Economics of Managed Aquifer Recharge
Economics of Managed Aquifer Recharge suggests methodology for performing a cost benefit analysis for aquifer recharge projects. They list the …
Supply augmentation
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology compares benefits in urban distributed stormwater …
How much water can be captured from flood flows to store in depleted aquifers for mitigating floods and droughts? A case study from Texas, US
How much water can be captured from flood flows to store in depleted aquifers for mitigating floods and droughts? A …
Lower Snake River Dams: Economic Tradeoffs of Removal
The report, Lower Snake River Dams: Economic Tradeoffs of Removal, analyzes the costs and benefits of removing four dams along …
Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool
The Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool is primarily an online catalog of peer-reviewed research that provides evidence of the impacts of …
Bringing Water and Land Use Together
Bringing Water and Land Use Together discusses Integrated Regional Water Management. This strategy is similar to the multi-benefit framework and …
Towards a New Paradigm of Urban Water Infrastructure: Identifying Goals and Strategies to Support Multi-Benefit Municipal Wastewater Treatment
Towards a New Paradigm of Urban Water Infrastructure: Identifying Goals and Strategies to Support Multi-Benefit Municipal Wastewater Treatment examines the …
Economic Benefits: Metics and Methods for Landscape Performance Assessment
The Economic Benefits: Metrics and Methods for Landscape Performance Assessment presents a method and standard metrics for assessing the economic …
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Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool
The Green Infrastructure Co-benefits Valuation Tool is intended to provide a framework, methods, and values to support rapid screening-level analysis …
The Untapped Potential of California’s Water Supply: Efficiency, Reuse, and Stormwater – Issue Brief
Increased pressures on CaliforniaÂ’s water supply, including from population growth and intense periods of drought exacerbated by climate change, are …
Water LA
The 2018 Water LA report by the River Project explores the opportunities for and challenges of building a resilient region …
Methods to Assess Co-Benefits of California Climate Investments: Water Supply and Availability
Methods to Assess Co-benefits of California Climate Investments: Water Supply and Availability is a literature review of the different methodologies …
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Co-benefits Assessment Methodology for Water Savings
Co-benefits Assessment Methodology for Water Savings presents three different water co-benefit assessment methods for three types of projects from the …
On Spatially Distributed Hydrologic Ecosystem Services: Bridging the Quantitative Information Gap Using Remote Sensing and Hydrological Models
The white paper, On Spatially Distributed Hydrologic Ecosystem Services, provides an explanation of and use case examples for a hydrologic …
Sustainable Landscapes in the Santa Ana River Watershed
The Sustainable Landscapes in the Santa Ana River Watershed map is an interactive tool that allows users to explore potential …
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Valuing investments in sustainable land management in the Upper Tana River basin, Kenya
Valuing investments in sustainable land management in the Upper Tana basin, Kenya provides a case study of valuing ecosystem services …
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Impacts of Urban Water Conservation Strategies on Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Health: Southern California as a Case Study
Impacts of Urban Water Conservation Strategies on Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Health: Southern California as a Case Study expands …
Achieving Resilience through Water Recycling in Peri-Urban Agriculture
Achieving Resilience through Water Recycling in Peri-Urban Agriculture examines water recycling for agricultural use in the peri-urban regions of Western …
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Policy and Economics of Managed Aquifer Recharge and Water Banking
Policy and Economics of Managed Aquifer Recharge and Water Banking provides a summary of a series of papers on managed …
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Relevance and Benefits of Urban Water Reuse in Tourist Areas
Relevance and Benefits of Urban Water Reuse in Tourist Areas presents a case study on factors that influenced the implementation …
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Green Infrastructure & Health Guide
Green Infrastructure & Health Guide provides the tools, resources, and evidence for the connections between green infrastructure (GI) and human …
National Management Measures to Protect and Restore Wetlands and Riparian Areas for the Abatement of Nonpoint Source Pollution
National Management Measures to Protect and Restore Wetlands and Riparian Areas for the Abatement of Nonpoint Source Pollution is a …
Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future
Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future examines the potential for agricultural efficiency in California. The report qualitatively and quantitatively …
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WaterSET
WaterSET is a triple bottom line assessment tool developed by WRF (Reuse-14-03) that compares different water supply options to direct …
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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Sustainable Rivers Project
The Sustainable Rivers Project aims to enhance river habitats through modification of dam operations. The report includes eight case studies …
Preliminary Data Summary of Urban Storm Water Best Management Practices
Preliminary Data Summary of Urban Storm Water Best Management Practices synthesizes existing information on costs and environmental benefits of stormwater …
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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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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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 …
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, …
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 …
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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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 …
Water Reuse: An International Survey of Current Practice, Issues and Needs
Water Reuse: An International Survey of Current Practice, Issues and Needs presents an in-depth review of water reuse practices from …
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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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Green infrastructure and its catchment-scale effects: An emerging science
Green infrastructure and its catchment-scale effects: An emerging science provides an overview of past research conducted on the impacts of …
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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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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 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 …
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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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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Freshwater Health Index
The Freshwater Health Index provides policy-makers and resource managers with a tool to evaluate policies, management options, and tradeoffs, as …
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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