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• Fun and Weird
  

• Africa Water Journalists Network
• American Ground Water Trust
• California Groundwater Association
• Canadian Bottled Water Association
• Dividing the Waters — information for Western U.S. general stream adjudications
• "Everything You Wanted To Know About Drinking Water, But Didn't Know Who To Ask"
• Groundwater in International Law
• ITT Industries' Guidebook to Global Water Issues
• National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
• National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA)
• Nestlé Water Institute
• "Pacific Northwest Water Markets, Promise and Problems"
• "Persistent drought in North America: a climate modeling and paleoclimate perspective"
• Project of Love and Thanks to Water
• "Southern California Water: Who Does It Belong To?" — impressive high school project
• U.S. Desalination Coalition
• Water Conservation Portal & Search Engine
• "Water Is an Essential Utility for Manufacturing Plants"
• "Water Markets: An Introduction and Overview"
• WaterBank^®
• The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Water & Nature Initiative

Water News and Resources

• Argentco.com
• Brown & Caldwell Water News
• Safedrinkingwater.com NEWS
• U.S. Water News
• Water Secrets Blog
• Water Strategist Community
• WaterTech Online
• WaterWebster
• WaterWorld Magazine

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• Environment Canada's Freshwater Website
• "Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000" (USGS)
• "Everything You Wanted To Know About Drinking Water, But Didn't Know Who To Ask"
• Glossary of Water Resource Terms (also without frames)
• The Hydrologic Cycle
• Hydrology — excellent (and brief!) online introduction to the subject
• ITT Industries' Guidebook to Global Water Issues
• Properties of Water
• UNESCO Water Portal — a single interactive access point to water-related websites around the world
• Understanding Groundwater — Tutorial
• The Water Cycle — basic information from USGS...in 50 languages!
• Water Education Foundation — provides a great deal of information on water issues, including the popular Layperson's Guide To... series of publications.
• Water FAQ — extensive links
• Water Librarians' Home Page
• The Water Page
• Watercenter.com, Inc.
• Watermap.org
• WaterWiser
• The World's Water

California Water

• "A Briefing on California Water Issues [PDF] " — excellent overview
• California's Groundwater — Bulletin 118, Update 2003
• California Water Law and Policy
• California Water Plan — Bulletin 160, Update 2005
• Groundwater Rights in California — good, quick overview
• Information Pertaining to Water Rights in California (1990)
• No Time To Waste: A Blueprint for California Water — produced by ACWA
• "Southern California Water: Who Does It Belong To?" — impressive high school project
• Water Acquisition Handbook: How to Acquire Water for the Environment in California
• "Water Marketing in California: Past Experience, Future Prospects"

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• Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
• "Case Study: Minnesota - Pollutant Trading at Rahr Malting Co."
• The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
• "Corporate Governance and Environmental Performance"
• CorporateRegister.com — the world's largest online directory of corporate non-financial reports, including CSR, sustainability, environmental and social reports
• Cost Analysis for Pollution Prevention
• "Cradle to Grave: How Products Impact Natural Systems"
• EPA's Performance Track — "a public/private partnership recognizing top environmental performance among participating U.S. facilities of all types, sizes, and complexity, public and private"
• "Freshwater Resources - Managing the Risks Facing the Private Sector [PDF]"
• Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI)
  • "Connecting the Drops Towards Creative Water Strategies: A Water Sustainability Tool"
  • Member Companies
• Industrial Environmental Association (IEA)
• The International Corporate Environmental Reporting Site
• International Organization for Standardization
• International Society of Industry Ecology (ISIE)
• LCA [Life Cycle Assessment] Links
• "Nutrient Trading: Commerce as a tool to control water pollution"
• "Reducing Water Use and Wastewater in Food Processing Plants: How One Company Cut Costs"
• "Risks of Water Scarcity: A Business Risk for Financial Institutions"
  • "Water Resources: A Matrix of Risks and Consequences" — a matrix developed from the above report
• Wal-Mart II Storm Water Settlement — The largest settlement for storm water violations EPA and DOJ have achieved
• "Water Is an Essential Utility for Manufacturing Plants"
• "Water Use in Industries of the Future [PDF]"
• "Water World: The Business Case for Water Efficiency — and the Risks of Ignoring It"
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

• "Going with the Flow: Expanding the Water Markets"
• "Pacific Northwest Water Markets, Promise and Problems"
• "Water Markets: An Introduction and Overview"
• Water Markets Worldwide 2004-2015 (order form)
• Water Strategist e-Water Classifieds
• WaterBank^®

• "10 Water Laws of the West" — one of the best (and funniest) shortcuts I've read
• Dividing the Waters — information for Western U.S. general stream adjudications
• Water Rights Law — Prior Appropriation
• Western Water Law

• Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC) — "the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute online resource of security information for America’s drinking and wastewater utilities"

• Arid Lands of the World — maps
• The Arid West Water Quality Research Project
• Center for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
• The Climate Assessment Project for the Southwest (CLIMAS)
• "Climatic Fluctuations, Drought, and Flow of the Colorado River" — the study that famously identified the current drought in the West as the worst one in 500 years
• "Coping With Severe and Sustained Drought in the Southwest" — 1995 report getting renewed attention
• Decision Center for a Desert City
• Desert Research Institute
• "Draining the West? Water, law, growth, and policy"
• National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC)
• "Persistent drought in North America: a climate modeling and paleoclimate perspective"
• Powell Consortium: Water Resource Research Institutes
• State Drought Plans and Related Documents
• U.S. Drought Monitor — daily map and narrative
• "Water in the West: The Challenge for the Next Century" — major publication by the Western Water Policy Review Commission

• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
• Climate Change and Water Research — excellent information site hosted by ISSE, including an interactive North American Water Impacts Map
• "Global warming: a perspective from earth history"
• "The impact of climate change on water resources"
• "On Thinning Ice"
• U. S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change: Water Resources — by the U. S. Global Change Research Program

• Africa Water Journalists Network
• BBC News information sites:
  • The Water Debate
  • Water scarcity: A looming crisis? — part of Planet Under Pressure series
  • World Water Crisis interactive map
• The German Water Sector - Policies and Experiences
• Groundwater in International Law
• "International Freshwater Conflict: Issues and Prevention Strategies"
• ITT Industries' Guidebook to Global Water Issues
• "The Nile and its People: What Goes Around Comes Around"
• PBS P.O.V. series
  • "Thirst"
  • Water
• "Political and Institutional Responses to Transboundary Water Disputes in the Middle East"
• Renewable water resources in the world by country (U. N.)
• The U.N. World Water Development Report — Water for People, Water for Life
• Water and Wastewater Utilities of the World 2004 (order form)
• World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD)
• World Water Week in Stockholm
• The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (order form)

• "Bottled Water Production in the United State: How Much Ground Water is Actually Being Used? [DOC]"
• Bottled Water Web
• Canadian Bottled Water Association
• Fine Waters
• International Bottled Water Association
• Nestlé Water Institute

• Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water (CSADW)
• "Drinking Water: Past, Present, and Future [PDF]" (EPA)
• "Everything You Wanted To Know About Drinking Water, But Didn't Know Who To Ask"
• Just Add Water — Environmental Working Group exposé on contaminants in drinking water
• National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
• "Surveillance for Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2001-2002" (CDC)
• "Tap Water at Risk" — three-part, multi-article Houston Chronicle series on the safety of U.S. tap water (1996, but still applicable)
• "What's on Tap? Grading Drinking Water in U.S. Cities" — 2003 NRDC study of drinking water quality in 19 U.S. cities

• h2ouse.org — water conservation at home
• Water Conservation Portal & Search Engine

• Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
  • No Time To Waste: A Blueprint for California Water
• California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
  • California Water Law and Policy
• California Applications Program (CAP) & The California Climate Change Center (CCCC)
• California Department of Water Resources
  • California's Groundwater — Bulletin 118, Update 2003
  • California Water Plan — Bulletin 160, Update 2005
• California Groundwater Association
• California State Water Contractors
• California State Water Resources Control Board
• California Urban Water Conservation Council
• California Water Awareness Campaign
• California Water Code
• Groundwater Resources Association of California
• Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
• Southern California Water Committee
• Southern California Water Dialogue

• International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) — Mexico and U. S.
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Drought Information Center
• Fire Weather Information Center
• Weather, Climate, Floods, Ocean pages
• State Departments of Public Health and Agriculture
• Transboundary Resource Inventory Program (TRIP) — Mexico and U. S.
• U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Environmental Health Project (EHP)
• U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Institute for Water Resources (IWR)
  • Interagency and International Services Program
  • Regulatory Program
• U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
  • Water Conservation Field Services Program
• U. S. Department of Agriculture
  • Agricultural Research Service
    • Water Management Research Laboratory
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
  • Water Quality Information Center
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Health Topic: Water Quality
  • "Surveillance for Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2001-2002"
  • U. S. Food and Drug Administration
    • Bad Bug Book
    • Exploratory Data on Perchlorate in Food
• U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • "Drinking Water: Past, Present, and Future [PDF] " (EPA)
  • Environmental Management Systems (EMSs)
  • Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Major Environmental Laws — including full text and summaries of the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Protection Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and others.
  • National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse
  • Office of Water
  • Water Quality Trading
• U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Water Resources of the United States
    • The Water Cycle — basic information...in 50 languages!
  • National Water Information System (NWISWeb)
  • "Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000"
  • Ground Water Atlas of the United States
  • National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
• U. S. Global Change Research Program
  • U. S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change: Water Resources

