Resources - WALLER 4 WATER

RESOURCES

Download Idea Sheets

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

apply for MWRD GI funding

MWRD watershed ordinance

Green Infrastructure (GI) resources:

USEPA - What is Green Infrastructure?
Ask your mayor or alder to partner with MWRD to develop a Stormwater Master Plan
Loyola U Chicago stormwater management
American Rivers Green Alleys
Chicago Green Alley Handbook

Green Alleys in 40th Ward of Chicago

Installed 2009: 6458 N. Bosworth; 1960 W. Farragut; 1667 W. Hollywood; 6125 N. Hoyne
Installed 2010: 5120 N. Wolcott; 1627 W. Hollywood; 4917 N. Mozart
Installed 2012: N. Talman; N. Rockwell; W. Peterson; W. Thorndale; N. Winchester; N. Wolcott; W. Winona; W. Foster
W. Albion; W. Arthur; N. Clark; N. Ravenswood

WATER REUSE & CONSERVATION

WateReuse Association Fact Sheets
USEPA Water Reuse Action Plan
USEPA WaterSense

Publications

Waller, 2021. Op-Ed: CSOs, climate change, and the blue economy. Published Sept 24, 2021 in the Evanston Round Table

Waller, 2021. Water policy for climate resilience. Published December 15, 2021 in the Southland Journal.

Book CLub

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Hochschild (2018)
The Future of Water by Maxwell & Yates (2012)
What the Eyes Don't See by Hanna-Attish (2019)
Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution by Kalmus (2017)
The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Hopkins (2014)
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Egan (2018)
The Devils Element by Egan (2023)

What's on my reading list?
The Chicago River: An Natural and Unnatural History by Hill (2019)
The Three Aged of Water (2023)
Water Always Wins (2023)

Home Heat Innovation

Home heat electrification

Better Heat: steps to a cheaper, cleaner way to heat homes in Chicago by Citizen's Utility Board (CUB)
Better Heat: steps to a cheaper, cleaner way to heat homes in Illinois (order copy from CUB catalog or order form)

Solar panel & electric car synergies