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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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