Resources
Here you will find a curated list of resources related to the development, implementation and scaling of the principles and practices outlined in this Equity Data Handbook.
2026 Road Show Presentations
In Jan - Jun 2026, presentations will be given to various Water Boards groups and will include:
- Updates on Equity Data Handbook development & revision
- An overview of each Handbook chapter
- A review of opportunities for support in 2026, including:
- Fall Openscapes Champions Cohort process
- Environmental Justice Roundtable’s Racial Equity Data Subcommittee
- Questions & Discussion
Please see the presentation slides and recording for more details.
Water Boards Webinars & Trainings
- Analyzing Data for Racial Equity. Jun 2025. Hannah Cushman Garland & Anna Holder. State Water Board Racial Equity Data Subcommittee Training.
- Module 1: Identifying Injustice Slides | Recording
- Module 2: Interrogating Mechanisms Slides | Recording
- Training GitHub Repo
- Analyzing Water Boards and Demographic Data for Equity. Jun 2024. Hannah Cushman Garland. State Water Board Racial Equity Data Subcommittee Webinar. Recording | Download and Use the Code | View Code
Data Ethics
- GovOps medium article on Data Ethics
- Federal data ethics framework
- Data Ethics Canvas
- Ethics Framework (CalData); Framework at a Glance
- Looking at Data Through an Equity Lens
- Academic Data Science Alliance Data Science Ethos
- Five Ethical Risks to Consider before Filling Missing Race and Ethnicity Data
Best Practices and Frameworks
- Data Equity Framework
- Principles for Advancing Equitable Data Practice
- CalEPA Practices to Advance Racial Equity in Workforce Planning
- Principles for Using Public Health Data to Drive Equity: A guide to embedding equitable practices throughout the data life cycle
- California Data Strategy (2020) and ensuing Report (2024)
- California Indian Water Rights Study
- Antiracist Data Project Survey and Focus Group Findings
- The National Equity Atlas
- MN DOT Governance and Best Practices
- Considering Equity in Community Impact Analysis for Projects
Toolkits
- A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration
- Beyond Compliance Network Advocacy Toolkit
- The Water Boards Office of Research Planning and Performance Water Conservation and Urban Water folks tool
- Water Boards Division of Drinking Water SAFER Outreach Tool
- Many local city and county governments have compiled their own resources for working with equity data (Examples below). Before starting your project, it is a good idea to do some research online to identify pre-existing resources available in your region.
- Oakland’s Geographic Equity Toolbox
- Portland’s Racial Equity Toolkit
- New York City’s interactive equity data tool EquityNYC, including a Mapping Equity tool.