Links to Additional Industry Resources
The following resources are of interest to members of the drinking water community. Please note that DrinkingH2O.com provides these links as a service to its users; we have no control over the sites or their content and do not endorse any products they may offer. Descriptions are based on information provided by the websites themselves.
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- American Public
Works Association
- American Water Resources Association
- American Water Works Association
- An international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated
to the improvement
of
drinking water quality and supply. Founded in 1881, AWWA is the largest
organization of water supply professionals in the world. Includes
information on various seminars
for the water industry.
- Association of Metropolitan
Sewerage Agencies: Clean Water on the Web - AMSA represents the
interests of wastewater treatment agencies through crafting legislative
and regulatory policy that incorporates comprehensive watershed management
into our national clean water program.
- Association of Metropolitan Water
Agencies (AMWA) - Features items of interest in the fields of
drinking water regulation and legislation, the Safe Drinking Water
Act, Source Water Protection, Watershed Assessments, Drinking Water
Treatment, and Competitiveness issues for Public Utilities.
- Association of State Drinking Water
Administrators (ASDWA)
- Association of Water Technologies
- Association representing 450 industrial water treatment companies
specializing in cooling, boiler and waste water treatment.
- AWWA Research Foundation (AWWARF) - Sponsors research for the drinking water community. AWWARF's research program embraces all aspects of water supply planning and operation.
- Center for Drinking
Water Optimization - Website that aims to develop and a framework
to achieve total system optimization of the nation's drinking water
utilities, which will lead to maximizing public health
protection.
- Center for Environmental
Quality (Wilkes University) - Laboratory analysis services for
water testing and analysis for homeowners and private water supply
systems.
- Clean Water Network - Alliance
of more than 1,000 organizations that endorse its platform paper,
the National Agenda
for Clean Water, which outlines the need for strong clean water
safeguards to protect human health and the environment.
- CNN.com - News source, features
an environmental news section and search of articles.
- Comprehensive List
of Drinking Water Utility Home Pages (AWWA) - A list of world
water utilities that have web sites, noting those which display water
quality reports.
- Consumer Confidence Reports (EPA) - This page provides information on annual drinking water quality reports (aka consumer confidence reports).
- Drinking
Water Concerns - Fact sheet from Water Doctor (a provider of water
treatment products and services) with information about various contaminants.
- Drinking Water
Priority Rulemaking: Microbial and Disinfection Byproduct Rules
- Provides links to a range of drinking water and ground water information.
- Envirofacts
Home Page - Description of the Envirofacts Information Warehouse,
a relational database allowing free, public access to several EPA
datasystems, as well as mapping
applications
for the data.
- Envirofacts Overview
- Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection Byproduct Information
(ICR Overview) - (See Information
Collection Rule)
- Environmental Law Institute -
ELI is an independent research and education center that advances
environmental protection by improving law, policy, and management.
ELI researches pressing problems, educates professionals and citizens
about the nature of these issues, and convenes all sectors in forging
effective solutions.
- Environment News Service/Lycos
- Original daily international wire service of the environment.
- Environmental Organization
WebDirectory - Search directory of environmental organizations.
- EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Home Page - Protects human health and safeguards the natural
environment.
- Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 1995 (USGS) - Every five years the U.S. Geological Survey compiles national water-use estimates and publishes a report. Data for 1995, available as a PDF.
- Field Analytical
Technologies Encyclopedia (FATE) Website - Online encyclopedia
providing information about technologies that can be
used
in the field to characterize contaminated soil and groundwater, monitor
the progress of remedial efforts, and for confirmation sampling and
analysis for site close-out.
- Frequently
Asked Questions about Drinking Water (USEPA) - This page
from the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Ground Water
& Drinking Water website provides answers to common questions
about drinking water.
- Ground Water Protection Council
- Nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the nation's groundwater.
- H2Ouse.org: Water
Saver Home - Find ways that you can conserve water while cutting
costs to you as a water customer.
- Hudson River PCBs Site Reassessment
- Information about EPA study to determine how to address the PCB-contaminated
sediments in the Upper Hudson River. (The study of the Hudson River
PCBs Superfund Site is also known as the "Reassessment.")
Includes information about PCBs, health and environmental risks associated
with PCBs, what people can do to limit their exposure to PCBs and,
the latest findings of the Reassessment.
- How is Drinking Water Treated? - Report by the EPA provides information on drinking water and health, including a list of the National Primary Drinking Water Standards, fact sheets for specific drinking water contaminants, and guidance for people with severely compromised immune systemsand concerns about Cryptosporidium.
- Information
Collection Rule - EPA Office Of Ground Water & Drinking Water
- The Information Collection rule provides EPA with information on
chemical byproducts that form when disinfectants used for microbial
control react with chemicals already present in source water (disinfection
byproducts (DBPs)); disease-causing microorganisms (pathogens), including
Cryptosporidium; and engineering data to control these contaminants.
- Institute for Tribal Environmental
Professionals - Created to act as a catalyst among tribal governments,
research and technical resources at NAU, various federal, state and
local governments, and the private sector,
in
support of environmental protection of Native American natural resources.
