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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Drinking Water Guide Fact Sheets
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: PublicationsExplore the fact sheets based on River Network’s Drinking Water Guide. Available in both English and Spanish, the Guide answers the following fundamental questions: Where does drinking water come from? How can we protect our drinking water? What does a… View Resource ›
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The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual, 3rd Edition (2022)
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Manuals, Publications, ReportsMuch has changed since the Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual’s original publication in 1999, and we are at a fundamentally different time than we were in 1972 when sewage, rendering wastes, and countless industrial chemicals were often dumped directly int… View Resource ›
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Stream Management Plans in Colorado: Progress at Five Years
Program: Healthy Resilient Rivers, Healthy Rivers in Agricultural Landscapes
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsStream Management Plans (SMPs) are a priority in Colorado’s 2015 Water Plan, which calls for 80% of locally-prioritized streams to have a SMP by 2030. In 2021, River Network and the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) compiled the accomplishments… View Resource ›
Building Blocks of Trust: Creating Authentic and Equitable Relationships Between Community Organizations and Water Utilities
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsIn this report you’ll find best practices and case studies you can apply locally to create and bolster relationships between local water utilities and community organizations that will improve the health of waterways and communities.
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2020 Trends Report: Our Water, Our Future – State of River and Watershed Protection
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Resource Type: Publications, ReportsThe 2020 Trends Report Our Water, Our Future – State of River and Watershed Protection outlines current conditions of waterways in the US. including opportunities and threats to water quality and quantity, and provides an analysis of the diversity of t… View Resource ›
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Recreational Uses in the Delaware River: Laying the Foundation
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsOur day-to-day lives and the focus of our work is affected by the regulatory environment in which we live. A relatively small proportion of the general population is aware of such terms as “designated uses,” “antidegradation,” and “impaired waters,” ye… View Resource ›
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2020 Election Resources for Nonprofits
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, WebinarClick here to register for River Network’s Post-Election Community Conversation 11/5 at 2p ET. Post-Election Now that election day has passed, it’s important to now focus our efforts on amplifying the message that we must take the necessary time to cou… View Resource ›
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Hosting Virtual Events: Tips & Insights from Virtual River Rally
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: Publications, River Rally ContentConnecting people is a key element of how River Network and groups across the national network of water protectors carry out our missions. In 2020, COVID-19 forced many of us to move our long-planned meetings and conferences to a virtual space, introdu… 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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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Justice Resources for Nonprofits
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: PublicationsOn this page you’ll find a compilation of resources across a variety of sub-topics including white privilege and racial equity; conservation, environment, and race; organizational EDI; becoming an ally; the intersection of water and equity; and more.
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Drinking Water Resources
Program: Drinking Water
Resource Type: PublicationsSome 13.8 million U.S. households (almost 12%) face unaffordable water bills while water utilities struggle to fund maintenance or replacement of aging pipes. We expand the network’s understanding of the causes and circumstances of today’s crisis, deve… View Resource ›
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Community Organizing Roundtable: Discussion Takeaways & Resources
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: PublicationsBelow is a summary of the issues and topics discussed by over 36 participants from 31 organizations during River Network’s Organizing Remotely Roundtable, held on April 29, 2020. To download a similar summary from Part II of this discussion, held in Ju… View Resource ›
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Pandemic Resources for Nonprofits
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders
Resource Type: PublicationsAs we continue to practice physical distancing to limit the spread of COVID-19, many organizations are transitioning to remote work, cancelling or postponing events, wondering how to remain inclusive and equitable, and dealing with new anxiety and stre… View Resource ›
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Protecting and Restoring Flows in Our Southeastern Rivers
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsThe Southeast River Flows Peer Learning Network (Flows Network) is collaborative effort to protect river flows in the southeast. The Flows Network provides a platform where community-based river and conservation groups learn from each other and other e… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 18 Number 2, 2008: Integrated Watershed Protection: Making Tough Decisions Together
Program: Water Law & Policy
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Integrated Watershed Protection: Making Tough Decisions Together by Gayle Killam & Wendy Wilson 3 From the President 5 Engaging Government and Business in Planning Change by Waverly de Bruijn 8 Collaboration Triggers Confluence… View Resource ›
