U.S. Domestic Resources

Welcome to the H2infO U.S. Domestic Resources Page. On this page you will find U.S. Water Partnership member resources aimed at helping domestic stakeholders address the unique water challenges of the United States.

U.S. Domestic Resources

Urban Flooding & Equity for Vulnerable Communities Collaborative

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
Through the Urban Flooding & Equity for Vulnerable Communities Collaborative, River Network’s goal is to enhance the ability of local watershed and community-based organizations to catalyze the type of change that is needed to address our urban water challenges – in particular regarding urban...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
Natural Resources Defense Council
Flint, Michigan’s experience with government mismanagement and pollution has propelled it to the forefront of many environmental justice conversations. Flint, a majority black city north of Detroit, experienced dangerous decreases in water quality after policymakers took the city’s water system off...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Dealing With The Soup of Chemicals That Can Get Into Your Drinking Water

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
All the things that go down the drain and end up at the wastewater treatment plant are not removed there. Some of the industrial byproducts that end up in sewers, the agricultural chemicals that runoff farmland, and pharmaceuticals that pass through our bodies all can end up in our streams and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Adverse Physical and Mental Health Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Among Gulf Coast Children: An Environmental Justice Perspective

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
This study examines whether racial/ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status affected children's health after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It explores whether these risk factors affected children's health due to direct physical exposure to crude oil or dispersant household economic...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
Pacific Institute
Environmental justice is a trending topic among water officials, especially for those who are trying to reorient federal water policy to increase equity. Environmental justice advocates are attempting to correct the decades of water injustices that have targeted disenfranchised communities,...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Watered Down Justice

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
Safe drinking water is a pillar in good water policy, but many communities of color face barriers that lead to a chronic lack of water access. Serious disinvestments in water infrastructure, which are fueled by systemic racism, have made significant impacts on majority-black cities like Newark, New...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Fracking: An Environmental Justice Issue

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
Fracking is a major issue in many environmental justice debates. Fracking is the process of using chemically altered water and sludge mixtures to drill into cracks deep underground and extract oil and natural gas. While fracking is efficient at extracting petroleum products, it can be extremely...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Environmental Justice: MyEnvironment

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
MyEnvironment is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) resource that aggregates a variety of environmental quality data. This data contains information on environmental code violations by water resource providers. It also provides mapping resources to locate and visualize areas of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Shifting landscapes of coastal flood risk: environmental (in)justice of urban change, sea level rise, and differential vulnerability in New York City

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
Climate-driven changes in coastal flood risk have enormous consequences for coastal cities. These risks intersect with unequal patterns of environmental hazards exacerbating differential vulnerability of climate related flooding. This study analyzes differential vulnerability of coastal flooding in...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States