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Financial Capability Assessment Framework for Municipal Clean Water Act Requirements
Provides greater clarify on the flexibilities built into the financial capability assessment guidance that local governments or authorities can use in assessing their financial capability.
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Public Outreach for Integrated Wastewater and Stormwater Planning
This report focuses on the essential element of public outreach in the integrated planning process. Includes case studies from Burlington, Vermont and Onondaga County, New York.
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Prioritizing Wastewater and Stormwater Projects Using Stakeholder Input
This report describes how communities can use stakeholder input to select and rank criteria and apply those criteria to prioritize stormwater and wastewater projects.
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Achieving Water Quality Through Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Plans
Memorandum from EPA headquarters to regional offices to work with states and communities to get the most effective and cost-effective approaches for meeting the Agency's shared objective of clean water that protects public health and the environment.
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Implementation of Integrated Planning in Accordance with the 2019 Water Infrastructure Improvement Act
This memorandum highlights new provisions in the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (WIIA), signed into law on January 14, 2019, and how EPA will continue to support communities and states on integrated planning and green infrastructure.
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Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development
Provides an aid for assessing financial capability as part of negotiating schedules for CWA requirements for municipalities and local authorities.
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Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework
Provides guidance for EPA, states, and local governments to develop and implement effective integrated plans under the CWA. This framework was finalized after extensive public input including a series of workshops across the country.
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Estimating the Value of Water: A Literature Review
This document describes the methodology and results of a literature review of relevant studies that examined how communities similar to Springfield estimated their water resource value.
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Campus RainWorks Resources
Resources to learn more about Campus Rainworks and green infrastructure.
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Perspective: “The Financial Impact of Alternative Water Project Delivery Models” in the Water Sector
The Water Finance Center developed this companion perspective document to a UNC EFC report on Alternative Water Project Delivery Models to broaden understanding of this alternative procurement method.
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EPA NY, NJ and the Caribbean: Smart Sectors Program
Learn more about EPA’s Smart Sectors program for the New England region.
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EPA Great Lakes: Smart Sectors Program
Learn more about EPA’s Smart Sectors program for the Great Lakes region.
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EPA Pacific Northwest: Smart Sectors Program
Learn more about EPA’s Smart Sectors program for the Pacific Northwest region.
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EPA Pacific Southwest: Smart Sectors Program
Learn more about EPA’s Smart Sectors program for the Pacific Southwest region.
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Fact Sheet: Community Impacts from Upcoming Construction
Summary of upcoming construction activities related to the Wyckoff-Eagle Harbor Superfund site that will impact the Bainbridge Island community.
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Successful Applicants for Wetland Program Development Grants in Region 10
Summaries of past Wetland Program Development Grants awarded in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (Region 10).
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EPA Region 8: Smart Sectors Program
Learn more about EPA’s Smart Sectors program for the Region 8 states of Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
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Past Recipients of Five Star Wetland and Urban Waters Restoration Grants
Over 300 projects have been funded through the Five Star Program.
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EPA Midwest: Smart Sectors Program
Learn more about EPA’s Smart Sectors program for the Midwest region.
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Columbia River Basin Fish Contaminant Survey 1996-1998
A technical report that assesses chemical pollutants in fish collected throughout the Columbia River Basin between 1996 and 1998, and potential risks from consuming these fish.