Project Resources
Sound Science and Data

Blue Cities Initiative

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Smart sewering

• MA Smart Sewering Strategy Report