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Resources & PerformancePerformanceNational Water Program Best Practices Database Full List
Resources & PerformancePerformanceNational Water Program Best Practices Database Full ListNational Water Program Best Practices Database Full List
Each year, EPA selects several "best practices" that have resulted in success in drinking water, surface water quality, wetlands, coastal, and large aquatic ecosystem programs. A best practice is defined as a process or methodology that consistently produces superior or innovative results. To propagate their impact widely and encourage their adoption, it is important to identify and implement these approaches, where appropriate.
| Title | Subobjective | Type | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advancing Green Jobs for the Drinking Water Sector (2pp, 108k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Training | EPA Region 1 | 2010 |
| Advancing Large-Scale Green Infrastructure Through Collaborative Partnership Agreements (2 pp, 97K, About PDF) | Water Quality | Partnership Agreement | EPA Region 3 | 2012 |
| ARRA Green Project Reserve Implementation (2pp, 1.23MB, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink, Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 6 | 2009 |
| Automating Water Quality Data Assessments for Developing Lists of Impaired Waters (2pp, 164k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 6 | 2011 |
| Building Water Monitoring Capacity for Underserved Communities in Mexico (2pp, 161k, About PDF) | Gulf of Mexico | Water Quality Monitoring | EPA Region 4 | 2010 |
| California Dairy Quality Assurance Program Compliance Assistance Tool (1pp, 138k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Compliance Assistance | EPA Region 9 | 2007 |
| Centers of Excellence for Watershed Management (1pp, 569k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Technical Assistance | EPA Region 4 | 2009 |
| Chesapeake Bay Program Performance Dashboards (1pp, 150k, About PDF) | Chesapeake Bay | Performance | EPA Region 3 | 2008 |
| Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Farm Credit Banks Partnership (1pp, 141k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Financial Assistance | EPA Region 3 | 2007 |
| Closing the Gap Available and Obligated Funds for Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (2 pp, 180K, About PDF) |
Water Quality |
Financial Management |
EPA Region 6 |
2012 |
| Creating Utility Organizations to Support Drinking Water Compliance In Tribal Areas (1pp, 139k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Compliance Assistance, Financial Assistance, Technical Assistance | EPA Region 8 | 2007 |
| Drinking Water Plant Operators Performance Based Training Program (1pp, 140k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Technical Assistance | All Regions | 2007 |
| Effective Management of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (1pp, 36k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Financial Assistance | EPA Region 10 | 2006 |
| Energy Benchmarking Tool for Wastewater Treatment Plants (1pp, 184k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database, Training | EPA Region 1 | 2008 |
| Enhanced Watershed Improvement Tracking Through Simultaneous Segment Analysis (SSA) (2pp, 285k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 6 | 2010 |
| EPA Asset Management Checkup Program for Small Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems (1pp, 126k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 7 | 2008 |
| EPA's Quadrennial Comprehensive Evaluation of States Water Programs (2pp, 102k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Oversight | EPA Region 4 | 2011 |
| Escalation Process to Achieve Timely Award and/or Liquidation of Special Appropriation Act Project (SAAP) Grants (2pp, 133k, About PDF) | All | Financial Assistance | EPA Region 3 | 2010 |
| Finding and Closing Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Wells (1pp, 139k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Compliance Assistance | EPA Region 5 | 2007 |
| Fostering Green Infrastructure Implementation (1pp, 127k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Green/Sustainable Infrastructure | EPA Region 5 | 2008 |
| Going Really Green: Sea Farming for Environmental Economic Benefits (2 pp, 127K, About PDF) | Long Island Sound | Nutrient Reduction—Ecological Services | EPA Region 2 | 2012 |
| Great Lakes Watershed/Habitat Restoration Grant Program (1pp, 36k, About PDF) | Great Lakes | Financial Assistance | EPA Region 1, EPA Region 3, EPA Region 5, EPA Region 10 | 2006 |
| Gulf Coast Senior Environmental Employment Community Liaison Specialists (2pp, 97k, About PDF) | Gulf of Mexico | Outreach | EPA Region 4, EPA Region 6 | 2011 |
| Identifying Impaired Watersheds (1pp, 125k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 6 | 2006 |
| Incentive-Based Nitrogen Trading Program to Improve Water Quality (1pp, 150k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Water Quality Trading | EPA Region 1, EPA Region 2 | 2008 |
| Increasing the Pace of a State DWSRF Program (1pp, 128k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Financial Assistance | EPA Region 1 | 2008 |
