Resources & Reports

Topic Area and Link

Description

Format

Dam Management

• American Rivers

Site containing information about dam removal history, news, and how tos.

• Impact of the Granby Dam on water levels in the Congaree River

An article published in 2002 by Andrew Wachob concerning the Granby Dam.

• National Performance of Dams
  

Includes information about the US inventory of dams, how to report a dam incident, and dam safety.

Floodplains and Greenways

• American Trails

• City of Charlotte/Mecklenburg, North Carolina

• Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails and Greenway Corridors
  

A resource book published by the National Park Service's Rivers, Trail and Conservation Assistance program.

• The Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse

Funding Sources for River Conservation

• Catalogue of Federal Funding Sources for Water Protection
  

A searchable database of financial assistance sources (grants, loans, cost-sharing) available to fund a variety of watershed protection projects.

• Directory of Funding Sources for Grassroots River and Watershed Conservation Groups in NE and NY

1999-2000 edition. A joint project of the Northeast Watershed Round Table and River Network. Includes profiles of foundations, corporations, state and federal agencies and others that support small nonprofit watershed groups. This information has been folded into our Online Directory of Funding Sources available to RN Partners.

• Directory of Watershed Resources for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, N.Carolina, S.Carolina
  

A searchable database of funding sources.

Lake-Friendly Landscaping

• Backyard Buffers for the SC Lowcountry

• Blueprint for a Lake-friendly Landscape

• Creating an Environmentally Responsible Landscape

A Clemson Extension website that outlines techniques for creating eco-friendly landscaping .

• Creating Natural Shorelines

An article published by the state of Minnesota highlighting methods for creating a more natural shoreline .

• Farm*A*syst

A Clemson Extension publication that provides farmers with techniques to self-assess the risk of their own practices to water quality.

• Home*A*Syst

A Clemson Extension website that helps homeowners assess the risk of their own practices to water quality.

• Lakescaping

This website details the advantages of buffer zones along lakeshores.

• SC DHEC Backyard Buffer

A document designed to teach proper residential riparian buffers.

• Steps for Riparian Buffer Planting

This Washington State University website provides general information on lake-friendly landscaping.

• Waterways at Risk: Low Impact Development and Runoff Pollution Mitigation

A case study published in 2005 by Travis Madsen and Mike Shriberg on low-impact development in Michigan with universal advice and implications.

• Waterfront Density Environmental Background Report

This 2004 report provides information on shoreline structures, their impacts, and the need for vegetative buffers.

• Wisconsin Lake Partnership's Shoreland Management and Lake Classification Fact Sheet Series, November, 1998

Wisconsin's Dept. of Natural Resources website contains a lake classification fact sheet related to shore-land issues.

Land Use Change and GIS

• Animal, Agriculture, and Watershed impairment in SC: A GIS based spatial analysis

A study by the Strom Thurmond Institute's Kang S. Lu and Jeffery S. Allen published in 2002.

• Cultivated Agricultural Lands at Risk from Potential Urbanization in the Tri-County Area

A study by the Strom Thurmond Institute's Kang S. Lu and Jeffery S. Allen published in 2000.

• Monitoring Coastal Wetland Change and Modeling Ecosystem Health in South Carolina Using Advances in Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing

A study by the Strom Thurmond Institute's Water Resources Center currently underway.

• Spatial Relationships of Polluted Streams, Animal Agriculture and Human Populations in South Carolina Watersheds

A study by the Strom Thurmond Institute's Water Resources Center currently underway.

• South Carolina Prime Lands Initiative - Land-Use Change Detections

An initiative described on the Strom Thurmond Institute's Water Resources Center website.

• Using GIS as a Potential Policy Tool: A Case Study of the Chattooga River

A study by the Strom Thurmond Institute's PI's: Jeffery Allen, Gregory Hawkins, Kerry Brooks, Steward Baylor, Rob Mateja.

Land Use History

• General Information on Land Use, Zoning, and Property Value

Brochure outlining SC DHEC Department of water's views on the subject.

• History of Greenville's Water Supply

The Greenville Water System's brief history.

• Land Use History of North America

A collection of web sites by the USGS documenting land uses change over time.

• Urban Land Use Case Studies

The Urban Land Institute's searchable database for new approaches and best practices in land development.

Rain Gardens & Constructed Wetlands

• How to Build and Install a Rain Barrel and How to Install a Rain Garden

• Kentucky P.R.I.D.E

A description of rain gardens and the successes of KY PRIDE in assisting local schools and communities in establishing raingardens on their properties.

• Rain Gardens brochure (University of Wisconsin Extension)

A basic introduction providing information on how rain gardens help protect water quality, and general step-by-step instructions on how to build a rain garden in your yard.

• Rain Gardens: A How-to Manual for Homeowners (University of Wisconsin Extension)

• Rain Gardens of West Michigan

• Rain Gardens: Gardening with Water Quality in Mind

• Rain Garden Network

• Rainscapes

Riparian Issues

• National Riparian Service Team

Mission statement for the collaborative staffed by the USDI, Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forest Service, in partnership with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

• Native Plants for Riparian Buffers

Virginia DNR's explanation of the importance of native plants and a list that should be used in riparian buffers.

• Riparian Land Management Along State-Designated Scenic Rivers

Web site of the SC Scenic Rivers Program established by the SC general assembly.

• Use of Riparian Zones as Buffer Strips

Clemson study of riparian buffers by John C. Hayes.

• Watershed Restoration Action Strategies for SC

A publication of the SC DHEC that discusses water quality impairments and actions that should be taken to correct them.

Sediment Impacts & Stormwater

•  An Internet Guide to Financing Stormwater Management

• Erosion and Sediment Control

A North Carolina web page with descriptions of the problem, solutions, links to government agencies and public interest groups, as well as a glossary of terms.

• Georgia Stormwater Management Manual

• Greenville County Flood Mitigation Task Force report

• International Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Database

• Stormwater Management and Sediment Control Handbook 2003

SC DHEC's comprehensive guide to stormwater management and sediment control regulations.

• Stormwater Manager's Resource Center

Septic Systems 

• National Small Flows Clearinghouse Septic System Information

• New On-site Disposal System Management Measures: Nonpoint source Pollution

• Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials

• Septic systems

Wastewater Effluent

• Association of Water Technologies (AWT)

• NSFC Wastewater History

• On Site Wastewater Management

Water Quality & Watersheds

• City of Austin Water Quality Protection Program

• EPA's Surf Your Watershed

• USC's Watershed Ecology Center's Educational Programs

• The Isaac Walton League of America's Backyard Wetland Conservation Webcast series

A webcast series that introduces the concept of backyard conservation and explores the ways you can transform your backyard, schoolyard or business property with wetland- and wildlife-friendly landscaping techniques.