The Marquette Plan – Improvements along Northwest Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline

2005

The Marquette plan is a comprehensive land use vision intended to achieve tangible quality of life improvements along Northwest Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline and beyond. “At the heart of this planning initiative is the creation of a green ribbon of connected dune and swale landscapes, river corridors, lakes, beaches, reclaimed industrial canals and a range of diverse habitat that provides the natural counterpart to the industrialized setting that has dominated Northwest Indiana for the past century.” 2005.

Green Bay Smart Growth 2022 – Natural Resources

2003

“The Smart Growth 2022 Natural Resources Plan provides guidance to the City in the management of wetlands, floodplains, woods and natural areas. […] Water is the focus of the plan since the city is at the
foot of a major bay and the mouth of several rivers or creeks.

Goal: Improve wetlands, streams and wildlife habitat in Green Bay for the sake of sustainable development, ecological responsibility, quality of life and economic development.”

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Grand Rapids waterfront

2002

This part of Grand Rapids Master Plan focuses on the Grand River as a spine for the City’s development. This chapter explains how the City plans the territory in function of this great asset. 2002.

Energy Management with Water Loss Control – Leak Detection

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The City of Thunder Bay developed an electronic leak detection program; the program has conserved the city’s water and provides rapid response to leaking pipes in municipal water infrastructure. This program is also economically beneficial for the city. The strategy was submitted to the Cities Initiative as part of the Water Conservation Framework Program.

 

Durham Region Sustainable Municipal Water Management Assessment

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This booklet outlines Durham Region’s progress on the Cities Initiative Sustainable Municipal Water Management framework. This Ontario municipality provides an assessment of its stormwater and other water management practices under this six-part framework.

In addition, here is the progress indicator chart of the project:

Durham SMWM Progress Indicator Chart

And here is a pamphlet that summarizes the project:

Durham SMWM project 1page

Lake Superior Climate Adaptation, Mitigation and Implementation Plan: For Communities in the Lake Superior Watershed of Michigan’s upper Peninsula

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The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) has developed the Lake Superior Climate Adaptation,Mitigation and Implementation Plan specifically for coastal communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The plan provides a summary of current conditions, potential impacts and recommendations for mitigating and adapting to climate change in the Lake Superior watershed.

Green Pipeline to Fuel Water Reclamation Facility

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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has built a pipeline that brings natural gas produced by a landfill to its water treatment plant. This infrastructure helps both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing the energy check for the water treatment plant. When the plant doesn’t run to its full capacity (in dry weather for example), the electricity generated is sold to the power company.

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Great Lakes Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)

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Great Lakes Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)^® is an online mapping tool for coastal pollution cleanup, restoration, and response efforts in the Great Lakes Basin, from Minnesota to New York in the United States and from Ontario to Quebec in Canada.

In addition to information on natural resources, habitat, weather, water levels, and currents, it includes the most comprehensive collection of environmental contaminant data in the Great Lakes. Great Lakes ERMA gathers all of this data from NOAA and our partners into a centralized, easy-to-use map for environmental responders, resource managers, and decision makers.

NOAA, as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, collaborated with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Coast Guard, and University of New Hampshire to develop Great Lakes ERMA. Great Lakes ERMA is helping expedite cleanup and restoration of Areas of Concern (AOCs) by combining environmental contaminant data from NOAA’s Great Lakes Query Manager database with ecological, recreational, tribal, commercial, and manufacturing information.

By comparing environmental conditions over time and between locations, ERMA helps to illustrate progress in restoring the health of the Great Lakes, both across the basin and in Areas of Concern. This online mapping tool also improves planning, communication, and coordination for emergency responses to pollution incidents, such as oil and chemical spills.

NOAA continues to work with federal, state, regional, and non-governmental partners in the Great Lakes to incorporate additional regional data and information into Great Lakes ERMA, including spill response plans, potential climate change impacts, and environmental modeling and forecasts.

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National Compendium of Water Adaptation Knowledge

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The National Compendium of Water Adaptation Knowledge is an online tool that provides access to information from a variety of sources about climate change adaptation and water. The goal of the compendium to “provide relevant information to users to help overcome knowledge barriers related to climate change adaptation and water”. The target audience consists of a broad range of groups and individuals including municipalities, rural communities, watershed organizations, private sector groups, advocacy groups, and provincial and territorial agencies.

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Pileus Project – Climate Science for Decision Makers

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The overarching purpose of the Pileus Project is to provide useful climate information to assist decision makers. The current focus is on two leading industries in the Great Lakes region: agriculture and tourism.

The benefits of the Pileus Project include:

• Provide a better understanding of historical climate trends, variability, and their past impacts on people and industry
• Evaluate how future climate trends and variability may impact people and industry, using newly developed, climate-related models
• Create an economic framework, which explicitly incorporates climate into the decision making process

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