Recovery Potential Screening Tool for Watershed Prioritization

The recently enhanced Recovery Potential Screening (RPS) Tool was the focus of the first webinar of the National 303(d) Restoring Our Impaired Waters webinar series.

0:00 Introduction to the National 303(d) Restoring Our Impaired Waters webinar
4:30 Introduction to RPS Tool for Planning and Prioritization
13:42 RPS Tool Demo
34:22 RPS Examples
42:52 Utilizing RPS Tool in Connecticut
57:40 Q&A

Emily Cira from the U.S. EPA, Office of Water, along with Andy Somor and Kim Oldenborg, from The Cadmus Group, presented on the RPS Tool, a custom-coded Excel-based tool developed by the EPA. Rebecca Jascot and Traci Iott, both from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), shared their experience using this tool for watershed prioritization.

To learn more about the prioritization efforts in Connecticut see links below:

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