Conservation Gateway
The Conservation Gateway provides resources to support conservation practices in water management. The gateway provides a variety of resources from …
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Hydro-economic models: Concepts, design, applications, and future prospects
Hydro-economic models: Concepts, design, applications, and future prospects discusses the role of economic valuation in water demand. The paper analyzed …
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The City Water Resilience Approach
The City Water Resilience Approach considers how cities can create resilient water management plans in the face of changing city …
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 …
Just green enough: contesting environmental gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Just green enough: contesting environmental gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn is a case study showing the benefits of partnerships between developers, …
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An Equitable Water Future
An Equitable Water Future highlights the main challenges and main solutions in water equity in the United States. There are …
Drinking Water and Wastewater Utility Customer Assistance Programs
Drinking Water and Wastewater Utility Customer Assistance Programs (CAPs) is a synopsis of utilities across the nation performing customer assistance …
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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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Landscape Performance Series
The Landscape Performance Series is a compilation of case studies, fact sheets, and a Benefits Toolkit, to support sustainable landscape …
Landscape Performance Series: Benefits Toolkit
The Benefits Toolkit, housed in the Landscape Performance Series, lists calculators and tools that directly help with quantifying the benefits …
Water Funds Toolbox
The Water Fund Toolbox provides a wide variety of resources, case studies, tools, etc. for groups seeking to create or …
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 …
Moving Toward a Multiple Benefits Approach for Water Management
The Pacific Institute’s report, Moving Toward a Multiple Benefits Approach for Water Management, proposes a framework for systematically identifying and …
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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 …
The estimated impact of California’s urban water conservation mandate on electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
In The estimated impact of California’s urban water conservation mandate on electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, Spang et al. …
Embedded Energy in Water Studies 1, 2 and 3
CPUCs Embedded Energy in Water Studies provide a California statewide assessment of energy use by the water sector and energy …
Life cycle based analysis of demands and emissions for residential water-using appliances
Life cycle based analysis of demands and emissions for residential water-using appliances focuses on the indirect consumption and environmental impacts …
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The value of public and private green spaces under water restrictions
The value of public and private green spaces under water restrictions analyzes the economic impact of outdoor watering restrictions on …
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SEEA-Water System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water
SEEA-Water System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water is a qualitative and comprehensive framework that aids in the organization of hydrologic …
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System of National Accounts 2008
System of National Accounts 2008 is a qualitative and comprehensive framework that aids in the organization of economic data from …
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 Central Framework
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 Central Framework is a qualitative and comprehensive framework that aids in the organization of environmental …
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System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 Experimental Ecosystem Accounting
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 Experimental Ecosystem Accounting is an addition to the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 Central Framework. …
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Determining the Economic Value of Water: Concepts and Methods
Determining the Economic Value of Water: Concepts and Methods provides a comprehensive summary of economic valuation techniques used for water …
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Progress Toward Establishing a National Assessment of Water Availability and Use
Progress Toward Establishing a National Assessment of Water Availability and Use discusses the need for a National Water Census within …
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FLOWER: Framework for Long-Term, Whole-System, Equity-Based Reflection
FLOWER: Framework for Long-Term, Whole-System, Equity-Based Reflection is a decision-making framework for “multisolving,” or systematically examining climate solutions that provide …
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Sustainability and the U.S. EPA, Chapter 4: Sustainability Assessment and Management: Process, Tools, and Indicators
Sustainability Assessment and Management: Process, Tools, and Indicators provides an overview on how to approach sustainability assessment and management. The …
Multi-criteria decision analysis in environmental sciences: Ten years of applications and trends
Multi-criteria decision analysis in environmental sciences: Ten years of applications and trends examines the use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) …
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 …
An Analysis of the Energy Intensity of Water in California: Providing a Basis for Quantification of Energy Savings from Water System Improvements
An Analysis of the Energy Intensity of Water in California: Providing a Basis for Quantification of Energy Savings from Water …
One Water Roadmap: The Sustainable Management of Life’s Most Essential Resource
One Water Roadmap: The Sustainable Management of Life’s Most Essential Resource provides a comprehensive “One Water” framework for the United …
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CUWCC Direct Utility Avoided Cost Model and Environmental Benefits Model Download Page
The CUWCC Direct Utility Avoided Cost Model and Environmental Benefits Model is a tool developed by the California Urban Water …
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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 …
Integrated Water Management Resource Center
Integrated Water Management Water Resources Center is a guide to American Rivers’ integrated water resources management, or ‘One Water’ approach. …
Valuing the Environmental Benefits of Urban Water Conservation: Final Report
Valuing the Environmental Benefits of Urban Water Conservation Final Report presents a method for valuing the environmental benefits of water …
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Water Risk Monetizer
Water Risk Monetizer is a tool developed by Ecolab Inc. that assesses water-related business risks. Using local basin data and …
Smart Water Management for Business Growth: Integrating Water Risk into Business Decision Making
This is the white paper published by Ecolab in conjunction with the Water Risk Monetizer tool. The report contains an …
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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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 …
Water Efficiency Rating Score (WERS)
The Water Efficiency Rating Score (WERS) is a tool for predicting water use in new and existing properties. The tool …
Sustainable Rivers Project
The Sustainable Rivers Project aims to enhance river habitats through modification of dam operations. The report includes eight case studies …
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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OneWaterSF
OneWaterSF is an integrated systems approach adopted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) that aims to provide greater …
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 …
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 …
One Water Plan
The One Water Plan for the Santa Clara Valley Water District integrates water supply, water quality, and flood control initiatives …
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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Integrated Urban Water Model (IUWM)
Integrated Urban Water Model (IUWM) is a planning tool for urban planners and water managers considering water savings from indoor …
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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