URBANWATERS FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP Restoring Urban Waters, Revitalizing Communities NATIONAL& COMMUNITY SERV1CEI 8) NIEHS NIEHS ¦ The Urban Waters Program helps urban and metropolitan areas, particularly those that are under-served or economically distressed, connect with their waterways and work to improve them. Working with a diverse set of partners, we seek to help communities restore and protect water quality and revitalize adjacent rural, suburban, and urban neighborhoods throughout the watershed. Through this partnership program, communities gain economic, environmental, and social benefits,and collaborate with federal, state, and local agencies, as weli as community-led efforts, to achieve common goals. Nationall Reaclh, — Local Results • 21 Partnership Locations • 15 Federal Agencies 406 State/Local Governmental Organizations 8 Tribes 397 Non-profit Organizations 70 Academic Institutions 73 Private Entities 2022 Impact Snapshot © Reached 209,130 community members through education and outreach © Protected or restored 32,728 acres of habitat Created 183 job training opportunities in the environmental restoration sector by supporting Urban Waters Federal Partnership projects 0 Planted 27,675 native trees and plants, preventing stormwater runoff from entering waterbodies Collected 27,482 pounds of trash from watersheds © © © Engaged 5,515 volunteers and participants in Urban Waters Federal Partnership activities Collected 388 water quality samples Hosted 124 community events to connect people with local waterways and work to improve them Completed 98 Urban Waters Federal Partnership projects, including 17 projects advancing environmental justice in underserved communities and 12 projects advancing climate resilience Operated 43 continuous water monitoring sites Secured and leveraged more than $7.7 million in grants and through federal and non-federal funding to implement Urban Waters Federal Partnership projects Leverages resources to increase local capacity Identifies opportunities for partner engagement and recruitment Advances water Strengthens and land ties within the protection community and restoration 7T Measures Creates a and reports network to program success share lessons and performance learned Minimizes Ensures all competition, partners and duplication and community-based conflict among organizations partners have a voice Coordinates communities, federal and state agencies, non-profits and businesses at the watershed level Connects needs with funding opportunities United States Environmental Protection !"¦! # » Agency For additional information on the Urban Waters program, January 2024 please visit: https://www.urbanwaters.gov/. ------- |