Vision and GIS Case Studies
Vision and GIS Case Studies presents sixteen case studies that utilized the Trust for Public Lands Vision and GIS service. …
Land and environment
City Resilience Framework
City Resilience Framework provides a framework for analyzing the sustainability of a city. The framework identifies seven qualities of resilient …
Water Reuse Project in Virginia Providing Multiple Benefits
Water Reuse Project in Virginia Providing Multiple Benefits provides an example of an effective water reuse project implemented in the …
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OneWaterSF
OneWaterSF is an integrated systems approach adopted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) that aims to provide greater …
Milwaukee Green Infrastructure Scenarios Tool
The Milwaukee Green Infrastructure Scenarios Tool (GIST) helps decision makers to analyze various scenarios and determine the best stormwater management …
What’s getting in the way of a “One Water” approach to water services planning and management?
What’s Getting in the way of ‘One Water’ approach to water services planning and management? presents findings of research on …
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Leveraging Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture via Desalination: Evidence from a Macro-Data Case Study in Israel
Leveraging Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture via Desalination: Evidence from a Macro-Data Case Study in Israel examines the effects of desalinated water …
One Water Plan
The One Water Plan for the Santa Clara Valley Water District integrates water supply, water quality, and flood control initiatives …
UWIN Webinar Series: Research Series
UWIN Webinars, Research Seminar Series provides webinars on the One Water Solutions Institute research. The webinars are divided into four …
Just the FACTS: Dams in California
Just the FACTS: Dams in California highlights several key considerations of dams in California. The considerations include the crucial role …
Just the FACTS: Floods in California
Just the FACTS: Floods in California highlights key state-wide flooding concerns and solutions for California. The solutions presented include taking …
Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Potential in California
Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Potential in California outlines the benefits of improving agricultural efficiency in California. The benefits cited …
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Energy Down the Drain: The Hidden Costs of California’s Water Supply
Energy Down the Drain: The Hidden Costs of California’s Water Supply analyzes the connections between power and water resources in …
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Greenprint Resource Hub
Greenprint Resource Hub, developed by the Nature Conservancy, is a resource designed to assist managers, policy-makers, and communities on utilizing …
The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure A Case Study of Lancaster, PA
The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study of Lancaster, PA provides an economic valuation of green infrastructure in …
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Green Infrastructure and Water Supply: A Case Study of the City of Los Angeles
Green Infrastructure and Water Supply: A Case Study of the City of Los Angeles presents a two-page report on a …
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Public Private Partnerships and Finance of Large-Scale Green Infrastructure in the Great Lakes Basin
Public Private Partnerships and Finance of Large-Scale Green Infrastructure in the Great Lakes Basin is a report presenting the outcome …
Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Stormwater Management
Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Stormwater Management (2007) presents three case studies for stormwater …
Recognizing the Value of Energy Efficiency’s Multiple Benefits
Recognizing the Value of Energy Efficiency’s Multiple Benefits emphasizes the multiple benefits of improved energy efficiency for the residential, business, …
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Global Review of Physical and Biological Effectiveness of Stream Habitat Rehabilitation
Global Review of Physical and Biological Effectiveness of Stream Habitat Rehabilitation is a literature review that assesses 345 studies of …
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Green Infrastructure in Parks: A Guide to Collaboration, Funding, and Community Engagement
Green Infrastructure in Parks: A Guide to Collaboration, Funding, and Community Engagement analyzes green infrastructure projects in parks and the …
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Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices
Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices analyzes 17 case studies of low impact development (LID) …
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Making the Utility Case for Onsite Non-potable Water Systems
Making the Utility Case for Onsite Non-potable Water Systems is a report that 1) defines the scope of onsite non-potable …
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Stormwater Capture Master Plan
Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Stormwater Capture Master Plan develops a strategy for long-term stormwater capture potential, …
Envision Framework
Envision is a framework that provides the guidance needed to initiate this systemic change in the planning, design and delivery …
Envision V3 User Manual
The Envision V3 (Draft Credits for Public Review and Comment) user manual outlines additions to the Envision framework, a sustainability …
The Hidden Value of Landscapes: Implications for Drought Planning
