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It really was a “Watershed Awakening!” by Gail Heffner
Volunteers install a raingarden in the Plaster Creek watershed. Photo: Plaster Creek Stewards It really was a “Watershed Awakening”…the growing awareness and eventual decision made by Calvin College to...
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Diversity for Vision and Leadership by Maria Brodine
“Diversity and Inclusiveness” was one of the main themes at the 2016 River Rally in Mobile, AL. Mobile River, Africatown, Mobile, AL This represents a growing movement, consisting of people from all...
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Cincinnati’s Unique Approach to Addressing Sewage Pollution by Erin Wall
At scales ranging from the neighborhood and city to the watershed and basin, communities around the country are finding ways to break down silos in water management to become more sustainable and to...
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A Community-Driven Cleanup: Restoring the Duwamish River by Hannah Kett
What does it mean when Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group (DRCC/TAG) says that our work is driven and guided by community? This could just mean that we look at some neighborhood...
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle… and Innovate
How much waste do you produce in a single day? To find out, all you need is a kitchen scale. Over a period of seven days, weigh your garbage and keep a record. How much trash do you, as an individual,...
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Rain Barrels: DIY Green Infrastructure for Your Home or Business by Maria...
Point and Nonpoint Source Pollution You may have heard the terms point and nonpoint source pollution. To demystify these terms a bit, a point source is a known source of pollutants, such as a factory...
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Congratulations, 2017 Urban Waters Learning Network Award Winners!
The Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN) Awards celebrate Learning Network members making significant achievements toward improving their urban waterways and revitalizing the neighborhoods around...
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Learn a River’s Name Before It’s Gone
-by Akiko Busch Once, on a road trip with friends from New York to California, I kept a list of every river and stream we crossed, starting with the Hudson. After the Delaware and the Susquehanna,...
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Have You Cracked the Code to Engaging Youth? by Emily Simonson
Upward Bound student planting in a bioswale at Calvin College as part of Teen Rally. “You’re not only the future, you’re also the today,” Catherine Cushway tells her students. I met Catherine and her...
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Green Spaces, Restored Waters, and the People Who Use Them
Gentrification. Those of us who work in water cities and towns inevitably encounter it. To have a positive impact on the communities where we work, we must discuss what gentrification means, analyze...
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The One Water Vision: a Movement Toward Equitable Water Management
One Water Summit 2017 On June 27-29, I attended the 2017 One Water Summit in New Orleans, LA. Like River Rally, the Summit is held every year in a different water city. Local projects and partnerships...
View ArticleRiver Rally 2018 Call for Workshop Proposals
River Rally 2018 will take place April 29-May 2 in Olympic Valley, CA. Do you have a proven approach or innovation that could help achieve healthy rivers and engage communities in solving water...
View ArticleStormwater Management Technician Training Program in Baltimore, MD
Patapsco River Watershed/Baltimore (MD)— On July 25, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and the Baltimore City Department of Public Works joined Civic Works’ Baltimore Center for Green Careers in...
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Water as a Human Right: Public Health Research and Advocacy in Detroit
The Founders of We The People of Detroit (WPD). We the People of Detroit In 2008, We The People of Detroit (WPD) was co-founded by Chris Griffith, Aurora Harris, Monica Lewis-Patrick, Cecily McClellan,...
View ArticleSammies Service Award Update
We’ve made it into the Top 12! That means the Urban Waters Team – YOU INCLUDED – has advanced to the next round of voting for the People’s Choice Award among the 2017 Samuel J. Heyman Service to...
View ArticleEPA Tool Helps Communities Access More Than $10 Billion in Water...
The EPA has launched the Water Finance Clearinghouse, a web‐based portal to help communities make informed financing decisions for their drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure needs....
View ArticleBroken Pipes, Pumps, and Practices: America’s Big Water Infrastructure Crisis
The Water Infrastructure Problem It’s no secret that infrastructure—including electric grids, fossil fuel pipelines, public transportation lines, bridges, railways, and roads—are in a rapid state of...
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Local Knowledge: The Key to Restoring Proctor Creek
Growing up in Savannah, GA, I always felt a strong tie to water. There was the Savannah River I would see when I would walk down River Street, the many bike rides to the marsh close to my house, and...
View ArticleUrban Waters Team Made it to the Final Four – Vote Daily Until Sept 15!
Great news: EPA’s Surabhi Shah and the Urban Waters Partnership team have made it to the Final Four candidates for the Sammies award in the People’s Choice category! The Sammies (aka, the Samuel J....
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Surabhi Shaw and the Urban Waters Team Win People’s Choice Award
Surabhi Shaw, Director. Urban Waters Program Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC The news is in: congratulations to People’s Choice Award winner, Surabhi Shah & the Urban Waters Team!...
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