Sustainable Flow Demonstration Projects

Keeping Water Local Demonstration Grants

• City of Lancaster, Environmental Overlay Districts
• Ipswich River Watershed Association, Green Building and Low Impact Development Office Retrofit

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Water Resource Management

These projects provided transferable examples of comprehensive environmental and economic cost benefit analyses to help communities with their water resource planning and decision making process. The objective was to guide communities toward the alternatives that best met their needs and best protected rivers, wetlands, natural resources and quality of life. Projects were required to address the interconnectedness of water, wastewater, stormwater and water balances (surface and groundwater) in determining the short and long term environmental and economic consequences associated with meeting water resource needs.

• Stockholm Environment Institute, W.E.A.P. Pilot Study in Sharon
• Stockholm Environment Institute, Default Case Study Values & Management Options for WEAP in Massachusetts

RIFLS Restoration Grant

The goal of the RIFLS Restoration Grant was to assist existing River Instream Flow Stewards (RIFLS) www.rifls.org groups in using their stream flow data and taking the next steps toward restoring more natural flow regimes and healthier river ecosystems.  Secondary goals were to encourage mutually beneficial partnerships and strengthen the relationships between local environmental groups and municipalities and to support sustainable management of natural resources. 

• Parker River Clean Water Association / Town of Georgetown, Water Balance, Well Pumping and Streamflow Analysis of the Upper Parker River