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The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact The Orange County Water Authority

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The New England InterstateWater Pollution Control Compact

The Orange County Water Authority

A tool for planners, designers, developers, municipalities, board members and citizen activists

Meritorious AchievementAmerican Planning Association

2011

Ensure clean water

Ensure clean water

Protect and restore habitat

Ensure clean water

Protect and restore habitat

Provide water recreation and river access

Ensure clean water

Protect and restore habitat

Provide water recreation and river access

Adapt to climate change

Ensure clean water

Protect and restore habitat

Provide water recreation and river access

Adapt to climate change

Conserve scenery

Green Infrastructure

Changing Climate

Stormwater management

Our Community’s Resiliency

To major storms and heavy precipitation

Depends on Green Infrastructure

Green Infrastructure’s many benefits

Functions, Maintenance & Effectiveness

Overall Strategy: Implementation

The Watershed Design Guide was sponsored by the New England Interstate WaterPollution Control Compact and the Hudson River Estuary Program,and produced by the Regional Plan Association, The Orange County Water Authority, and the Orange County Planning Department

For further information and to obtain copies of the Watershed Design Guide

Please call the Orange County Water Authority : 845 615 3869

Or visit our website: waterauthority.orangecountygov.com