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Restoration and Protection Screening

  • Screening Methods, Tools and Data for Watershed Programs

    New! Web RPS Tool Now Available

Resources to Support Strategic Planning of Priority Waters and Watersheds

The EPA has relaunched the Recovery Potential Screening website with a new name, Restoration and Protection Screening, along with new and updated tools and data. This relaunched website provides access to the new Web RPS Tool, with advanced mapping and data visualization features, and the RPS Indicator Database, a national database of indicators for HUC12 subwatersheds (previously called the Watershed Index Online; WSIO). The Excel RPS Tool also continues to be available from this site.

Related EPA Topics

  • Healthy Watersheds Protection
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Background
  • RPS Overview
  • RPS Goals and Benefits  
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  • RPS Publications & Citing RPS 
  • RPS FAQ
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Last updated on April 15, 2025
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