The US Department of Agriculture has contracted at least seven RCPP projects that used performance-based payments to buy environmental outcomes. This report profiles their challenges and successes.
Sand County Foundation and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center evaluate the successes, challenges, and immediate opportunities for watershed partnerships in the Midwest.
A report on the progress of nine Iowa cities that have signed memoranda of understanding with the state Department of Natural Resources to establish watershed partnerships.
This report describes how to proliferate connections between point and nonpoint sources of nutrients to meet permit requirements and improve water quality.
This report, published with New Jersey Future, looks at the New Jersey Water Bank (NJWB), which has provided over $9 billion in low-cost financing for water and wastewater infrastructure projects in the state. The report analyzes NJWB awards (i.e. low interest loans and principal forgiveness) over a 5-year period and also assesses the underlying policies governing how New Jersey defines disadvantaged communities.
The report’s ten recommendations would increase the equity and effectiveness of the NJWB program and ensure that communities with the greatest needs receive adequate assistance.
An analysis of incentives driving forest management decisions by Maryland landowners and the current state of their coordination
Increasing State Revolving Fund Capacity through Leveraging
Private Conservation Finance: The Chesapeake Bay’s Global Lead and How to Expand It
Implement and amend the Lead and Copper Rule
Re-envisioning water quality reports
Improving Mitigation Under the Endangered Species Act
How to Help Conservation Data Tech Spread
H2Equity: Rebuilding a Fair System of Water Services for America
The Conservation of Defense: Opportunities to Promote Conservation Through Military Readiness
H2Affordability: How Water Bill Assistance Programs Miss the Mark
Outliers in Water Utility Consolidation: A Visualization Tool for Understanding State-Level Drinking Water System Consolidation Opportunities
Analysis of Water Utility Websites Reveals Missed Opportunities
Strengthening Urban-Rural Connections
We have identified 20 ways that cites and water utilities can pay for water quality improvements on farms.
Municipal-Agricultural Watershed Partnerships Project Guide
Develop a partnership in your watershed with this step-by-step guide: Municipal-Agricultural Watershed Partnerships Project Guide.
Watershed Approaches to Meet Permit Compliance
This guide breaks down the process into five clear steps, with examples to follow for each step: Watershed Approaches to Meet Permit Compliance: A Primer in Municipal Agriculture Partnerships.
Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategies
The Iowa League of Cities began a project to create the Nutrient Reduction Exchange (NRE) to enable municipalities and other NPDES permit holders to meet their nutrient reduction obligations through work in watersheds and with other non-point source partners.