The American Planning Association’s Technology Division created a list of datasets, applications and visualizers that can inform and improve climate change planning. These tools include the National Risk Index and GEOSNAP. To read about these and other tools, click here.

As part of EPA’s efforts to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Water Infrastructure Technical Assistance website has been updated. Updates focus on new and existing EPA water and technical assistance programs. The updates include a factsheet with an overview of water technical assistance resources and a simple water technical assistance request form. To view the site, click here.

The Water Finance Clearinghouse is a web-based portal to help communities locate information and resources that will assist in making informed decisions for their drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure needs. The Water Finance Clearinghouse has two searchable databases: one contains available funding sources for water infrastructure and the second contains resources on financing mechanisms and approaches that can help communities access capital for their water infrastructure. To access the Clearinghouse, click here.

In many states, the MS4 permit acts as a regulatory driver to encourage or require implementation of green infrastructure in MS4 communities. For this webinar, speakers whose permits featured in the Compendium will take a deep dive into their MS4 permit requirements and local green infrastructure projects. To access this webinar, click here.

The Heat Island Reduction Program recently added or updated dozens of examples to the Community Actions Database. This database allows users to sort heat island mitigation efforts by geographic region, cooling activity and activity category. To visit the database, click here.