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Low Flow Database
Further Research
Streamflow, Habitat & Ecology
Water Conservation
Native & Drought Tolerant Landscaping
Sources of Data
Groundwater Recharge
Stormwater Infiltration
New Technologies
State Rules & Regs
Model Bylaws
Favorite Sites
Water Use It Wisely - Water conservation advertising campaign
California Urban Water Conservation - H2ouse virtual demonstration house
Streamflow, Habitat & Ecology
 American Fisheries Society
Effects of altered stream flows on fishery resources
 American Rivers
1) Reports on instream flow
2) The importance of instream flow
 The Instream Flow Council
Water Conservation
 Water Use It Wisely
Water conservation advertising campaign
 California Urban Water Conservation
H2ouse virtual demonstration house
 EPA
1) Cases in Conservation: How Efficiency Programs Help Water Utilities Save Water and Avoid Costs
2) Cleaner water through conservation
 Massachusetts Audubon Society
Imperiled rivers, the problem of summer low flow
 Acton Water Department
Water conservation tips (click on "Conservation")
 Ipswich River Watershed Assocation
Keep the River Wet! water conservation campaign
 New England Water Works Association
Laundry, kitchen & bathroom conservation tips
 MA Bureau of Resource Protection Water Management Publications
Residential and water system water conservation ideas
 MA Department of Environmental Protection
Conservation tips for community water suppliers
 MA Water Resources Commission
1) Water conservation standards
2) Guide to lawn and landscape water conservation
 MA Department of Food and Agriculture
Turf management for municipal athletic fields
 New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Water conservation page
 MA Department of Food and Agriculture, Pesticide Bureau
Water Well-Being homepage
Native & Drought Tolerant Landscaping
 Acton Water Department
Rain garden
 New England Wildflower Society
Native plant nursery catalog
Sources of Data
 MA Riverways Programs
River Instream Flow Stewards
 United States Geological Survey
1) Real-time streamflow data for Massachusetts
2) Water resources investigations reports
 University of Massachusetts
Drought information
 MA Division of Watershed Management
1) Basin Water Quality Assessment Reports
2) Total maximum daily load (TMDL) reports
 Wade & Associates, Inc.
Controlling Inflow and Infiltration in Wastewater Collection Systems - how to measure and solve I/I problems
Groundwater Recharge & Water Recycling
 EPA: Wastewater Options for Small Communities
Financial & technical information for small onsite & clustered (decentralized) wastewater treatment systems
 Virginia Tech Civil Engineering Department
Groundwater pollution primer, artifical recharge of groundwater
 Orange County, CA Water District
Groundwater Replenishment System, Prado wetland groundwater recharge, Groundwater recharge operations, Water Factory 21: hydraulic barrier to saltwater groundwater intrusion, & Water Technology
 Vernon , BC
Water Reclamation & Spray Irrigation
 Washinton Department of Ecology News
Yelm water reuse for irrigation, groundwater recharge & streamflow augmentation
 CDM Aquifer Storage and Recovery case studies
The California Recycled Water Task Force
The Reuse Strategy Report (Florida) - strategies to increase water recycling in areas where the concept is new, to make current use more efficient, and to stop wasting effluent.
Texas A & M
Subsurface irrigation technology to irrigate spinach with reclaimed water
 Experiments in Sustainable Urban Living
Greywater and rainwater reuse
Stormwater Infiltration
 Stormwater Journal
Santa Monica (CA) Urban Runoff Recycling Facility
 Porous pavement
Cahill Associates online publications, many about porous pavement
 Natural Resource Defense Council
Stormwater strategies for the Northeast (case studies)
State Rules & Regs
 American Rivers
Instream flows, the Supreme Court and the Clean Water Act
 Center for Natural Resource Policy
Critique of state management of instream flows. Legal & institutional aspects of instream flow with a focus on protecting and restoring native salmonids.
  Massachusetts:
1) Bureau of Resource Protection Water Management Publications: Text of the Water Management Act
2) Office of Water Resources: Interbasin Transfer Act
3) Department of Environmental Protection: December 20, 2002 preface to DEP's Rivers Protection Act regulations, 310 CMR 10.00, relating to the definition of "extended drought" and distinguishing "perennial rivers" from "intermittent streams".
4) Water Resources Commission: Stressed Basins in Massachusetts (2001)
 Rhode Island Water Resources Board
Water Allocation website - desribes the ongoing development of Rhode Island 's water allocation program
 New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
1) Large groundwater withdrawal rules, instream flow rules, and a legislative report recommending state law and policy changes for water efficiency
2) Instream Flow Rules for pilot projects on the Lamprey and Souhegan Rivers
 Vermont Water Resources Board
Water quality standards
New Technologies
Sewer Mining: Australian article from Waste Management and Environment website.
Decentralized Wastewater Treatment: National Small Flows Clearinghouse new products website
Stormwater Utility - Will it Work in Your Community: article from Stormwater: The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals.
Model Bylaws
 "Options for Managing the Impact of Private Irrigation Wells and Surface Diversions on Wetlands, Waterways and Public Water Supplies". 2004. Neponset River Watershed Association & Alexandra Dawson.
This report summarizes available data on the extent and environmental impact of private irrigation wells in Westwood, reviews the current regulatory framework surrounding both private irrigation wells and automated irrigation systems, examines regulations adopted by other towns in this area and recommends various strategies that Westwood and other towns might utilize to minimize the impact of these systems. For a copy of this report please contact Margaret Kearns at 617-626-1533.
 Slow the Flow, South Jordan City Utah
Model landscape ordinances including irrigation restrictions.
 The Center for Watershed Protection
Code and Ordinance Worksheet - compare your town's standards, codes, and ordinances to model development principles for watershed protection
Town of Falmouth , MA
By-law 223-4 requiring private irrigation wells to be subject to public water supply restrictions:
"Declaration of State of Water Supply Conservation . The Town, through its BOS, may declare a state of water Supply conservation upon a determination by a majority vote of the Board that a shortage water exists, or may reasonably be determined to be imminent, and conservation measures are appropriate to ensure the safe and adequate supply of water to all water consumers. Restrictions shall be applicable to all public and private users of the Town's public water System, regardless of any person's responsibility for paying water bills for water used at any particular facility. However, if the BOS makes a specific finding that the shortage of water exists because of a clear and imminent threat to the sole source aquifer underlying Falmouth, such threats to include severe drought, environmental pollution or salt water intrusion, the restrictions adopted pursuant to Section 223-5 shall apply TO ALL CITIZENS, Water users and consumers regardless of the source or water supply."
 The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center
Ordinances for aquatic resource protection
 Provincetown , MA Water System
Water System Conservation model bylaw
 Cape Cod Commission
Model land clearing bylaw
 Green Neighborhoods
Open space residential design model bylaws and information
 MA Department of Environmental Protection
Model water use restriction bylaw
 Marin Municipal Water District, CA
Landscape ordinance including irrigation, plant selection, soil preparation, mulch, water metering, and much more.
 Sarasota County , FL
This EPA article highlights landscape water conservation ordinance.
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