• UN Homepage
• The U.N. World Water Development Report
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • AQUASTAT — water and agricultural information
  • Land and Water Development Division
  • Water Resources, Development and Management Service
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  • Water, Environment and Sanitation
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • Water Portal
    • International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
    • World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • Global Environment Monitoring System Water Programme (GEMS/Water)
• Freshwater Unit
• United Nations University, International Network on Water, Environment, and Health
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Water, Sanitation and Health (WSH) site
  • WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality, third edition
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
  • Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)
  • World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS)
  • World Weather Watch (WWW)

• American Backflow Prevention Association
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Ground Water Trust
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
• American Rivers
• American Water Resources Association
• American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AwwaRF)
• American Wetlands Month
• Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA)
• Colorado River Water Users Association
• Ecowaters Projects
• The Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
• Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center (GWPPC)
• Great Lakes Information Network
• The Groundwater Foundation
• Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE)
• Inter-American Water Resources Network
• Montana Water
• National Association of Water Companies
• National Biosolids Partnership (NBP)
• National Drought Mitigation Center
  • State Drought Plans and Related Documents
• National Environmental Education and Training (NEETF)
• The National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR)
  • Center for Waste Reduction and Technology (CWRT)
• National Mitigation Banking Association
• National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA)
• National Rural Water Association (NRWA)
• North American Lake Management Society
• Northwest Water Law & Policy Project
• Office of Water Programs
• Pacific Institute
• River Network
• Safedrinkingwater.com
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
• Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
• U.S. Desalination Coalition
• Water Environment Federation (WEF)
• Water Quality Association
• Water Systems Council
• WateReuse Association
• Watershed Management Council
• WatershedWeb — "because everyone lives downstream"

• Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA)
• The Center for Sustainability, Environment, Equity and Partnership (SEEP)
• Centre for Water in Urban Areas
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  • International Water Management Institute
  • Challenge Program on Water and Food
  • Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
  • Water Policy Briefing 
• The Council of Canadians
  • Water Campaign
• European Environment Agency
• European Water Association
• Foundation for Water Research
• Global Policy Forum
• Global Water Intelligence
• Global Water Partnership
• Green Cross International
• International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC)
• International Association for Environmental Hydrology (IAEH)
• International Association of Hydrogeologists
• International Foundation for Science — helping developing countries with sustainable management of biological and water resources
• International Rivers Network (IRN)
• International Water Academy
• International Water and Sanitation Centre
• International Water Association
• International Water History Association
• International Water Law Project
• International Water Resources Association
• LakeNet
• Middle East Desalination Research Center
• Ministerial Declaration of The Hague on Water Security in the 21st Century
• Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP)
• Solidarity Water Europe
• Stockholm International Water Institute
• Surfers Against Sewage
• Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations
  • "Why We Need an International Water Convention [PDF]"
• Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database
• UK Rainwater Harvesting Association
• The Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters
• Water Portal of the Americas
• Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
• watermark — website dedicated to the development of water supply surveillance and monitoring in low-income and transitional countries
• Waternet
• The World Bank Group
  • Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
  • Water Supply and Sanitation
• World Commission on Dams (WCD)
• The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Water & Nature Initiative
• World Resources Institute
• World Toilet Organization — the other WTO
• World Water Council

• America's Clean Water Foundation (ACWF)
• American Water Relief
• Aqua Para La Vida
• Care Water Projects
• Chlorine Industry Water Relief Network
• Doctors Without Borders
• Global Water
• Green Cross International
  • Water Conflict Prevention Program
• International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Water and Habitat
  • War and Water — forum
• Lifewater International
• Living Water International — VERY impressive website
• Water Aid
• Water for Life and Water for Survival — contact info
• Water for People
• Water Missions International (WMI)
• WaterCan
• WaterPartners International
• The Water Stewards Network
• Well Spring Africa

• "10 Water Laws of the West" — one of the best (and funniest) shortcuts I've read
• ACWD's WaterWorld — see what happens when San Francisco water managers are left with too much free time...
• Atlantis — The Lost Continent Finally Found
• Bubbles — Flash game
• Global Disaster Watch — for the perpetually faint-at-heart
• "The IRM Newsletter is Spurious Diatribe"
• Project of Love and Thanks to Water
• Safe Water Systems, LLC (SWS) — solar water disinfection products
• The Spragg Waterbag Homepage — make sure to check out the "novel" way they merchandize their product
• Water: A Journey — very odd online diary
• Water Cures: Drugs Kill
• Why Rainwater Harvesting? why indeed...

 

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