Cases in Water Conservation: How Efficiency Programs Help Water Utilities Save Water and Avoid Costs
Learn about water conservation case studies from cities throughout the United States. Useful for those trying to implement a water conservation campaign, expand existing local conservation efforts, or gain insight on the approach other US cities have taken to conserve water and save money. Produced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). July 2002.

TMDL Implementation – Characteristics of Successful Projects
Virginia Tech's Center for Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Watershed Studies has developed an on-line database to house selected TMDL-related information and documents in one central location. This report titled “TMDL Implementation – Characteristics of Successful Projects” covers seventeen case studies throughout the U.S. including project protocols, lessons learned and factors contributing to success.

Wetland Program Development Grants Case Studies
EPA selected current and former grant recipients from across the country that utilized the grant program to support wetland program development on a broad scale. The result is a case studies document that highlights numerous approaches to wetland protection from a diverse group of grantees.

Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning
Eight case studies of water quality, water quantity, and habitat preservation or restoration in Florida were chosen to span the range of conflicts crossing fragmented regulatory boundaries.

Sustainability of Surface and Subsurface Water Resources:
Case Studies from Florida and Michigan
Alan D. Steinman, Mark Luttenton, and Karl E. Havens

Peace River Cumulative Impact Study Final Report
The Peace River Cumulative Impact Study was mandated in 2003 by the Florida Legislature to assess the cumulative impacts of changes in landform and hydrology in the Peace River basin prior to DEP’s development of a Watershed Management Plan.

Local Government Advisory Committee
Sustainable Water Infrastructure DVD and Case Studies
EPA's Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) has developed a DVD that highlights how local governments are addressing aging sewer and water systems to meet current and future challenges facing our communities.

Water Infrastructure
Sucessful Strategies for Local Leadership
The project profiles five real communities and demonstrates how they are meeting the daily needs for repair or replacement of aging systems, coping with population growth, addressing issues related to environmental health, and water security demands. The document presents some innovative options that are available and necessary to ensure water quality in the future.

Jordan Cove Urban Watershed
Section 319 National Monitoring Program Project
The Jordan Cove urban watershed/low impact development (LID) demonstration project is located in Waterford, Connecticut along the coast of Long Island Sound. The study began in 1995, and was designed to determine water quantity and quality benefits of using pollution prevention Best Management Practices (BMPs) in a residential subdivision. Monitoring took place for 10 years.

New model Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
Two “model or example” SWPPPs have been developed to supplement the popular “Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan: A Guide for Construction Sites” (commonly known as the EPA SWPPP Guide). To view these model SWPPPs or to access any of EPA’s SWPPP resources, click below.

Managing Freshwater Inflow to Estuaries: Methods Guide
This guide provides an overview of freshwater requirements for estuarine ecosystems including how humans are impacted by resource depletion. The guide provides step-by-step methods for local governments to address the posing issue of freshwater use, conservation and allocation.

Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)
Program in Connecticut
Case studies, learning opportunities, models, and tools that can be great resources for elected officials, decision-makers, and stakeholders.

Planning and Regulatory Techniques for Parking Lots
These two sites provide environmental tools and resources for the planning and developments of parking lots in communal areas. A technical review of the interactions between transportation, land use and environmental quality provides insight on the issues between developmental patterns and environmental value.