Resource Library
Welcome to the River Network Resource Library!
Search through hundreds of publications, recorded webinars, newsletters, tools, and templates to support your water work. Explore specific topics using the icons below, or if you’re not sure what you need, use the search bar. Type in keywords like “strategic planning,” “State Revolving Fund,” or “data collection.” The resources included here are intended to help you advance your work and spark innovation and new ideas.
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Featured Resources
- Building Blocks of Trust – how community organizations and utilities can work together.
- Colorado SMP – everything you’d ever need to know about stream management planning in Colorado.
- Equitable Infrastructure Toolkit – learn to advocate for equitable water infrastructure in your community.
- Tools for Equitable Climate Resilience – how to perform community-led research and support local leaders to advance climate resilience.
- Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal – one-stop shop for building a litter removal program.
- The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual – the quintessential, transformational tool on how YOU can use the CWA to protect your waters.
- State Revolving Fund Advocacy Toolkit – a comprehensive guide for advocates looking to get up to speed on the SRF process.
- Effective Organizations – a five-part learning series on everything from board governance, to volunteer management, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and more.
Looking for information on specific state-level water policies? Explore the State Policy Hub!
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Learning Series: Building Water Equity and Climate Resilient Communities for ALL
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: WebinarIn this 6-part series, hosted by the Urban Waters Learning Network, we will highlight a variety of strategies that community-based organizations can use to help their communities anticipate, prepare for and respond to climate risks such as flooding, coastal storms and drought, with a focus on protecting community members who are most vulnerable to climate threats.
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Water & Equity Mapping Tools
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Law & Policy, Water Science
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesWe depend on accurate and pertinent information to address environmental pollution and issues of environmental justice to improve both public health and the health of our waterways. Data helps answer questions like: Does your community suffer from chro… View Resource ›
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Trash to Action: Using Trash Data to Take Informed Action for Your Waterways
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Science
Resource Type: WebinarTrash is one of the most visible and abundant forms of pollution that our waterways and communities face today. Trash is a water quality issue, yet it is rarely treated as such. Who wants to swim, paddle, fish, or live near a waterway lined with trash?… View Resource ›
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State Revolving Funds Resources
Program: Drinking Water, Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesA compilation of resources for anyone looking to learn more about State Revolving Funds (SRFs), the largest source of federal funding for water infrastructure, including the SRF Advocacy Guide, a community forum, and more.
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Fostering Community Leadership: Hear from the Network
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarIn November 2020, River Network published “Fostering Community Leadership,” part one of a two-part toolkit series on Equitable Climate Resilience. Since then, we’ve been working with local organizations to develop their own leadership development progr… View Resource ›
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Putting Data to Action: Community Science, Partnership, and Advocacy for a Healthy Schuylkill River
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Science
Resource Type: WebinarJoin River Network as we learned how Bartram’s Garden staff, high school interns, and volunteers have worked together to use their water quality data, primarily collected for public boating safety, to advocate for action at the state level. In this web… View Resource ›
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COVID-19 Safety Guidance for In-Person Events – How to Safely Clean Up Litter
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesAs the public health situation and precautions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic evolve daily, and as more Americans become vaccinated for all in-person river cleanups or other restoration projects, River Network offers the following guidance. Most… View Resource ›
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Canvassing 101
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesLearn the basics of Canvassing, including effective strategies, a check list of must-bring items, staying safe, and COVID-19 recommendations. Pulse aquí para descargar el documento en español.
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Tools for Equitable Climate Resilience: Community-Led Research
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Tools and TemplatesThrough this toolkit, River Network provides step-by-step guidance and lessons learned on how to effectively engage with community members to understand climate impacts and to develop equitable climate resilience strategies.
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Making the Case for Equitable Water Infrastructure Investment, Repair, and Upgrades
Program: Drinking Water, Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: WebinarDo you want updated drinking water and wastewater treatment plants and pipes, more rain gardens to reduce stormwater pollution and flooding, and opportunities to restore local rivers and floodplains? Do you want these infrastructure investments to crea… View Resource ›
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Using “Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal”
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: Webinar“Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal” is a step-by-step guide for addressing litter in your community, both before and after it reaches your local waterway. River Network is proud to provide this free to access, easy to… View Resource ›
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Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: PublicationsWaste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal is a step-by-step guide for addressing litter in your community, both before and after it reaches your local waterway. River Network is proud to provide this free to access, easy to u… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Understanding Gentrification and Displacement – The Path to Equitable Development
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: WebinarThis recorded webinar frames the topics of gentrification and displacement and provides an example of the types of multi-sector partnerships that urban waters practitioners can create to ease displacement pressures. Presenters Paulina Lopez and Robin S… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Complex Problems, Collaborative Solutions — Playing Games for Better Water Management Outcomes
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: WebinarVideo gaming for water resource management? Gaming is one of the fastest growing entertainment industries in the U.S., with estimates that 42% of Americans play video games regularly. How can we harness this interest in gaming for better water manageme… View Resource ›
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Webinar: Parks with Purpose: Community-Driven Green Infrastructure
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities
Resource Type: WebinarGreen infrastructure projects have the potential to benefit both the environment and the community. Through their Parks with Purpose program, The Conservation Fund and partner organizations are designing and implementing green infrastructure in underse… View Resource ›
