The United States Department of the Interior recently announced the creation of a new federal partnership. The Urban Waters Federal Partnership (UWFP) is a federal union of 11 agencies.
The partnership aims to stimulate regional and local economies, create local jobs, improve quality of life, and protect Americans’ health by revitalizing urban waterways in under-served communities across the country.
UWFP will focus its initial efforts on seven pilot locations:
– the Patapsco Watershed (Maryland)
– the Anacostia Watershed (Washington DC/Maryland)
– the Bronx & Harlem River Watersheds (New York)
– the South Platte River in Denver (Colorado)
– the Los Angeles River Watershed (California)
– the Lake Pontchartrain Area (New Orleans, La.)
– the Northwest Indiana Area
Agencies of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership include:
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of the Interior
United States Department of Agriculture
Corporation for National and Community Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Commerce/Economic Development Administration
Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Transportation
Housing and Urban Development
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
For more information, visit: http://www.urbanwaters.gov
source: Department of the Interior press release