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RainWise Program

Seattle Public Utilities

RainWise Program: Simple tips, guidelines and how to videos on planting trees, using compost and mulch, and building rain gardens and cisterns.

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1969 Cuyahoga River fire in Cleveland, Ohio

Center for Public History and Digital Humanities

Learn the story of how the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire in Cleveland, Ohio caught the attention of the nation.

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UN SDG Water Systems

United Nations

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - 2030 Agenda: Goal 6 Water Systems, ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all the world's’ people.

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Flint Has Been Looking at Water All Wrong

Laura Bliss - City Lab

How did Flint get here? And what does this crisis say about the true value of water? Is it a commodity? Is it a service? Is it a human right?

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How We Use Water - EPA Water Sense

US Environmental Protection Agency

EPA graphs and a map of the US breaking down how much water we use for different purposes.

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Rain Harvesting at Home

Seattle Public Utilities

Helpful information from Seattle Public Utilities about how to harvest rain at home.

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History of The Clean Water Act

US Environmental Protection Agency

History of The Clean Water Act: Brief history by the Environmental Protection Agency of the clean water act adopted in 1972.

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Flint Water Crisis

Justin Talbot-Zorn and Michael Shank

What the Flint Crisis Reveals About Inequality in the US

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The Glacier RePhoto Project

Departments of Geology and Geography at Portland State University

Side by side historical photos showing disappearing glaciers in the Northwest

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Water Supply - Department of Ecology

WA Department of Ecology

A comprehensive set of resources on water issues. laws, and programs in Washington state with everything from stream flow, to wells, to dams, water rights and water recovery.

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Adoption of the Clean Water Act: Video

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

5-minute video with a great overview on the adoption of the Clean Water Act in the early 1970’s

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Why Rivers No Longer Burn

Slate Group

Chronicles the monumental Clean Water Act of 1972 that declared the nation’s waters would be swimmable and fishable within a decade, with no discharges of pollutants within a dozen years.

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How will Climate Change Affect the Water Cycle?

UW Climate Impacts Group

This section of the Puget Sound State of the Knowledge Report uses climate projections to describe how changes in the climate will impact the water cycle and ultimately our water supply.

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Fact Sheets on Water Conservation - EPA Water Sense

US Environmental Protection Agency

EPA graphs and a map of the US breaking down how much water we use for different purposes.

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Washington State Climate Line Graphs of Long-term Averages & Recent Data

Office of the Washington State Climatologist

Daily Climate Graphs: long-term averages (1961-90) of daily temperature, precipitation, snowfall, plus recent temperature and precipitation data compared to normal over the last 30, 90, or 365 days at 4 Washington locations, and more....

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