Water conservation benefits of urban heat mitigation
Water conservation benefits of urban heat mitigation examines urban heat mitigation strategies, such as cool roofs, and the impacts on …
Risk and Resilience
Climatic consequences of adopting drought-tolerant vegetation over Los Angeles as a response to California drought
Climatic consequences of adopting drought tolerant vegetation over Los Angeles as a response to California drought utilized a regional climate …
Dams and Development A New Framework for Decision-Making
Dams and Development A New Framework for Decision-Making provides a comprehensive, global evaluation of the impacts of dams on people, …
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Developing Scenarios to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs: Guidance and Case Studies for InVEST Users
Developing Scenarios to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs: Guidance and Case Studies for InVEST Users provides an evaluation of six case …
Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites
Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites contains fourteen case studies conducted throughout the United States …
Institutional Issues for Integrated One Water Management Snapshot Case Studies
Institutional Issues for Integrated One Water Management Snapshot Case Studies provides twenty-five case studies that provide practical examples of how …
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Envision Project Awards Map
Envision Project Awards map contains interactive case studies of projects from across the globe that have received Envision awards for …
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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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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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 …
The Value of Water Supply Reliability in the Residential Sector
The Value of Water Supply Reliability in the Residential Sector describes residential customer’s willingness to pay for improving water reliability. …
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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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One Water Plan
The One Water Plan for the Santa Clara Valley Water District integrates water supply, water quality, and flood control initiatives …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management
Green Infrastructure: Guide for Water Management examines case studies of green infrastructure projects throughout the United States. The report argues …
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 …
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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Greenprint Resource Hub
Greenprint Resource Hub, developed by the Nature Conservancy, is a resource designed to assist managers, policy-makers, and communities on utilizing …
Making better recycled water investment decisions: Shifts happen
Making better recycled water investment decisions: Shifts happen compiles the lessons learned from eight water recycling project case studies conducted …
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Policy settings, regulatory frameworks and recycled water schemes
Policy settings, regulatory frameworks and recycled water schemes analyzes eight water recycling case studies conducted internationally to illustrate how the …
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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 …
Drivers for and against municipal wastewater recycling: A review
Drivers for and against municipal wastewater recycling: A review provides a comprehensive review of drivers for and against wastewater recycling …
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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 …
Waste Less, Pollute Less: Using Urban Water Conservation to Advance Clean Water Act Compliance
Waste Less, Pollute Less: Using Urban Water Conservation to Advance Clean Water Act Compliance (blog and issue brief) presents the …
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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, …
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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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 …
The Value of Green Infrastructure for Urban Climate Adaptation
The Value of Green Infrastructure for Urban Climate Adaptation provides a methodology for calculating the costs and benefits of green …
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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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Water-use efficiency and productivity: rethinking the basin approach
Water-use efficiency and productivity: rethinking the basin approach is a response to a paper in Water International. The paper highlights …
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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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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. …
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 …
Desalination, with a Grain of Salt: A California Perspective
Desalination, with a Grain of Salt: A California Perspective presents an overview of the benefits and risks of ocean desalination, …
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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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Putting Green to Work: Economic Recovery Investments for Clean and Reliable Water
Putting Green to Work: Economic Recovery Investments for Clean and Reliable Water categorizes “green” and “bright green” projects that provide …
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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 …
Using economic valuation techniques to inform water resources management: A survey and critical appraisal of available techniques and an application
Using economic valuation techniques to inform water resources management presents a non-technical introduction to the economic valuation techniques of changes …
Management Experiences and Trends for Water Reuse Implementation in Northern California
Management Experiences and Trends for Water Reuse Implementation in Northern California examines a survey conducted in northern California on the …
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California Water Plan, Update 2009, Volume 2: Resource Management Strategies
The California Water Plan presents a guide on water management strategies that can provide multiple benefits both regionally and statewide …
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Central Valley Flood Protection Plan 2017 Update
The Central Valley Flood Protection Plan asserts that institutional frameworks hinder implementation of multi-benefit actions and outlines a framework to …
Description and Screening of Potential Tools and Methods to Quantify Public Benefits of Water Storage Projects (Draft Report)
Description and Screening of Potential Tools and Methods to Quantify Public Benefits of Water Storage Projects provides guidance on economic …
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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Proposition 1 Stormwater Grant Program Guidelines
Proposition 1 Stormwater Grant Program Guidelines, related to the Stormwater Grant Program (SWGP), establishes the process and criteria by which …
Adapting to Change: Utility Systems and Declining Flows
Adapting to Change: Utility Systems and Declining Flows explores the consequences of reduced indoor flows related to conservation on urban …
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Water Storage Investment Program Technical Reference
Water Storage Investment Program Technical Reference details the methodology for quantifying the co-benefits or adverse impacts of water storage projects …
Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Storm Water (Storm Water Strategy, STORMS)
Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Storm Water is a California State Water Board statewide strategy for stormwater management. The …
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Berkeley Resilience Strategy
100 Resilient Cities is an organization working across the globe to help plan for more resilient and successful cities. The …
Living Streets Economic Feasibility Project: Final Report
Living Streets Economic Feasibility Report presents an alternate, new paradigm to guide the future of street and sidewalk infrastructure design …
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