Water supply: Where our city water comes from

• http://www.holyoke.org/WaterWorks.htm (Holyoke Water Works)
• Reservoirs: "The City of Holyoke has a reservoir system on the west side of Holyoke. ... You can see four water storage tanks if you walk through the public trails that wind their way through Holyoke's reservoirs, as well as a pumping station at the foot of the hill where the plant is located." (Commentary and aerial photo found at Friends of the Mountain Street Reservoir website.)
• Aquifer: Barnes Aquifer http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/bapac/sare.html and http://www.pvpc.org/bapac/index.html by Barnes Aquifer Protection Advisory Committee (BAPAC)
• http://www.madwep.org/your_drinking_water.htm Your Drinking Water (Massachusetts DEP)
• http://www.drinktap.org/ Drinking Water (American Water Works Association, AWWA)
• http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwhealth.html Drinking Water and Health: What you need to know (EPA)
  Also in Spanish: www.epa.gov/safewater/agua/apsalud.html

Wastewater system and CSOs: Where our used water goes

• http://www.nonotuck.us/Holyoke/Facilities%20and%20CSOs/ Holyoke CSOs and Wastewater Treament Plant (photos by Sandy Ward and Ken Harstine)
• What are Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)? good graphics and explanations:
  http://www.waterandsewer.org/cso.htm (Springfield Water and Sewer Commission)
  http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/cso/html/whatiscso.html (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston)

Water-saving ideas for your home

• General
  • http://www.holyoke.org/WaterWorks3.htm 100 tips to help you preserve water (City of Holyoke Water Works)
  • http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/100ways/ne.shtml 100 Water-Saving Tips for the Northeast (Water Use It Wisely)
  • http://www.awwa.org/waterwiser/links/ Conservation/Water-Related Links (AWWA WaterWiser)
  • http://www.h2ouse.org/resources/meter/index.cfm How to read your water meter -- to check for water leaks in your home (California Urban Water Conservation Council)
• Toilets
  • http://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm A report on low flow water efficient toilets. (Terry Love's consumer toilet reports.)
  • http://sterlingplumbing.com/rockton_dual.html Dual Force toilet (by Sterling) saves even more water. Two options: Low-flow and 1/2 of that (.8 gal)
• Laundry
  • http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=clotheswash.pr_clothes_washers Lists of washers that save energy and water. (Energy Star)
  • http://www.laundrywise.com/GetTheFacts.html Facts on water conservation (Multiple Housing Laundry Association)
• Plants/Landscaping
  • http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/plantlist/neplants.shtml Low Water-Use Plant list for Northeast (Water Use It Wisely)

Controlling run-off; harvesting rainwater

• General
  • Reuse/recycling/rainwater harvesting (AWWA WaterWiser). Excellent list of links.
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainwater_harvesting Harvesting Rainwater (Wikipedia)
  • http://www.harvesth2o.com/resources.shtml links to many resources (Harvest H2O.com, the online rainwater harvesting community)
• Downspouts
  • Holyoke City Ordinance, Sec. 90-82. Building sewers and connections.
    " ...h) No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer." [City Ordinances are posted on the City of Holyoke website, or via http://www.municode.com/services/mcsgateway.asp?sid=21&pid=10999.]
  • Photo of Holyoke downspout not yet separated (photo by S Ward)
• Rain gardens
  • http://www.raingardens.org (Rain Gardens of West Michigan)
  • http://www.mninter.net/~stack/rain/ (Twin Cities Watershed Restoration Project)
  • http://www.dof.virginia.gov/rfb/rain-gardens.shtml (Virginia Dept of Forestry)
  • http://www.consciouschoice.com/2001/cc1405/raingardens1405.html (2001 article about origin of term Rain Garden)
  • http://www.ence.umd.edu/~apdavis/Bioinstallations.htm Bioinstallations along driveways and parking lots.
  • http://www.duluthstreams.org/stormwater/toolkit/greenroofs.html Green roofs
• Rain barrels
  • http://www.raingardens.org/Rain_Barrels.php Rain barrels: Saving rain for a sunny day.
  • http://www.cleanairgardening.com/rainbarrels.html Rain Barrels you can buy.
  • Photo of a Holyoke homeowner's gutter to rainbarrel solution (photo by S Ward)

Links to additional information resources:

• http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/toolsLinks/index.shtml Educational links (Water Use It Wisely)
• http://www.cleanwateraction.org/ Clean Water Action
• http://www.ctriver.org/index.html Connecticut River Watershed Council
• http://www.neiwpcc.org New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC)
• http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=5 Combined sewer overflows (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, NPDES)
• http://www.holyokemass.com/hwp_1876/ "The City of Holyoke It's Water Power and Its Industries Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1876"
• http://www.WaterHealthConnection.org/index.asp Recognizing Waterborne Disease And The Health Effects of Water Pollution (Physicians On-Line Reference Guide)

Spanish links / Español

• General
  • ¡Gastar Menos Agua -- Cómo y Porqué!
  • El Agua Potable y la Salud: lo que usted debe saber (Agencia de Protección Ambiental, EPA)
  • Acuíferos subterráneos (USGS, EPA)
• Ahorrar Agua
  • http://www.snwa.com/html/spanish/esp_ahorrar_agua.html Consejos para ahorrar agua (Autoridad del Agua del Sur de Nevada SNWA)
  • http://www.solociencia.com/ecologia/problematica-global-agua-consejos-ahorrar-agua-dinero.htm Consejos para ahorra agua y dinero (SóloCiencia)
• Desbordamientos Combinados de las Aguas Residuales [combined sewer overflows]
  • http://water.usgs.gov/gotita/urbansew.html "Los efectos de la urbanización en la calidad del agua: Derramamientos del drenaje" por EPA e (USGS)
  • http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/cs-99-039.pdf EPA folleto informativo del O/M del desborde de drenajes combinados (EPA)
• Recolección de Agua, Jardines de lluvia
  • Jardines de lluvia para recargar el abastecimiento de agua subterránea (Agenda de la Construcción Sostenible)
  • Recolección de Agua y Jardines de Lluvia (Santa Cruz County, Arizona)

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