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Chico, CA, 2030 General Plan
Adopted April 2011This comprehensive plan includes goals, policies, and actions to reduce nonrenewable energy resource consumption by supporting renewable energy technologies and passive solar design principles in new development. -
Santa Barbara, CA, Municipal Code
Updated March 2019The city's zoning code defines solar-related terms and sets building height limitations in residential districts to protect solar access. -
Land Use Planning for Wireless Telecommunications Task Force
September 2020This report offers recommendations for management strategies and policy recommendations for wireless telecommunications facilities that comply with the FCC requirements. -
Short-Term Rental Regulations: A Guide for Local Governments
2022by: Lauren Lowery, Lena Geraghty, Tina LeeThis guide provides information and tools for policymakers and local leaders to create or modify ordinances that address short-term rentals. -
Probable Futures
2023This website provides an interactive map tool that allows users to explore climate scenarios based on degrees of warming from preindustrial levels. -
Our Communities, Our Power: Advancing Resistance and Resilience in Climate Change Adaptation
October 2020by: Elizabeth Kennedy, Jacqueline Patterson, Katherine TaylorThis toolkit contains a series of modules to help National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapters and other advocates establish Environmental and Climate Justice Committees and develop climate adaptation plans. -
The Promise and Challenges of LED Lighting: A Practical Guide
2016This fact sheet addresses the potential negative impacts of LED lighting. -
The Public Participation Handbook: Making Better Decisions Through Citizen Involvement
2005by: James CreightonThis book lays out how to design a public participation program. -
Brazil, Portugal and Spain — Analysis of Non-Motorized Vehicle Sharing Services for Children
Cadernos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Paranoá 30, 2021by: Marcos Thadeu MagalhãesThis article explores the lack of access to shared micromobility for families with children. -
Montgomery County, PA, Transit-Oriented Development Model Ordinance
October 2021This model ordinance provides communities with a resource for encouraging development that takes advantages of transit access and helps increase transit ridership. -
Dublin, OH, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2021The city's zoning code defines and regulates two types of community residences: family community residences and transitional community residences. -
Columbus, OH, Code of Ordinances
Updated May 2019The city’s zoning code contains a chapter on Traditional Neighborhood Development, which is aimed at promoting, among other objectives, walkability. -
Salem, NH, Town Code
Updated May 2018The town’s zoning code permits home occupations by right subject to use-specific standards. -
Vancouver, BC, Zoning & Development By-law 3575
2017The city’s zoning code defines and regulates micro-apartments as a distinct type of dwelling. -
Greater New Orleans, LA, Urban Water Plan
Adopted 2013The Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan focuses on developing sustainable strategies for managing water resources. -
Net Blue Webinar Part 2: Office Hours
2017by: Mary Ann Dickinson, Adam Schempp, Katherine BaerThis webinar discusses the Net Blue Ordinance Toolkit in detail with the webinar participants. -
Case Studies in Integrated Water Resources Management: From Local Stewardship to National Vision
November 2012This report provides an overview of integrated water resource management and case studies demonstrating the translation of theory into ground implementation. -
The City Upstream and Down: How Integrated Water Management Can Help Cities Thrive
2016This report expains the concept of integrated water management and enables cities and utilities to pursue implementation of integrated water management approaches. -
Harvesting the Value of Water: Stormwater, Green Infrastructure, and Real Estate
2017by: Katharine BurgessThis report discusses water management mechanisms are incorporating green infrastructure elements in real estate development to create value, aesthetics, and improve operational efficiency. -
Ground Water Rule: A Quick Reference Guide
2008This reference guide by the EPA provides an overview of the Ground Water Rule and its components. -
An Equitable Water Future – A National Briefing Paper
2017This report examines the interconnections between water management and vulnerable communities. It discusses how equitable water management is helpful in tackling the water-related challenges that these communities face. -
Net Blue Ordinance Toolkit
2017The toolkit is designed to help communities develop without increasing overall water demands. -
Milwaukee, WI, Metropolitan Sewerage District Regional Green Infrastructure Plan
Adopted June 2013by: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Wisconsin,The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s regional green infrastructure plan focuses on the systematic implementation of widespread green infrastructure as a part of MMSD's 2035 Vision. -
Renewable Energy in Cities
October 2016by: Jasper Rigter, Deger Saygin, Ghislaine KiefferThis report provides a systems-based overview of renewable energy in cities, highlighting numerous case studies, policies, and recommendations for integrated urban and energy planning. -
Guidelines for Water Reuse
September 2012These guidelines address water reclamation and reuse standards, technologies, variations and development of new regulations within a national overview. -
One Water Roadmap: The Sustainable Management of Life’s Most Essential Resource
2016by: Radhika Fox, Kevin ShaferThis report outlines the vision and principles of the One Water approach to managing water resources. -
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Water Infrastructure
2017This report presents an economic impact analysis assessing the capital needs and national economic benefits of water services. -
National Menu of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Stormwater
