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    • Land-Use Policy Could Help Solve the American West’s Water Crisis

      As the twin pressures of water shortages and massive growth run the Colorado River dry, planners explore innovative solutions.
      by: Patrick Sisson       June 15, 2023
      As the twin pressures of water shortages and massive growth run the Colorado River dry, planners explore innovative solutions.
    • Integrating Land Use and Water Planning for a Sustainable Future

      Planners and allied professionals should know that when you plan for one, you have to plan for both.
      by: Heather Hansman       July 01, 2021
      In communities across the U.S., water managers and planners are emerging from the silos they've traditionally operated in to find new ways to work together. The urgency of collaborating to develop resilience in the face of climate change threats is becoming increasingly clear.
    • Overlay Zoning for Source Water Protection

      Zoning Practice — July 2020
      by: Matthew Allen
      This issue of Zoning Practice answers a series of questions toward the goal of forwarding an understanding of how land-use regulation — particularly zoning — can and should be used for source water protection.
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    • Putting the LID on Your Community’s Stormwater – Part II: An Overview of Some Basic LID Practices

      PlannersWeb.com, February 14, 2013
      by: James Segedy, FAICP, Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP
      This article provides an overview of LID practices, including stream buffers, permeable paving, bioswales, and rain gardens.
    • Putting the LID on Your Community’s Stormwater – Part IV: Local Measures for Implementation

      PlannersWeb.com, March 14, 2013
      by: James Segedy, FAICP, Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP
      This article provides a checklist to help planners determine and effective strategy for LID implantation in their community.
    • Putting the LID on Your Community’s Stormwater – Part I: What is LID?

      PlannersWeb.com, February 12, 2013
      by: James Segedy, FAICP, Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP
      This article focuses on the basics of stormwater and challenges of stormwater management in urbanized environments, and provides a definition of LID.
    • The Potential for an Urban Water Market in Los Angeles and Beyond

      The Avenue, May 2017
      by: Joseph Kane, Gregory Pierce
      This blog article discusses how an urban water market can address several water challenges, accelerate infrastructure improvements, encourage more sustainable and equitable water management.
    • Flint’s Water Crisis Highlights Need for Infrastructure Investment and Innovation

      The Avenue, January 2016
      by: Joseph Kane, Robert Puentes
      This article discusses the factors that contributed to the Flint crisis, focusing on the role of the city’s aging and deteriorating water infrastructure.  It draws lessons for other cities and provides examples of innovative strategies.
    • Water Rights and Markets in the U.S. Semiarid West - Evolution of Property Rights Related to Land and Natural Resources

      Conference Papers, November 2011
      by: Gary Libecap
      In this paper, the author explores water in the semiarid western United States - a region in which many of the intensifying demand and supply problems regarding fresh water are playing out-as a mixed private/public resource.
    • Linking Growth and Land Use to Water Supply

      Land Lines Magazine, April 2003
      by: Matthew McKinney
      This article provides a brief review of alternative policy options to develop the link between land use and water supply. It also offers suggestions for further research, education and policy development.
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      PlannersWeb.com, February 21, 2013
      by: James Segedy, FAICP, Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, AICP
      This article presents benefits of implementing LID practices, including environmental, economic, and quality of life implications.
    • Integrated and Adaptive Management of Water Resources: Tensions, Legacies, and the Next Best Thing

      Ecology & Society, 16(1), 2011
      by: Nathan Engle, Owens Johns, Maria Carmen Lemos
      This article acknowledges the difficulty of using the integrated water resources management framework in practice due to the lack of quantitative data on its success.
    • Facing Water-Based Challenges with Sustainable Development Codes

      Zoning Practice — August 2019
      by: Jonathan Rosenbloom
      This issue of Zoning Practice discusses how development codes encourage gray infrastructure that increase the impacts of water-related hazards such as flood and drought, and outlines a variety of strategies and code revisions to help address these challenges.
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    • Collaborating on Water and Planning: A Perspective for Planners

