EPA Resources to Help You Achieve Your Net Zero Goals

EPA has several resources and tools available to help you achieve your Net Zero Water, Energy, and Waste goals.

Sustainable Decision-Making Resources

EnviroAtlas is an online decision support web-based tool that states, communities, and citizens can use to help inform policy and planning decisions that impact the places where people live, learn, work and play. EnviroAtlas combines maps, analysis tools, fact sheets, and downloadable data into an easy-to-use, web-based resource that allows users to understand the implications of various decisions and their potential impacts on ecosystems.

National Stormwater Calculator EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator (SWC) and Climate Adjustment tool is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in the United States (including Puerto Rico). Estimates are based on local soil conditions, land cover, and historic rainfall records.
Watershed Management Optimization Support Tool (WMOST) is a user-friendly public-domain software application designed for local water resources managers and planners to screen a broad range of water management options to evaluate cost-effectiveness, and environmental and economic sustainability. WMOST utilizes user-input data to calculate the optimal watershed management practices to achieve goals such as meeting water demand, stormwater management, and reduced flooding
Green Infrastructure Wizard (GIWiz) GIWiz is an interactive, web-based green infrastructure search wizard that connects people to specific tools and resources that fit their particular needs and interests. It provides users with seamless access to around 300 existing EPA resources, including models, calculators, and case studies. GIWiz is organized around common questions and objectives associated with green infrastructure decision-making.

Managing and Transforming Waste Streams -- A Tool for Communities allows users to explore 100 policy & program measures communities can implement to increase diversion and promote waste reduction and materials reuse across waste sectors. Implementation examples from communities and online resources are also accessible. This tool can provide decision support to municipal staff and decision-makers working on solid waste plan updates or Net Zero waste plans, regional agencies coordinating waste management planning for a group of communities, or other interested parties familiar with their community's solid waste management system.