- Institute of Water Research (Michigan
State University)
- International Bottled Water
Association (IBWA) - Provides information about all types of bottled
water distributed in the United States. IBWA's membership includes
U.S. and international bottlers, distributors and suppliers.
- JobReservoir.com - Water and wastewater employment opportunities nationwide. View jobs by category, date listed, or geographic region.
- Liquid
Assets 2000: America's Water Resources at a Turning Point - Provides
a snapshot of the economic value of clean water, the problems we face
in the new millennium, and the actions we must take to protect and
restore the nation's water resources. Explores the current condition
of the nation's water resources and demonstrates the link between
clean water and a strong economy by focusing on specific businesses
and activities that rely on clean water.
- Monitoring
Water Quality (USEPA) - Resources for anyone interested in learning
more about water quality monitoring, automated data management, and
geographic information systems.
- National Association
of Water Companies - Represents the private and investor-owned
water utility industry.
- National Congress of American Indians
- National Indian organization serving the needs of a broad membership
of American Indian and Alaska Native governments. Our founding members
stressed the need for unity and
cooperation
among tribal governments and people for the security and protection
of treaty and sovereign rights.
- National
Drinking Water Advising Council - Provides information on drinking
water and health, including a list of the National Primary Drinking
Water Standards, fact sheets for specific drinking water contaminants,
and guidance for people with severely compromised immune systems and
concerns about Cryptosporidium.
- National
Drinking Water Clearinghouse - Assists small communities
by collecting, developing, and providing timely information relevant
to drinking water issues.
- National Drinking Water Contaminant
Occurrence Data Base (NCOD) - Supports the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agencies's (EPA) decisions related to identifying contaminants
for regulation and subsequent regulation development.
- National Ground Water Association
(NGWA) - NGWA's mission is to enhance the skills and credibility
of all ground water professionals, develop and exchange industry knowledge,
and promote the ground water industry and understanding of ground
water resources.
- Nonpoint Source Pollution
Homepage - Information about nonpoint source (NPS) pollution.
NPS pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through
the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural
and human-made pollutants, finally depositing them into lakes,
rivers,
wetlands, coastal waters, and even our underground sources of drinking
water.
- National Rural Water Association
(NRWA) - Utility membership association serving over 20,000 water
and wastewater utilities across America.
- National Tribal Environmental Council
- Dedicated to working with and assisting tribes in the protection
and preservation of the reservation environment. Native Americans
have traditionally spoken for the land, water & air.
- National Water Resources Association
(NWRA) - Nonprofit federation of state organizations whose membership
includes rural water districts, municipal water entities, commercial
companies, and individuals. NWRA focuses on the appropriate management,
conservation, and use of water and land resources on a national scope,
and works to balance the needs of people and the environment.
- National Water Quality Assesment
Program (NAWQA) - In more than 50 major river basins and aquifers
covering nearly all 50 states, USGS scientists collect and interpret
data about water chemistry, hydrology, land use, stream habitat, and
aquatic life.
- National Water Quality Monitoring
Council - Provides national coordination to implement the Strategy
to Improve Water-Quality Monitoring in the United States; develops
water-quality information standards through the Methods and Data Comparability
Board.
- National Well Owners Association - Resource for those purchasing, acquiring or maintaining private water systems.
- Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water (EPA) - This Office at EPA works
to ensure safe drinking water and to protect the quality of our nation's
drinking water supply.
-
Office
of Water Homepage (EPA) - Exploring America's water resources
with an emphasis on the quality of our Nation's water; features searching,
imagery, animations, kid's pages, publications, and informative links.
- Office of Wetlands, Oceans,
and Watersheds (OWOW) (EPA) - Promotes a watershed approach to
manage, protect, and restore the water resources and aquatic ecosystems
of our marine and fresh waters. OWOW provides technical and
financial assistance and develops regulations and guidance to support
the watershed approach.
- Oregon State University Extension Service: Drought and Water Conservation Publications - Publications available on a variety of conservation topics including home water use, gardening, irrigation, and livestock management.
- Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Information on the main federal law
that ensures the quality of Americans' drinking water. Under
SDWA, EPA sets standards for drinking water quality and oversees the
states, localities, and water suppliers who implement those standards.
- Safe drinking
water hotline (provided by the EPA) - 1-800-426-4791
- Safe
Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS/Federal version) - SDWIS/FED
is an EPA national database storing routine information about the
nation's drinking water. Designed to replace the system known
as FRDS (Federal Reporting Data System), SDWIS/FED stores the information
EPA needs to monitor approximately 175,000 public water systems.
- Safedrinkingwater.com
- Premier information source for the drinking water quality community,
includes a weekly e-newsletter.
- Science Advisory Board (SAB) (EPA)
- The SAB was established by Congress to provide independent
scientific and engineering advice to the EPA Administrator
on
the technical basis for EPA regulations. SAB deals with risk assessment
issues (hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure
assessment and risk characterization) and only that portion of risk
management that deals strictly with the technical issues associated
with various control options.
