In September 2010, the EFC worked with the Town of Ocean City to conduct a stormwater financing feasibility study. A grant was leveraged from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Chesapeake & Coastal Program in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with local resources to develop a sustainable financing strategy to support a comprehensive stormwater program over time. The study provided a set of recommendations to Ocean City officials for how the Town might implement a long-term strategy for financing stormwater management.

Watch this engaging humourous 30 second video for an example of a public service message addressing illicit discharge sources. See a raindrop’s neighborhood journey that identifies causes of nutrient and sediment pollution, and connects these activities with risks to streams, rivers and lakes. Tagline, "Help be a solution to water pollution."

Are you looking for a success story within the Chesapeake Bay to illustrate a compliance pathway for minimum control measures one and two? 

Watch this 12 minute video produced by US EPA on the District of Columbia's Department of Energy and Evironment's award winning program. Hear testimonials from homeowner participants and get "how to" advise from municipal staff on building an incentive program. Perfect for community engagement, education, and outreach while achieving measureable reductions through retrofits.

Watch this 2 minute animation by American Rivers for an illustration of the new approach many communities are embracing to manage stormwater runoff. Here the viewer sees an orchestrated visual story that does not require narration to focus on why capturing rainfall and preventing it from polluting surrounding waterways is important.

Watch this 2 minute video from the Maryland/DC chapter of The Nature Conservancy as they combine efforts with the Anacostia Watershed Society to celebrate Earth Day and Connect with Nature.

Hear from volunteers how their experience in an organized stream cleanup builds watershed stewardship.

The National Stormwater Quality Database (NSQD) is an urban stormwater runoff characterization database developed under the direction of Dr. Robert Pitt, P.E., of the University of Alabama and the Center for Watershed Protection under support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Originally released in 2001, followed by several updates by Dr. Pitt and Dr. Alexander Maestre (also at University of Alabama), it has recently moved to a new long-term home as a companion project to the International Stormwater BMP Database.

The 2013 update to NRDC's seminal publication Rooftops to Rivers. This work expands earlier stories from nine communities to fourteen. The briefing highlights enormous strides forward by localities using green strategies to controll stormwater. It identifies six key actions common to successful leading cities. It calls out many remaining gaps in policy and funding at local, state, and federal levels.

In May 2006 NRDC published this seminal policy guide for decision makers looking to implement green strategies in their own area. 

Lessons from Pennsylvania Communities Presented by the Environmental Law Institute and 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania.

This report presents an argument for a collaborative inter jurisdicational approach to stormwater investment to ensure efficiency, equitablity, and financial and environmental sustainablility. With 2500 municipalities, 67 counties, and thousands of authorities, the authors identify the immense challenge facing the state to protect its 83,000 miles of streams and reivers.