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1988 National Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories
By US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. The database, Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories (LFWA), available information describing state-, tribal-, and federally-issued fish consumption advisories in the United States for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. Territories, and in Canada for the 12 provinces and territories.
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Daily Streamflow Conditions Map of the United States
By US Geological Survey (USGS). Shows real-time streamflow conditions as measured at USGS gaging stations.
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DOTABLES
By US Geological Survey (USGS). The DOTABLES program generates tables of dissolved oxygen (DO) saturation values and (or) salinity correction factors over ranges of temperature, pressure, and specific conductance.
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Envirofacts Warehouse
By US Environmental Protection Agency. Allows you to retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Superfund sites, drinking water, toxic and air releases, hazardous waste and Biennial Reporting System data, water discharge permits, and grants information. Use online queries to retrieve data or generate maps of environmental information by choosing from several mapping applications available through EPA's Maps On Demand.
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Eyes on the Bay
By Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Look at current water and habitat quality monitoring data in the Chesapeake Bay and other Maryland bays and tributaries.
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Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW)
By Michigan Sea Grant College Program. A comprehensive curriculum about the Great Lakes ecosystem. Lessons are geared toward educators who teach upper elementary and middle school students. Each lesson is aligned with national and state curriculum standards for science and social studies and features a hands-on classroom activity. Topics include Food Web, Water, and Fish.
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HORIZON Solutions Site
By HORIZON Communications, UNEP, UNDP, UNPF, UNICEF, Harvard University, Yale University, and the IDRC of Canada. A source of case studies on proven or promising solutions drawn from all parts of the world and from both high and low technologies. Subjects include agriculture, biodiversity, desertification, forests, oceans, fisheries, land management, energy production and consumption, population, public health, toxic chemical and pollution control, transportation, waste management, and water quality and supply.
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HydroSHEDS
By World Wildlife Fund. HydroSHEDS is a global hydrological database based on high-resolution elevation data obtained during a Space Shuttle flight for NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). HydroSHEDS stands for "Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales."
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Livestock Manure Storage
By US Environmental Protection Agency and Purdue University. Looks at livestock manure as a potential ground and surface water pollutant. It explains the factors which affect manure properties, and the effects of water pollution on humans and animals. A questionnaire helps evaluate the risk associated with the user's current practices and suggests solutions. Contains a complete tutorial on manure handling, collection, stabilization through biological treatment, storage systems, land application and other uses, and avoiding hazards.
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Livestock Manure Storage (online)
By US Environmental Protection Agency and Purdue University. Looks at livestock manure as a potential ground and surface water pollutant. It explains the factors which affect manure properties, and the effects of water pollution on humans and animals. A questionnaire helps evaluate the risk associated with the user's current practices and suggests solutions. Contains a complete tutorial on manure handling, collection, stabilization through biological treatment, storage systems, land application and other uses, and avoiding hazards.
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Livestock Yards Management
By US Environmental Protection Agency and Purdue University. Gives an overview of manure types and proper management systems for different animals including cattle, swine, sheep, poultry, and horses. Users can evaluate their own risk through the interactive questionnaire, and receive suggestions for reducing the threat to their water supply
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National Beach Health Database
By US Environmental Protection Agency. Includes water quality information and maps for coastal beaches in all states and US territories (except Alaska and Puerto Rico)
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National Wild and Scenic Rivers (GORP)
By Greer Consulting Services, Inc.. Over 150 rivers, arranged regionally, with brief descriptions and mileage. If a river's name is hyperlinked, click for more details on the river!
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Oil Spills Photo Gallery
By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Response and Restoration. Photographs of oil spills (such as the Exxon Valdez) taken by NOAA OR&R scientists, spill response experts, and colleagues.
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Pesticides in Surface and Ground Water of the United States
By US Geological Survey, National Water Quality Assessment. Tables of the final results from the first cycle of NAWQA water-quality data collection during 1992-1996 include analyses of 76 pesticides and 7 selected pesticide degradation products in about 8,200 samples of ground water and surface water in 20 of the nation's major hydrologic basins.
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Search the EPA Internet
By US Environmental Protection Agency. Search the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) web site.
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Surf Your Watershed
By US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. Locate, use and share environmental information about your place, including your watershed
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Surface Water Education System
By US Environmental Protection Agency and Purdue University. Includes a general overview of the importance and quantity of surface water, a detailed look at this resource for Indiana, and a discussion of how surface water can become contaminated. Illustrates an extensive discussion of agricultural best management practices to protect surface water resources
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Transport Processes in the Environment
By Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Introduction to momentum and scalar transport in environmental flows, with emphasis given to river and lake systems. Derivation and solutions to the differential form of mass conservation equations. Topics include: molecular and turbulent diffusion, boundary layers, dissolution, phase partitioning, bed-water exchange, air-water exchange, settling and coagulation, buoyancy-driven flows, and stratification in lakes.
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Water Quality Standards and Criteria
By US Environmental Protection Agency and Purdue University. Provides a framework for maintenance and improvement of water quality when adopted by States, U.S. Territories, and Indian Tribes. This software presents the three components of State and Tribal water quality standards: waterbody uses (e.g. swimming, boating), water quality criteria or limits on chemical concentrations that may be present the waterbody, and antidegradation policy to protect existing water quality. It explains how Indian tribes can become involved, and describes discretionary policies that affect water quality standards (WQS), economic considerations in the WQS program, EPA's role and responsibility in the WQS process, and implementation of WQS through National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. Relevant sections of the Clean Water Act are included, along with information on use attainability analysis, the submittal/approval process, implementation, and public involvement. Additionally, the user is provided with resources, contacts, a glossary of terms, and several examples of water quality standards.
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Water Quality Standards Database (WQSDB)
By US Environmental Protection Agency. The National Water Quality Standards Database (WQSDB) is designed to be a single point of access to EPA and state water quality standards (WQS) information. This website provides access to several WQS reports that provide information about designated uses, waterbody names, state numeric water quality criteria, and EPA recommended numeric water quality criteria. The WQSDB allows users the ability to compare WQS information across the Nation using standard reports.
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Water Teacher's Guide
By Sea World, Inc.. Students will explore the forms and properties of water and recognize its key role in sustaining plant and animal life.
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WATERSHEDSS
By North Carolina State University (NCSU) Water Quality Group. WATERSHEDSS (WATER, Soil, and Hydro- Environmental Decision Support System) was designed to help watershed managers and land treatment personnel identify their water quality problems and select appropriate best management practices.
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Web-Based Reach Indexing Tool for Grants Reporting and Tracking System (WebRIT-GRTS)
By US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water. An interactive mapping procedure that allows users to view surface waters within the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and related information about impaired waters as context for georeferencing their own water quality information to the NHD.
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Wetlands Maps, Facts, and Figures
By US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Maps of wetlands in the US with associated facts, such as affected acreage
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