Golf Course Water Resources Handbook of Best Management Practices
(LandStudies, Inc. and The Pennsylvania Environmental Council, 2009, 59 pp) provides a concise overview of 18 Best Management Practices (BMPs) to help improve and protect water resources.

Impact of Land Use on the Cost of Drinking Water

(Trust for Public Land, Center for Land and Water30 pp., 2008)

Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices
(US EPA, EPA 841-F-07-006, 37 pp, 2007)

Fact Sheet, 2 pages, available here. Visit www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/costs07 for the full report

Using GIS Tools to Link Land Use Decisions to Water Resources Protection

(National Association of Counties, 2007, 20 pp)

Provides a list of commonly used GIS tools available to link land use decisions to water resources protection. Five county case studies are profiled.

Protecting Water Resources with High Density Development

(US EPA, 2006, 45 pp.)

How communities can protect water resources while accomodating growing populations.

Available from EPA's National Center for Environmental Publications. E-mail nscep@bps-lmit.com or call 1-800-490-9198 and request EPA publication 231-R-06-001.

Or visit http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/protect_water_higher_density.pdf

Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices

(US EPA, 2005, 110 pp.)

How communities can integrate smart growth practices into stormwater planning and compliance.

Available from EPA's National Center for Environmental Publications. E-mail nscep@bps-lmit.com or call 1-800-490-9198 and request EPA publication 231-B-05-002. Or visit www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/

Protecting Water Resources with Smart Growth

(US EPA,  2004, 116 pp)

Discusses Smart Growth tools useful for water resource protection.  Available from EPA's National Center for Environmental Publications. E-mail nscep@bps-lmit.com or call 1-800-490-9198 and request EPA publication 231-R-04-002. Or visit www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/

Paving Our Way to Water Shortages: How Sprawl Aggravates the Effects of Drought
(American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, Smart Growth America, 2003, 31 pp) Examines suburbanized areas and calculates groundwater losses due to increases in impervious surfaces.