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Type Act or Session Law
Year 2024
Level City or Town
State(s) Rhode Island
Source City of Providence
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources
This Providence ordinance ensures proper removal and maintenance of the disposal of sewage wastes and waste waters to promote safe and sustainable water efforts. It prohibits the disposal of pollutants into public sewers, implements preliminary treatment to control the discharge of...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source New York City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement
The New York City Water Board is authorized to collect and enforce payment and service charges related to the city’s sewerage and water systems. This resolution calls on the New York City Water Board to not impose penalties or interest on water and sewer bills during the COVID-19...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source American Rivers
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources
Current strategies of managing water are outdated and ineffective at addressing aging water systems and climate change. In response, this report urges cities to adopt integrated water management, an approach to managing water that encourages coordination between all water systems...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources
This brief provides a roadmap to consider water affordability programs as a means to address aging and failing water infrastructure and diminishing access to clean and affordable water. The brief describes best practices and innovative solutions so that utilities can address the aging...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources
Part of a mayor’s job is to understand vital operations of a city, including water utilities and infrastructure. This report presents tools to help mayors understand their water systems and utilities better. In particular, it summarizes the elements of a successful water system, including...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Center for Neighborhood Technology
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces
This report evaluates the strengths, weaknesses, and threats to water supply, stormwater, and wastewater management policies in Lake Zurich, Illinois. While water resources are often dealt with separately, this report recommends a strategic plan for integrating local water resources...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) -
Source American Sustainable Business Council
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources
The health and navigability of upper Mississippi River is important to the area's prosperity since it supports a vibrant economy. Nutrient pollution, agricultural pollution, urban runoff, coal pollution, wastewater discharge, thermal pollution are threaten the area's economy. Green...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
Low-income families are significantly burdened by rising water utility rates. This guide explains how water and wastewater utilities can establish payment assistance programs even when facing state-level regulatory restrictions. It also features utility-level case studies that exemplify...

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