This guide was designed as a tool to support property owners and residents.

Navigating the misperceptions, lack of or false information around rate increase and how to communicate accurate information to your rate base.

A check list of costs to consider when considering to calculate a water tap or stormwater fee. Costs to include such as labor, equipment, etc.

The National Video Resource Library has a variety of resources that are useful to small, rural drinking water and wastewater systems.

The online RCAP Resources Library has a variety of resources that are useful to small, rural drinking water and wastewater systems.

For the US, two enormous models have been developed that capture hydrological processes—from forecasting floods to predicting groundwater levels.

(CRS) is a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management practices that exceed minimum NFIP requirements.

The EnviroAtlas Interactive Map is a discover and analysis tool. To begin, you can choose to tour, learn, or explore on your own.

CREAT allows users to evaluate potential impacts of climate change on their utility and to evaluate adaptation options to address them.

Navigator's Checklist for Managing Local Flood and Stormwater Challenges

This resource is the framework section of US Water Alliance's water equity clearninghouse. Other sections include Search and Explanation of Terms.

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) terminology index is a list of floodplain management terms, plus regulations, policies, and guidance.

A list of flood related technical terms and their definitions.

EPA offers a glossary of terms for those in EPA regulations or other official documents.

This resource serves as a new tool to help towns update their stormwater ordinance to increase green infrastructure and reduce flood risk.

This resource provides approaches and additional resources for planning and integration of Municipal Stormwater and Waste Water

This resource is intended to prompt stormwater decision makers to make sure their community is resilient against flooding.

This resource will help you identify grey infrastructure vulnerabilities within your system.

This resource is intended for anyone in, or involved with, communities throughout CA to connect with agencies that can help.

This resource explores how to develop solutions to flood and stormwater challenges through Multiple Benefits.

This resource includes two primary sections: Part One: Water Stress and Vulnerable Communities and Part Two: The Pillars of Water Equity.

This resource serves as a tool to obtain predictive information for your geographic area on precipitation depth and intensity.

This resource provides free assistance via hands-on support to get your water initiative off the ground.

This resource provides a list of drinking water organizations in New England who provide technical assistance to public water systems.

The program offers technical assistance for rural water systems that are experiencing operational, financial or managerial issues.

(RCAP) is a non-profit network of six regional organizations that are working to support and advocate on behalf of rural and tribal communities.

EPA provides grant funding to these ten university-based environmental outreach programs.

This resource provides information on how to meet the National Flood Insurance Program Requirements - the most affordable way to reduce flood risk.

Once an inquiry has been submitted, TiR experts respond within 5 business days either with an answer to the inquiry or to set up a call.

This resource provides information on the formation of stormwater utilities and collection of stormwater fees in the United States.

This resource describes the EPA Roundtable Series Piloted in 2017 and 2018 by the EPA Office of Research and Development.

This resource provides 5 recommendations on how to communicate a stormwater fee to the community.

This resource is an outcome-focused review of different community and stakeholder engagement approaches.

This resource provides a comprehensive analysis of stormwater management methods and approaches, design guidelines, and potential concerns.

This resource outlines the common steps that communities can follow when developing a stormwater utility and getting the community on board.

This resource is intended for MS4 communities considering various options to fund their stormwater programs.

This resource is a white paper that provides legal considerations for funding municipal stormwater programs.

This resource includes two relevant committees: Stormwater Management Committee and Flood Management Committee.

The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical steps to be considered during AMP development and highlight real-world barriers to development.

This document provides example Inspection and Maintenance Logs and how to respond when responsible individuals change.

This resource describes various stormwater infrastructure types as well as “most popular” and “most recent” deployed in various settings.

This resource is for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) communities and details pollution prevention and best management practices.

This tool is a software application intended to help users control runoff and promote the natural movement of water.

This tool is a free 1.5 hour online course designed to provide skills to develop an effective stormwater management plan and communicating the basics

This resource serves to make the case for better flood management and highlights the value of an integrated community approach.

Learn how to Identify what properties are in the flood zone within your municipal boundary. Know your risk, know your role, and take action.

This tool is free to use, but in order to access it you will need to create a Public Plus account here: https://www.waterrf.org/user/register.

The purpose of this report is to provide a process for utilities to compare a range of infrastructure alternatives objectively via 4 planning elements

This resource provides and expands upon three broad categories regarding green infrastructure: build, learn, and partner.

This resource provides a 6-step framework to inform planning assessments and prompt conversations regarding green infrastructure.

This resource outlines the purpose and evaluates the effectiveness of municipal stormwater programs.

See specific sections: Watershed-scale thinking and action, Arenas for Action and Arenas and Strategies for Action to work on developing goals

This resource provides information on methods and approaches to analyze benefits and costs of stormwater management practices.

This resource aims to understand the connection between stormwater pollutant discharges and water quality to assess current management practices.

This resource provides list of 8 technical references essential to the success of a program, yet are not considered to be standards.

This resource provides information on the effects of floods across the United States.

This resource provides a variety of documents used to support the implementation of Flood Risk Projects. This is a "searchable resource."

This resource serves as a tool to help residents identify their home's flood risk.

This resource breaks down the purpose of various flood maps developed by FEMA, NOAA, and USGS.

To prepare for climate change, states and communities have begun planning processes that typically result in the development of an adaptation plan.

See Table 1 for Post Construction Stormwater Standards by state (pages 1-7).

Stormwater infrastructure mapping is often required for MS4 compliance and can provide useful data and insight to be used for other planning purposes.

In urbanized areas, precipitation is unable to adequately infiltrate into the ground, increasing runoff and overwhelming the sewer system.

The first thing to consider when establishing a stormwater utility is to acknowledge what you envision for your community now and in the future.

The guidelines and standards define the implementation details of the statutory and regulatory requirements for National Flood Insurance Program map.

This resource provides guidance in assessing impaired waters potentially contaminated with pollutants from stormwater sources.

This manual provides background for stormwater sampling, fundamentals of sampling, analytical considerations, flexibility in sampling, and safety.

See specific section: Table 1 for Water Quality Scorecard Quick Reference Guide (pages 7-9)

This resource provides external EPA links to Technical Assistance organizations for the New England Region and by state: CT, ME, MA,