NEIWPCC is collecting and producing stories highlighting Clean Water Act 303(d) program successes.
NEIWPCC, together with Flip the Field, is showcasing 303(d) program success stories from across the country to inspire other programs, inform stakeholders and the public, and generate support for future work to advance clean water. These stories cover a diverse array of 303(d) topics across multiple communications products, including the Clean Water Pod podcast and StoryMaps, infographics, and other tools.
A podcast exploring 303(d) program successes
Join host Jeff Berckes to explore challenges and successes of the Clean Water Act 303(d) program in the United States. He will speak with local, state, and federal staff about their work to keep our waterbodies clean. Search for the Clean Water Pod wherever you listen to podcasts.
Call for 303(d) Success Stories
NEIWPCC will help you broadcast your TMDL achievements! NEIWPCC is seeking success stories that showcase innovative approaches within the 303(d) Program. This could include using a new way to incorporate data to complete a listing, using a new model to understand an impairment better, or finding new and non-traditional partnerships to implement a TMDL.
Why Should You Submit?
If your story is chosen, NEIWPCC will turn it into at least one communication product that you can share with your stakeholders. This could include StoryMaps, watershed report cards, social media campaigns and more. NEIWPCC will work with you to make sure your story is being told in a way that can help your program or organization communicate your successes with your stakeholders. Your story could even end up on the next season of the Clean Water Pod! Contact Beth Malcolm for more information.
Success Story Submission Form
Success Story Submission
Communications Products
Story write-ups
- Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Septic Leachate in Montana’s Flathead Basin (handout, PDF)
- Building Community Support for Water Quality Improvements in Maryland’s Choptank Watershed (handout, PDF)
- Maryland’s Bay Restoration Fund – Success on the Chesapeake Bay (handout, PDF)
- Cape Cod Collaboration Creates Strategies to Reduce Nutrient Pollution (handout, PDF)
Multimedia
- Montana’s Flathead Basin septic social media campaign (PDF)
- Success on the Chesapeake Bay StoryMap
- Maryland’s Bay Restoration Fund by the numbers (infographic)
Templates
Additional templates coming soon! NEIWPCC success story templates provide a how-to guide for several communications products to build capacity for the 303(d) community and encourage the sharing of additional clean water achievements.
- One-pager handout template
- 303(d) success story StoryMap guidelines
- Writing for the web best practices
How’s My Waterway?
Explore conditions of your local waterway with the EPA’s How’s My Waterway tool. Water quality information is displayed on three scales: community, state and national, and is based on data provided by states, federal, tribal, local agencies and others.
This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement 84039101 to NEIWPCC. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the EPA endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this document.