advance zero waste.

Best Practices: Align Costs to Rates

Zero waste contracting best practice - Align Costs to Rates.

Best Practices: Equal Capacity Commercial Bin Size and Frequency

Best practices in zero caste contracting of providing at least equal capacity bins for commercial composting and recycling as disposal bin capacity.

Best Practices: Direct Materials to Local Markets

Best practices zero waste - direct materials to local markets

Best Practices: Limit or Eliminate Disposal Payments

Best practices for zero waste contacts - limit or eliminate disposal payments

Best Practices: Education and Outreach

Best practices Minimum Zero Waste contracting related to education and outreach.

Best Practices: Incentives and Penalties

Best practices for Zero Waste Contracting - Incentives and Penalties

Best Practices: Reward Workers for More Diversion

Best practices for zero waste - worker training and incentives.

Best Practices: Innovations Clause

Best practices for Zero Waste contracts - Innovations Clauses.

Best Practices: Require Productive Market Use of Yard Debris and Other Organic Materials

Best practice for zero waste - requiring productive use of compostable materials such as food waste, green waste, wood, and food soiled paper.