Water
Great Lakes Issues
- Don’t Let Funding Evaporate for Worthy Great Lakes Plan from the Chicago Sun Times
- State Tightens Spigot on Flow from Lake Michigan by Gary Wisby
- Great Lakes Forever Fact Sheet:Invasive Species
- Adopt-a-Beach Program through Alliance for the Great Lakes
Individual Water Use
- Water Resouces in Chicago
- Save the Source Water Audit
- 30 Smart Ways to Save on Your Summer Water Bill by Cathy Frisinger
- Rain Gardens: A How-to Manual for Homeowners from the University of Wisconsin Extension
- Alliance for Water Efficiency Resources
- It Takes a River by Paul Rauber
- Message in a Bottle by Charles Fishman
- Middle School Water Project
- Pabloe Calculates the True Cost of Bottled Water by Lloyd Alter
- Save the Source by the City of Chicago
- Some Facts About Bottled Water from Shaker Heights Nature Center in Ohio
Rain Barrels and Stormwater Management
- Free Water: It’s Yours for the Taking by Beth Botts
- Rain Barrel Installation and Maintenance
- Make Your Own Rain Barrel by the Chicago Department of Environment
- Rain Garden Project
- Rain Barrel as Stormwater Management Tool
- Storm Water Management and Infrastructure
- Managing Stormwater at Home brochure
- MeterSave Website
- Water Resources Handout