2008This toolkit includes an extensive collection of resources on BMPs for areas under the Stormwater Phase II Rule. It also provides special guidance for urban areas. -
Virginia Local and Regional Water Supply Planning
Administrative Code Chapter 780, adopted 2005by: State of VirginiaThis statute establishes a comprehensive water supply planning process for the development of local, regional, and state water supply plans to protect the health, safety and welfare of citizens. -
California Greywater Regulations
24 California Plumbing Code Chapter 16, Adopted 2007by: State of CaliforniaThis regulation provides information on water conservation through alternate water sources for non-potable applications and greywater reuse practices. -
Washington Greywater Regulations
Washington Administrative Code Title 246, Chapter 246-274, Updated March 2022by: State of WashingtonWashington’s greywater regulations establish requirements that provide building owners with simple, cost-effective options for reusing greywater for subsurface irrigation. -
Virginia State Water Control Law
62.1 Code of Virginia Chapter 3.1, Adopted 2006by: State of VirginiaThis statute protects existing high quality state waters and seeks to restore all other state waters to such a condition of quality that they will permit all reasonable public uses and will support the propagation and growth of all aquatic life. -
Ground Water Rule
Rule 71, Federal Register 65574, Adopted 2006by: United States Environmental Protection AgencyThe Ground Water Rule (GWR) was issued to improve drinking water quality and provide protection from disease-causing microorganisms. It aims to reduce disease incidence associated with harmful microorganisms in drinking water. -
Arizona Groundwater Management Code
45 Arizona State Legislature Chapter 4, Adopted 1986by: State of ArizonaThis regulation controls the occurrence of severe overdraft, ensures effective allocation of groundwater resources, and aims to augment groundwater supply. -
California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014
California Code §§10720-10738, Adopted 2014by: State of CaliforniaThis act establishes a framework for sustainable, local groundwater management. -
Broward County, FL, Integrated Water Resource Plan
Updated 2019The Broward County-wide Integrated Water Resource Plan (IWRP) meets the needs of Broward’s water users to coordinate the sources and users of water for effective, efficient and sustainable water management. -
Yakima River Basin, WA, Integrated Water Resource Management Plan
Adopted 2012The Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan is a forward-thinking plan that addresses current and anticipated future threats to the Basin’s water security, especially during drought years. -
Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Integrated Water Resources Management Plan
December 2015The plan provides information for agency staff and watershed organizations that supports informed decision-making and guidance regarding water resource management. -
California Water Plan
Updated 2018This strategic plan guides investment priorities, legislative action, and ensures resilient and sustainable water resources in the state of California. -
Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Water Resource Management Plan
Adopted June 2017The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District’s Water Resource Management Plan brings together water supply and conservation, wastewater management, and watershed management into a single, integrated document. -
Clean Water Act
33 USC §1251, Adopted 1972by: United States Environmental Protection AgencyThe Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. -
Oregon Graywater Regulations
Oregon Administrative Rules §340-053, Updated 2011by: State of OregonOregon’s graywater regulations define three types of graywater based on level of treatment, and identify specific beneficial purposes for each type of graywater. It also establishes regulations regarding the protection of public health and environment. -
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
33 US Code Chapter 52, Adopted 2014by: United States Environmental Protection AgencyThe WIFIA program, established by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFIA), accelerates investment in water infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental loans for regionally and nationally significant projects. -
Inclusive Healthy Places
2018by: Jennifer Gardner, Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, Larissa BegaultThis guide shares four principles and a healthy places framework that can help communities create conditions that support health. -
Growing Wealthier: Smart Growth, Climate Change and Prosperity
January 2011by: Center for Clean Air Policy, Steve WinkelmanThis report relates the findings of numerous studies from diverse sources and with varied approaches that indicate the economic and environmental benefits of compact development. -
Higher-Density Development: Myth and Fact
2005by: Urban Land InstituteThis report looks at U.S. Census and HUD data at the national level to assemble estimates that can inform the costs of sprawl debate. -
Building Better Budgets: A National Examination of the Fiscal Benefits of Smart Growth Development
May 2013This report from Smart Growth America looked at 17 case studies of U.S. cities, counties, and states in order to calculate a national average for cost savings due to compact development. -
Costs of Sprawl—2000
TCRP Report 74, 2002This report looks at the effects of sprawling development patterns on resource costs like roads, public services, and real estate development, as well as personal costs like travel miles, quality of life, and urban decline. -
The Fiscal Cost of Sprawl: How Sprawl Contributes to Local Government’s Budget Woes
December 2003by: Environment Colorado Research and Policy CenterThis report summarizes the findings of several academic and government studies that looked at sprawl in Colorado. -
Pennywise Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing + Transportation Affordability
March 2010This report from the Center for Neighborhood Technology uses a metric called “H + T,” which incorporates housing costs plus transportation costs specific to housing location in order to accurately calculate community affordability.