Urban Waters
First Phase Pilots with Communities
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The Urban Waters Federal Partnership established seven Urban Waters Pilot locations in June of 2011, with the goal of working closely with local partners to restore urban waterways. Cleaning up and restoring local water resources is essential to protecting Americans’ health and improving their overall quality of life. Revitalizing urban waterways will also reconnect citizens to open spaces, and will have a positive economic impact on local businesses, tourism and property values, as well as spur private investment and job creation in these communities. Progress in the original 7 urban waters locations is detailed on the individual web pages below and also in the Partnership in Action Report (PDF) (59 pp, 4.3MB).
- Anacostia River in Washington, DC
- Bronx and Harlem Rivers in New York, New York
- Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Los Angeles River in Los Angeles, California
- Lake Michigan/Little Calumet River in Northwest Indiana
- Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland
- South Platte River in Denver, Colorado
In May 2013 eleven additional partnership locations were announced. Background information on these locations is available as indicated below:
- The Middle Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico (PDF) (2 pp, 147K)
- Proctor Creek Watershed in Atlanta, Georgia (PDF) (2 pp, 246K)
- The Mystic River Watershed in Chelsea/Everett/North of Boston (PDF) (2 pp, 180K)
- The Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan (PDF) (2 pp, 880K)
- The Middle Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri (PDF) (2 pp, 376K)
- The Passaic River in Passaic, New Jersey (PDF) (2 pp, 147K)
- The Delaware River Watershed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PDF) (2 pp, 928K)
- The Martín Peña in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PDF) (2 pp, 4.8MB) | En Español (PDF) (2 pp, 4.8MB)
- The Green-Duwamish Watershed in Seattle, Washington (PDF) (2 pp, 212K)
- The Meramec and Big River Watershed in St. Louis, Missouri (PDF) (2 pp, 347K)
- The Western Lake Erie Basin in Toledo, Ohio (PDF) (2 pp, 315K)