Resources
Rain Garden CAD Files Open Source Download
Please utilize Delta’s open source CAD files for Green Infrastructure Designs used to reduce flooding, manage stormwater, expand access to greenspace, and achieve other quality of life indicators. Municipalities have provided their engineers and/or landscape designers with these CAD files to streamline the design and installation process–thus reducing costs and time.
Municipal Waste Procurement Tools
From 2013 – 2015, Delta Institute conducted research on waste management practices in municipalities across Cook County to identify opportunities to maximize environmental and economic benefits. As part of this research, Delta collected and reviewed waste contracts from 128 municipalities, and these contracts revealed a wide variation in services, practices, and costs. Delta created these […]
Environmental Resilience Institute Toolkit
ERIT helps local governments in the Midwest prepare for climate change by providing information tailored to their communities.
Heat Stress Illness Hospitalizations — Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
The Environmental Public Health Tracking Program is a comprehensive surveillance system implemented in 25 states and one city health department. The core of the system is the Tracking Network, which collects data on environmental hazards, health effects, exposures, and population. The Tracking Network provides nationally consistent environmental and health outcome data that enable federal, state, […]
Organizations
Environmental Protection Network
The Environmental Protection Network harnesses the expertise of over 650 former EPA career staff and political appointees from across the country to serve as a trusted resource, answering calls for objective analysis, scientific rigor, and a vision for a transformed 21st century EPA.
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Tribal government implementing climate resilience and emissions reduction strategies.
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
Coalition of Tribal governments coordinating climate and sustainability initiatives.
Forest County Potawatomi Community
Federally recognized Tribal Nation advancing renewable energy and climate resilience planning.
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Tribal government advancing climate resilience and emissions reduction planning.