      PAS Memo — May-June 2018
      by: Vicki Elmer, Carol Howe, Philip Stoker, Gary Pivo
      The May/June 2018 issue of PAS Memo explores the many ways in which planners can collaborate with water professionals in the water supply, wastewater, and stormwater fields to solve problems and better manage this vital resource.
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    • Water-Smart Development Regulations

      Zoning Practice — September 2015
      by: Elizabeth Garvin, AICP
      This issue of Zoning Practice explores how communities can better address the use of water through local regulations. It briefly explores how water use can be influenced by pricing and then looks at the range of regulations, particularly in the areas of lot design and landscaping, available at the local level to encourage and require water conservation.
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    • Integrated Urban Water Management for Planners

      PAS Memo — September-October 2014
      by: John Whitler, Jennifer Warner
      The September/October 2014 issue of PAS Memo explores the challenges and opportunities of Integrated Urban Water Management.
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    • Deep Trouble

      What role is there for planners in solving this crisis?
      October 01, 2016
      What is planners' role in solving the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis?
    • The Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure for Urban Stormwater Management

      PAS Memo — May-June 2012
      by: Martin Jaffe
      The May/June issue of PAS Memo explores the effectiveness and some of the economic implications of many common green infrastructure practices that are used to manage the water quality and flood risks associated with urban stormwater runoff.
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    • Regulating Green: Is Your Municipality Promoting Green Infrastructure?

      Zoning Practice — September 2010
      by: Mami Hara, AICP, David Rouse, FAICP
      This issue of Zoning Practice provides and overview of the regulatory context for green infrastructure and uses case studies of Atlanta and Philadelphia to illustrate how planning, policy, and regulation can be used to promote green infrastructure at the local level.
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    • Puget Sound Partnership Low Impact Development Local Regulation Assistance Project

      Zoning Practice — August 2010
      by: Wayne Carlson, FAICP
      This issue of Zoning Practice  explores the land-use and engineering requirements that often serve to inhibit or preclude the use of LID techniques and how the Puget Sound Partnership has been helping communities in Washington State integrate LID techniques and requirements into local codes and requirements.
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    • The Tricky Business of On-Site Water Treatment and Reuse

      It's time to rethink old assumptions about what can and can't be done.
      December 01, 2014
      In many cities, water-management policies can get in the way of integrating water reuse into new developments. This article covers the unique ways in which cities solve these problems and adopt sustainable water practices. A sidebar explores how, faced with drought, California and other Western states navigate issues with water supply, storage, and reuse.
    • Low-Impact Development

      PAS QuickNotes 23
      by: Larry Coffman
      This edition of PAS QuickNotes provides a primer on how low-impact development (LID) offers ecological and economic advantages over conventional site planning approaches for managing the volume and quality of stormwater.
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    • Local Zoning and Water Rights

      Zoning Practice — August 2009
      by: Scott Reichle
      This issue of Zoning Practice discusses the factors local governments must consider when drafting zoning ordinances regulating docks, piers, or other water-based structures.
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    • Fighting the Water Wars on a Different Front

      It takes conservation and creativity to get the job done.
      January 01, 2014
      Droughts, floods, decaying infrastructure, and a two-decades-long dispute with Alabama and Florida have all been triggers for conservation and creativity in water use in north Georgia, from airport terminals to breweries to new home construction.
    • Integrating Stormwater Regulation and Urban Design

      Zoning Practice — November 2006
      by: Lisa Nisenson
      This issue of Zoning Practice explains new federal requirements for stormwater management and offers some words of caution about the potential unintended results of merging land-use and water regulations.
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    • How Thirsty Is Your Community?

      Zoning Practice — May 2005
      by: Paula Van Lare
      This issue of Zoning Practice shows how urban form affects the demand for and cost of drinking water. It draws on a variety of studies that illustrate the relationship between lot size and water consumption.
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