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Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant Program

Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant Program CHANGE FONT SIZE MAPC >> Resources >> Environment Congratulations to the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Awarded Projects! Read the Press Release About the Awarded Projects […]

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Stormwater Management

About Stormwater Stormwater is the natural result of rain storms and other wet weather events. Normally, it flows into the ground or to surface waters allowing for recharge and filtering. […]

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MS4 Outfall Catchment Calculator

The EPA recently released a new MS4 permit that will take effect in July of 2017. As part of the Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) requirements of the new […]

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Stormwater Financing/Utility Starter Kit

Stormwater Utility Funding MAPC and project partners developed a Stormwater Utility/Funding Starter Kit to help municipalities take control of local water quality issues via a long-term funding source for stormwater […]

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Everett Earthworks Sculptural Garden

Everett Earthworks Sculptural Garden CHANGE FONT SIZE MAPC >> Resources >> Environment Art, Environmental and Public Health Initiative Everett Earthworks Sculptural Garden Project Background This project is a collaboration between […]

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Water Resources Technical Assistance Projects

All MAPC water resources documents from 1982 to date are listed below, with links to those that are available for download in PDF format. For those documents that are not […]

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Fact Sheet: Bioretention Areas

Bioretention is an important technique that uses soil, plants and microbes to treat stormwater before it is infiltrated or discharged. Bioretention “cells” are shallow depressions filled with sandy soil, topped […]

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External Links and Resources on LID

National Organizations and Research Centers Center for Watershed Protection: a leading nonprofit organization with extensive research and publications regarding water resource protection (including stormwater). Be sure to check out the Stormwater […]

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Fact Sheet: Cisterns and Rain Barrels

Cisterns and rain barrels are simple techniques to store rooftop runoff for reuse for landscaping and other nonpotable uses. They are based on the LID approach that treats rooftop runoff […]

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Long Range Planning for Sea Level Rise

Scituate, Marshfield and Duxbury Coastal Hazards Adaptation Study Coastal communities in the Boston region enjoy access to the scenic and recreational amenities of being along the ocean shores. There is also […]

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