- Small Utility Network
(AWWA) - AWWA's Small Utility Network is a problem solving/information
service, dedicated to water systems serving 10,000 or fewer people.
- STORET Home Page - STORET
(short for STOrage and RETrieval) is a repository for water quality,
biological, and physical data and is used by state environmental agencies,
EPA and other federal agencies, universities, private citizens, and
many others.
- Superfund Program (USEPA) - Superfund locates, investigates and cleans up the worst hazardous waste sites throughout the United States. Their website allows you to search for information about Superfund sites in your area, learn about this program, and more.
- U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Homepage - Protects human health and safeguards
the natural environment.
- USGS Drinking Water Programs
- Home page for information on drinking water programs of the U.S.
Geological Survey.
- U.S.
Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) - Clean Water and Safe Drinking
Water - Report on the status of water in our country.
- Water Environment
Federation (WEF) - WEF is an international not-for-profit educational
and technical organization of 40,000+ water quality experts. Its mission:
preserve and enhance the global water environment.
- Water Environment Research Foundation
(WERF) - Water quality research organization working to expand
knowledge, develop new technologies, save costs, and improve the environment.
WERF promotes the application of sound science and objective information
to better serve the public.
- Water for People: Helping
People Help Themselves - Water For People is a nonprofit organization
helping third world countries with water, sanitation and hygiene.
- The
Water Librarians' Home Page - Resources for librarians in water
agencies, water utilities, and related organizations.
- Water on
Tap: A Consumer's Guide to the Nation's Drinking Water - This
report, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), provides
information about the quality of U.S. drinking water safety, and addresses
common questions consumers may have about their water supply.
- Water Online - Products
and news related to the drinking water industry.
- Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative
Council - The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
was established to provide a regular way for water and sanitation
sector professionals to exchange views and experiences, and to develop
approaches to faster achieve the goal of universal coverage.
- Water Technology
- International product and service supplier catalogue, includes an
extensive global events and conference diary, global associations
directory, projects and industry links.
- Water Treatment Information
- A water treatment resource dedicated to providing a non-jargon guide
to common water problems and home water treatment systems. A
water pollution and treatment forum is also available, located at
http://www.water-pollution.org.uk.
- WateReuse - Dedicated to
increasing the beneficial use of recycled water.
- WATERS (Watershed Assessment,
Tracking & Environmental Results) - Tool that unites water
quality information previously available only on individual state
agency homepages and at several Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
websites. State and federal water quality managers, as well
as interested citizens, can use WATERS to quickly identify the status
of individual waterbodies of interest to them. It can also be used
to generate summary reports on all waters of a state.
- WaterWiser: The Water Efficiency
Clearinghouse - A program of AWWA, WaterWiser is a resource for
water efficiency and water conservation information.
- What is Being
Done to Protect the Nation's Water Infrastructure? - Information
from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
- WQTC 2000 Presentations - Presentations given at the 2000 Water Quality Technology Conference in Salt Lake City by prominent drinking water quality professionals. Powerpoint files provided by Safedrinkingwater.com.
- Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators
Association (AWWOA) - Provides information about AWWOA to interested
parties in the water and wastewater field. You will find information
on seminars, courses, technical papers and other related Water and
Wastewater links.
- Canadian Water and Wastewater Association
- The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association represents the common
interest of Canada's municipal water and wastewater systems, particularly
those related to federal and interprovincial bodies' policies, programs
and legislation or to national Codes or Standards.
-
European
Union of National Associations of Water Suppliers and Waste Water
Services (EUREAU) - EUREAU is the voice of Europe's water and
waste water industry which serves about 400 million people, and represents
a unique concentration of technical and scientific knowledge and of
practical expertise in water matters. Its role is to make that
knowledge and expertise available at Community level, to ensure that
it is taken into proper account by European decision makers.
- Health Canada - The federal
department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and
improve their health, Health Canada also monitors health and safety
risks related to the sale and use of chemicals, pesticides, and certain
consumer products and conducts environmental health assessments.
- International Water and Sanitation
Centre - News and information, advice, research and training,
on low-cost water supply and sanitation in developing countries.
- International Water Association
(IWA) - IWA is an international professional membership association,
publisher and conference organizer dealing with all aspects of water
and wastewater treatment and water quality management.
- International Water Resources
Association (IWRA) - IWRA has strived to improve water management
worldwide through dialogue, education, and research, and promoted
the sustainable management of water resources around the globe. IWRA
seeks to improve water resource outcomes by improving our collective
understanding of the physical, biological, chemical, institutional,
and socioeconomic aspects of water.
- Programa Hidrològico
Internacional (PHI) (en Español) - International Water
Program - News, information, and publications related to water resources,
including a list of other links. In Spanish (translate).
- Western Canada Water and Wastewater Association - WCWWA is a Western Canadian, non-profit regional association dedicated to the education, training, and networking of its members in order to aid them in providing exceptional environmental services to the Community.