The Hidden Value of Landscapes: Implications for Drought Planning analyzes the impacts of landscaping on quality of life, environment, and …
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Assessing the Return on Investment in Watershed Conservation: Best Practices Approach and Case Study for the Rio Camboriú PWS Program, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Assessing the Return on Investment in Watershed Conservation applies a return on investment (ROI) framework to a watershed conservation project …
Assessing Location and Scale of Urban Nonpotable Water Reuse Systems for Life-Cycle Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Assessing Location and Scale of Urban Nonpotable Water Reuse Systems for Life-Cycle Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions examines nonpotable …
Techno-economic assessment and environmental impacts of desalination technologies
Techno-economic assessment and environmental impacts of desalination technologies provides a review of desalination technologies, including energy requirements, water production costs, …
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Why Do Some Water Utilities Recycle More than Others? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis in New South Wales, Australia
Why Do Some Water Utilities Recycle More than Others? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis in New South Wales, Australia provides a …
Co-benefits for Water and Biodiversity from the Sustainable Management of High Nature Value Farmland
Co-benefits for Water and Biodiversity from the Sustainable Management of High Nature Value Farmland examines the potential for high nature …
LA Sustainable Water Project: Los Angeles River Watershed
LA Sustainable Water Project: Los Angeles River Watershed provides an in-depth analysis of the potential future opportunities for water recycling, …
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The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits
The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits is an in-depth framework for …
Quantifying Watershed Restoration Benefits in Community Water Partnership Projects
Quantifying Watershed Restoration Benefits in Community Water Partnership Projects is a report that aims to quantify water-related benefits of Coca-Cola …
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The Economics of Low-Impact Development: A Literature Review
The Economics of Low-Impact Development: A Literature Review provides a review of economic valuations of low-impact development projects. The multiple …
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Characterization of unplanned water reuse in the EU
Characterization of unplanned water reuse in the EU presents findings from research conducted to quantify the impacts of unintentional or …
Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analysis for Water Recycling Projects
Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analysis for Water Recycling Projects provides an in-depth methodology for economic analysis of water recycling projects, …
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Barriers and Gateways to Green Infrastructure
Barriers and Gateways to Green Infrastructure identifies and explores the major barriers to implementation of green infrastructure for stormwater management. …
Carbon Sequestration Potential of Extensive Green Roofs
Carbon Sequestration Potential of Extensive Green Roofs provides data from two studies on vegetated roofs in Maryland and Michigan. The …
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Freshwater Health Index Dongjiang Basin, China: An assessment of freshwater ecosystem health
The Freshwater Health Index is a tool that examines three components of ecosystem health: ecosystem vitality (i.e., water quantity, water …
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Green Stormwater Infrastructure Economics in the Boise Urban Area
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Economics in the Boise Urban Area (2015) examines the economics of green versus grey infrastructure in Boise, …
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Freshwater Health Index
The Freshwater Health Index provides policy-makers and resource managers with a tool to evaluate policies, management options, and tradeoffs, as …
Integrated Decision Support Tool (I-DST)
The Integrated Decision Support Tool (I-DST) aims to help water managers in the quantitative assessment of grey, green, or hybrid …
Impacts of forest restoration on water yield: A systematic review
Impacts of forest restoration on water yield: A systematic review provides an academic review of 666 journals and studies conducted …
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Systemic solutions for multi-benefit water and environmental management
Systemic solutions for multi-benefit water and environmental management provides an academic, theoretical critique on the evaluation of multi-benefit systems. The …
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Environmental Farming Act Science Advisory Panel Bi-Annual Report (2011-2013)
Environmental Farming Act Science Advisory Panel – Bi-Annual Report (2011-2013) is a resource developed by the Environmental Farming Act Science …
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Banking on Green: A Look at How Green Infrastructure Can Save Municipalities Money and Provide Economic Benefits Community-wide
Banking on Green provides a business case for green infrastructure practices in the United States. Benefits cited within the report …
Review of IRWM Planning and Implementation in California
Review of IRWM Planning and Implementation in California presents an assessment of Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) planning and implementation …
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