| Industry Partnership for Healthy Lawns and Clean Water (1pp, 37k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Partnership | EPA Region 3 | 2006 |
| Institutionalizing Green Infrastructure via Municipal Stormwater Permits (2 pp, 123K, About PDF) | Water Quality | Stormwater Management | EPA Region 3 | 2012 |
| Iowa's Expeditious Use of Clean Water State Revolving Funds (2 pp, 288K, About PDF) | Water Quality | Financial Planning | EPA Region 7 | 2012 |
| Long Island Sound Acquisition and Protection of Open Space (2pp, 1.44MB, About PDF) | Long Island Sound | Partnership | EPA Region 1, EPA Region 2 | 2009 |
| Louisiana Partnership Restores Scenic Rivers by Addressing Onsite Sewage Systems (1pp, 155k, About PDF) | Gulf of Mexico, Water Quality | Partnership | EPA Region 4 | 2009 |
| Meeting the Arsenic Compliance Challenge (1pp, 155k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Compliance Assistance | EPA Region 1 | 2009 |
| Mid-Atlantic Healthy Waters Internet Blog (2pp, 125k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Outreach | EPA Region 3 | 2011 |
| Minimizing the Effects of Harmful Algal Bloom Events through Early Detection (1pp, 194k, About PDF) | Gulf of Mexico | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 4 | 2007 |
| Mississippi Delta Partnership Use of Novel Low Technology Solutions for On-Farm Nutrient Removal (2 pp, 129K, About PDF) | Gulf of Mexico | Nutrient Reduction/Partnership | EPA Region 7 | 2012 |
| Moving Community Water Utilities Toward Sustainability Through Energy Management (2pp, 190k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink, Water Quality | Green/Sustainable Infrastructure | EPA Region 7 | 2010 |
| National Estuary Program Evaluation Tool (1pp, 127k, About PDF) | Coastal and Oceans | Performance | All Regions | 2008 |
| National Estuary Program On-Line Reporting Tool (1pp, 946k, About PDF) | Coastal and Oceans | Assessment/Database | All Regions | 2007 |
| National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Tracking System (1pp, 156k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 3 | 2007 |
| Nonpoint Source Watershed-Based Plan Review Guide (2 pp, 128K, About PDF) |
Water Quatlity |
Planning/Assessment | EPA Region 6 |
2012 |
| Onsite Wastewater Assistance Program (1pp, 139k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Financial Assistance | EPA Region 7 | 2007 |
| Oregon Pesticide Stewardship Partnership Projects in the Columbia River Basin (2pp, 161k, About PDF) | Columbia River, Water Quality | Partnership | EPA Region 10 | 2010 |
| Perdue Clean Bays Initiative (1pp, 139k, About PDF) | Chesapeake Bay, Coastal and Oceans, Water Quality | Compliance Assistance | EPA Region 3 | 2007 |
| Potomac River Drinking Water Source Protection Partnership and Strategy (1pp, 128k, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Partnership | EPA Region 3 | 2008 |
| Process for Developing Ecoregion-based Dissolved Oxygen Criteria for Southern Louisiana (1pp, 128k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Planning | EPA Region 6 | 2008 |
| Rain Garden for the Bays Campaign (2pp, 115k, About PDF) | Chesapeake Bay | Green/Sustainable Infrastructure | EPA Region 3 | 2011 |
| Reducing Nutrients Through Watershed Permitting (1pp, 37k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Planning | EPA Region 2, EPA Region 3, EPA Region 4 | 2006 |
| Region/State Wetlands Monitoring Work Groups (1pp, 36k, About PDF) | Wetlands | Monitoring | EPA Region 1, EPA Region 2, EPA Region 3 | 2006 |
| Restoring Water Quality Through Stormwater Planning and Permitting (1pp, 569k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Partnership | EPA Region 1 | 2009 |
| RiverSmart Homes Audit and Incentive Program (1pp, 567k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Partnership | EPA Region 3 | 2009 |
| Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative (2 pp, 118K, About PDF) | Water Safe to Drink | Source Water Planning | EPA Region 1 | 2012 |
| Stormwater Fees Support Pollution Identification and Correction Program (1pp, 335k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Financial Assistance | EPA Region 10 | 2008 |
| Targeting State NPDES Permit Reviews To Align With National and Regional Priorities (2pp, 242k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Oversight | EPA Region 5 | 2011 |
| Town of Bladensburg,Maryland,Green Streets and Green Jobs Charrette and Design Guidebook (2pp, 184k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Green/Sustainable Infrastructure | EPA Region 3 | 2010 |
| USDA Support for Impaired Waters Restoration (1pp, 79k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Partnership | EPA Region 5 | 2006 |
| Volunteer Monitoring Equipment Loan Program (1pp, 567k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Monitoring | EPA Region 1 | 2009 |
| Water Quality Assessment Unit Geodatabase (1pp, 155k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 4 | 2009 |
| Watershed Plan Tracker (1pp, 154k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 3 | 2009 |
| Watershed Resources Registry-A Data-Driven, Integrated Decision Support Framework and Tool (2 pp, 147K, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 3 | 2012 |
| Watershed Restoration Criteria Checklist (1pp, 150k, About PDF) | Water Quality | Assessment/Database | EPA Region 4 | 2008 |