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INFORMATION RESOURCES

ONLINE INFORMATION SOURCES

In 1997-1998 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted an analysis of Best Management Practices, both structural and non-structural, which could be used to control urban storm water runoff.  The report and other information sources are listed below.

• The Illinois Watershed Management Clearinghouse is a web site for citizen groups, watershed consultants, resource managers and others actively engaged in watershed planning efforts.  The purpose of the Clearinghouse is to provide information and assistance in the writing, implementing and reissuing watershed plans.  The Clearinghouse was developed and is maintained by the College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
   
• The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis has developed an Internet Guide to Financing Stormwater Management.  The web site is designed to help communities find ways to pay for stormwater management projects.
   
• Know Your Watershed is a coordinated effort of more than 70 diverse national partners to encourage the formation of voluntary watershed partnerships and to help assure that these partnerships successfully attain their goals.  It is coordinated by the Conservation Technology Information Center at Purdue University.
   
• In partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Purdue University, the Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN) has launched an online tool to help local governments measure the water quality impacts of land use changes. Based on community-specific climate data, the Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment (L-THIA) model estimates changes in recharge, runoff and nonpoint source pollution resulting from proposed development.
   
• The Low-Impact Development Center is a technical clearinghouse for information and issues related to low-impact development and to facilitate research, education and strategies for implementing low-impact development techniques. Low-impact development uses a variety of site design and pollution prevention techniques to maintain and enhance the pre-development hydrologic landscape of urban and developing watersheds.
   
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Low-Impact Development Center developed a summary of current monitoring and effectiveness data on Low-Impact Development Practices for controlling stormwater runoff volume and reducing pollutant loads to receiving waters.  This web site also contains case studies.
   
• The Missouri Watershed Information Network (MoWIN) is a partnership of government agencies, businesses, industries and citizen-based watershed and natural resource groups which work together to facilitate in locating and accessing information concerning Missouri watersheds.  It contains information about education opportunities, funding, opportunities for assistance and subwatershed information.  MoWIN is coordinated by the University of Missouri Outreach and Extension program.
   
• Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials, or NEMO, is a University of Connecticut education program for land use decision-makers which addresses the relationship of land use to natural resource protection.
   
• The Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program web page of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency describes the various categories of nonpoint pollution is and how to prevent or manage it.
   
• Nonpoint Sources Pointers or Factsheets from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are a series of 11 fact sheets containing general information on nonpoint pollution, programs and management strategies.
   
• The Protecting Stream and River Corridors: Creating Effective Local Riparian Buffer Ordinances Report was prepared by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.  The handbook includes guidelines and a model ordinance.
   
• The Q2 (Quality and Quantity) Water Quality Discussion Guide was prepared by the Mid-America Regional Council and the Kansas City Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association.  It introduces policy questions whose answers provide a framework in the development of technical tools to create a more sustainable stormwater management system for the Kansas City region.
   
• The American Society of Civil Engineers has developed a technical database on Stormwater Best Management Practices performance and identified technical design improvements.
   
• The Stormwater Manager’s Resource Center is maintained by the Center for Watershed Protection.  The Center is designed specifically for stormwater practioners, local government officials and others that need technical assistance on stormwater management issues.  The Fact Sheet section of this web site provides general guidance on a variety of techniques which can be applied to protect or restore aquatic resources in a subwatershed.
   
• The Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, & Restoration Handbook from the Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group is a comprehensive technical guide to stream restoration.
   
• The Texas Chapter of the American Public Works Association has developed a Texas Nonpoint Source Book.  It is designed to provide stormwater management information to public works professionals and other interested parties in Texas and elsewhere.
   
• The Metropolitan Council, the regional planning organization for the seven county Twin Cities Minnesota area, has developed an Urban Small Sites Best Management Practice Manual.  It provides information on tools and techniques to assist Twin Cities municipalities and watershed management organizations in guiding site development and redevelopment with emphasis on small (less than five acres) sites.
   
• The Utilities Department of the City of Seattle, Washington has prepared a web page containing  information about surface water quality issues and things businesses and individuals can do to improve the quality of the water.
   
• The Vermont Stormwater Management Handbook was developed by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation to provide technical assistance and regulatory oversight so that stormwater discharges are managed in a way that meets the requirements of the Vermont water quality standards.
   
• The Water Resources Policy, Planning, and Practices program of the Mid-America Regional Council is designed to promote cooperation among communities across the Kansas City (Missouri-Kansas) region in addressing stormwater management and related problems. The Kansas City Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association is also involved in this effort. They have assembled erosions/sediment control standards and specifications, stormwater treatment design criteria and a best management practices manual.
   
• The Watershed Academy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a web-based source for watershed training and educational materials on implementing watershed approach to local, state, tribal and federal officials and private practioners of watershed management. The Online Training in Watershed Management contains a variety of self-paced training modules on the watershed approach, watershed ecology, changes to watersheds, watershed planning, management practices and the human element of watershed management.