We received this note from a friend, and we think it is worth sharing with our readers. As it was written for another state, many may have missed it. Waterblogged is the place to share information which will be searchable.
http://www.nipc.org/environment/sustainable/development/communities/index.htm
While written for Illinois, this set of 13 4-page fact sheets on the broad range of community sustainability issues are broadly applicable.
Many of the fact sheets address low impact development, aquatic habitat conservation, conservation development, and other water quality aspects of smart growth. They are excellent, and most communities could benefit greatly from having publications like these to promote community sustainability. They really wouldn’t need to be modified to be usable in most locations.
More generally, you can search broadly around the web sites for www.nipc.org as well as www.growingsensibly.org and find many usseful resources.
/Karen
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Agency Oversight
DEP REPORT CARD
CDWC Issue DEP Report Card, May 15, 2008
On May 15, the Clean Drinking Water Coalition (CDWC) — The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, NYPIRG and Riverkeeper — announced the release of their first annual DEP Report Card: “Making the Grade: New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Drinking Water Protection Programs.” The DEP Report Card grades, analyzes, and provides recommendations for thirty-three DEP watershed programs which protect New York City’s drinking water.
http://www.riverkeeper.org/campaign.php/watershed/we_are_doing/1544-dep-report-card
Click on the link above to continue to read the article and report on the Riverkeeper Home Page, then return to our page to comment.
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LOS ANGELES — Faced with a persistent drought and the threat of tighter water supplies, Los Angeles plans to begin using heavily cleansed sewage to increase drinking water supplies, joining a growing number of cities considering similar measures.
Click on the link below to continue to read the article and comment to the NYTimes blog, and/or return to our page for more chances to comment.
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The watersheds that supply water to New York City are roughly the size of Delaware.
Thank you from Michael who saved the bottle cap message for me.
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Karen Argenti and Dennis Nagle leading a group of community residents around the walk inside the fence of Jerome Park Reservoir. We estimate the date around 1998-99. People love to walk on the level circumference walkway near the water.
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A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct, by Charles King, New York, 1843
This is a great service of google.books (http://books.google.com/) where you can read this really old book online. It is an amazing description of the water system, how it was designed, and what it was modeled after.
The Title is: A Memoir of the Construction, Cost, and Capacity of the Croton Aqueduct Compiled from Official Documents: Together with an Account of the Civic Celebration of the Fourteenth October, 1842, on Occasion of the Completion of the Great Work: Preceded by a Preliminary Essay on Ancient and Modern Aqueducts By Charles King.
The link is:
http://books.google.com/books?id=FZ4OAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA146&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0#PPR1,M1
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