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Blue Cities Initiative


BLUE Cities Handouts 
  • Project Overview
  • Site and Neighborhood Scale
  • Subwatershed and National Scale
  • CRWA's Water Primer: What You Need to Know
  • ​Stormwater, Trees and the Urban Environment​
Water Conservation Handouts
  • Lessons Learned: Barriers to Implementing Healthy and Water Smart Landscaping 
  • Summertime Watering Tips
  • Water Smart Gardens
  • Water Smart Lawns
  • Water Smart Landscaping Resources
Low impact development best management practices fact sheets
  • Constructed Stormwater Wetlands
  • Gravel Wetlands
  • Green Roofs
  • Permeable Pavements
  • Permeable Pavers
  • Rain Gardens
  • Stormwater Planters 
  • Stormwater Tree Pits
  • Stormwater Wet Ponds
  • ​Vegetated Swales
Stormwater management plans 
  • Bellingham Subwatershed Management Plan
  • Franklin Subwatershed Stormwater Management Plan 
Boston Street Guidelines
  • Complete Streets Guidelines 
  • ​Green Streets Guide for Allston Brighton
Green Infrastructure 
  • Nine Ways to Make Green Infrastructure Work, Regional Plan Association 
  • Green Infrastructure Opportunities that Arise During Municipal Operations, EPA
  • Philadelphia's Green Cities, Blue Waters
  • Porous Alley Demonstration Project Summary 

​Blue Cities Exchange


regulatory Information
  • Draft EPA Designated Discharge Permit
  • TMDL Studies for the Charles River
  • EPA Water Quality Information
stormwater
  • Massachusetts Low Impact Development Toolkit
  • Massachusetts DEP Nonpoint Source pollution
  • UNH Stormwater Center
  • ​Washington Stormwater Center
  • Assessment of Stormwater Financing Mechanisms in New England
Trading
  • World Resources Institute Trading Information
  • Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project
  • Rutgers University Trading Program

Climate Change Adapation


Reports
  • ​Massachusetts Climate change Adaption Report, 2011
  • "Rising Seas, Imperiled Cities," Harvard University Center for the Environment
  • "When it Rains, it Pours," 2012
  • ​"Fourth National Climate Assessment: Northeast," 2018
NAtural Valley Storage Area
  • U.S. Army Corps NVSA Site
  • ​ArcGIS Map
Mapping Tools
  • Surging Seas Risk Zone Map, Climate Central
  • Nature-Based Solutions Conservation Tool, The Nature Conservancy and CRWA 

Comment Letters


2020
  • Comments to Improve the Flood Carrying Capacity of Godfrey Brook
  • ENF for the Mildred C. Hailey Phase One Development
  • Comments in support of H. 4921, An Act promoting awareness of sewage pollution
  • Comments on the Notice of Project Chance for the Central Square project in Franklin
  • CRWA Comments on I-90 Project Alternatives (October 29, 2020)
  • ​Comments on City of Boston Conservation Commission
  • Joint Comments on Allston Multimodal Project (June 19, 2020)
  • Comments on Waltham High School DEIR
  • Comments on S. 549 Home Heating Oil Insurance Bill
  • Comments on the ENF for Curtis Apartments in Bellingham
  • Comments in Opposition to H. 4650, An Act to mitigate arbovirus in the Commonwealth
  • Letter to Congressional Delegation for Water Infrastructure Investments
  • Comments for the CambridgeSide 2.0 Expanded Environmental Notification Form
  • Comments on Riverside Station Redevelopment DEIR
  • Comments on Allston Yards DEIR
  • ​​Massachusetts Water Infrastructure Stimulus Package
  • Joint Comments on the Initial Regulations Implementing the Boston Local Wetlands Ordinance
  • Proposed Changes to NEPA Regulations (National)
  • Proposed Changes to NEPA Regulations (CRWA)
  • PFAS MCL Comments​
  • Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act Regulations
  • EPA Proposal for Revised Effluent Limitations and Standards for Steam Electric Power Source
  • MIT Pierce Boathouse​
  • EPA RDA Letter to Stakeholders
2019
  • ​​I-90 Multimodal Project NEPA Scoping Report
  • ENF for Hanover Wellesley
  • Route 1A Recreation Facility in Walpole
  • ENF for Waltham High School
  • RGP Broadstone Watch City project in Waltham
  • Opposition to changes in Section 401 of the Clean Water Act​​
  • Variance for CSO Discharges to Lower Charles/Charles River Basin

River Science


Charles River Water Quality
  • Charles River Report Card
  • CRWA Water Quality Reports and Data
  • CRWA Water Quality Monitoring Parameters
Streamflow and groundwater
  • MWRA Infiltration/Inflow Task Force Report, 2001 

​Smart Sewering


Smart sewering
  • MA Smart Sewering Strategy Report
Charles River Watershed Association
190 Park Rd, Weston, MA 02493
t (781) 788-0007     e charles@crwa.org

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  • About
    • Charles River
    • Staff and Board
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    • Contact Us
  • Our Work
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    • Project Resources
  • News
    • River Current
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