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The Urban Waters 101 Series

The 101 Series contains need-to-know information on the Urban Waters program and all of its main components. The Series also reflects the focus and accomplishments of the Urban Waters designated locations.

101 Series pieces are intended to be shared as easy references to Urban Waters activities and as examples to guide and motivate urban waters work in other communities.

Urban Waters Core Components

Urban Waters Federal Partnership 101

Urban Waters Learning Network 101

Urban Waters Small Grants 101

Urban Waters Federal Designated Partnership Locations

Albuquerque: Middle Rio Grande 101

Baltimore: Patapsco Watershed 101

Grand Rapids: Grand River 101

Newark: Passaic River 101

Los Angeles: Los Angeles River 101

Missouri: Meramec River and Big River 101

Urban Waters Local Successes

While the Urban Waters Learning Network  has the most up to date local success stories, these early cases of local Urban Waters successes still show the types of work being done in communities and examples of our local efforts. We hope that program stakeholders can use this information to duplicate efforts in their own communities, or to reach out to the featured locations for networking and information exchange.

  • The Meramec River and Big River Navigate Collaboration to Clean Up Legacy Pollutants
  • Cleveland Botanical Garden Transforms Vacant Property Using Green Methods to Reduce Runoff
  • Groundwork Lawrence Works to Restore the Spicket River in Massachusetts
  • Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Creates Green Job Training Program
  • Prescott Creeks Preservation Association Restores Granite Creek Watershed
  • University of Nebraska – Lincoln Develops New Tools to Reduce Runoff
  • Urban Waters Federal Partnership Works to Restore and Increase Access to the Los Angeles River
  • West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Engages Communities to Protect Three Creeks

Urban Waters Partnership

  • About the Urban Waters Partnership
  • 21 Designated Urban Waters Locations
    • Anacostia Watershed (DC/MD)
    • Blue River (Kansas City, MO)
    • Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds (NY)
    • Caño Martín Peña (PR)
    • Grand River / Grand Rapids (MI)
    • Greater Philadelphia Area / Delaware River Watershed (PA, NJ, DE)
    • Green-Duwamish Watershed (Washington)
    • Lake Pontchartrain Area / New Orleans (LA)
    • Los Angeles River Watershed (CA)
    • The Meramec River and Big River (Missouri)
    • Middle Rio Grande / Albuquerque (NM)
    • Mystic River Watershed (MA)
    • Northwest Indiana (IN)
    • Passaic River / Newark (NJ)
    • Patapsco Watershed / Baltimore Region (MD)
    • Proctor Creek Watershed / Atlanta (GA)
    • Rio Reimagined-Rio Salado Project
    • San Antonio River Basin within Bexar County (Texas)
    • South Platte Watershed, Headwaters to Denver Metropolitan Area (CO)
    • Walnut Creek Watershed / Raleigh (NC)
    • Western Lake Erie Basin, near Toledo (OH)
  • Federal Partners
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Last updated on March 14, 2025
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