Categorized Links Related to Water Quality in Agroecosystems

• Agencies and Organizations

  • Government Agencies

    • USDA CSREES National Water Quality Program
    • Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water
    • Environmental Protection Agency Region VII Office
    • Conservation Reserve Program (USDA Farm Service Agency)
    • USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
    • US Geological Survey Bureau
    • Iowa Department of Natural Resources
    • Kansas Department of Health and Environment
    • Missouri Department of Natural Resources
    • Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
    
    

  • Colleges/Universities

    • University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
    • Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
    
    

  • Other/Non-Profit Organizations

    • Winrock International   (water information)
    
    

  • Industry & Professional Organizations

    • American Water Works Association
    • American Water Resources Association
    • International Bottled Water Association

• Topics

  • Agricultural Best Management Practices

    • USDA Water Quality Information Center
    • Water Quality - A Report of Progress (USDA Agricultural Research Service)
    
    

  • Ambient Water

    • National Water Quality Inventory (US EPA)
    • Hydrologic Benchmark Network (USGS)
    • National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN, USGS)
    • National Analysis of Trace Elements (USGS)
    • National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA, USGS)
    • Mapping arsenic in groundwater (USGS)
    
    

  • Bottled Water

    • International Bottled Water Association 2000 Consumer Usage Survey
    • US Bottled Water Market Per Capita Consumption By Region
    • A Technical Analysis of the NRDC Report on Bottled Water
    • Bottled Water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype? (Natural Resources Defense Council)
    
    

  • Demonstration Projects

    • Watershed Protection Programs (US EPA Region 2)
    
    

  • Drinking Water

    • Reports and Overviews

      • Drinking Water Quality Reports: Consumer Confidence (State & Federal)
      • Consumer Confidence Reports (For many individual communities in Iowa)
      • 25 Years of the Safe Drinking Water Act: History and Trends
      
      

    • Standards, Contaminants (MCLs), and Occurrence

      • Recommendations for Clean and Safe Water in the 21st Century
      • National Sanitation Foundation Drinking Water Systems Center
      • Contaminants Regulated Under the Safe Drinking Water Act
      • National Primary Drinking Water Standards
      • Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List
      • A Review of Contaminant Occurrence in Public Water Systems
      • Arsenic Occurrence in Public Drinking Water Supplies
      • Toxics on Tap
      
      

    • Implementation and Analytical Methods

      • Implementation Guidance for Radionuclides
      • Analytical Methods Approved for Drinking Water Compliance Monitoring Listed by Contaminant
      
      

    • Economics of Drinking Water

      • How Much Does It Cost to Treat and Deliver My Drinking Water?
      • Fact Sheet: 1999 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey
      • Reinvesting in Drinking Water Infrastructure: Dawn of the Replacement Era
      • Clean Safe Water for the 21st Century: A Renewed National Commitment to Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
      • Arsenic in Drinking Water Rule Economic Analysis
      • Water Infrastructure: Information on Federal and State Financial Assistance
      
      

    • Small Water Systems

      • Small System Compliance Technology List for the Surface Water Treatment Rule and Total Coliform Rule
      • Report to Congress: Small Systems Arsenic Implementation Issues
      • Arsenic in Drinking Water Rule Economic Analysis
  
  

  • Educational Materials

  • Environmental Databases

  • Geographic Information Systems/Science (GIS)

    • Dr. David Maidment, Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin
    • Dr. David Tarboton, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University
    • Clary-Meuser Research Network
    • Mudsprings Geographers, Inc.
    
    

  • Law/Policy

    • Overviews of Federal Statutes, from Congressional Research Service

      • Clean Water Act
      • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
      • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
      • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
      • Solid Waste Disposal Act/Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (SWDA/RCRA)
      • Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
      
      

    • Statutes and Regulations

      • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
      • Federal Register (FR)
      • US Code
        • Clean Water Act (CWA)
        • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
      • Iowa Code
      • Iowa Administrative Code
      
      

    • Regulatory Updates (Drinking Water)

      • American Water Works Association Government Affairs: Regulatory Update
      
      

    • Policy Analysis

      • Water Infrastructure: Information on Federal and State Financial Assistance
      • Report to Congress: Small Systems Arsenic Implementation Issues
      • Arsenic in Drinking Water Rule Economic Analysis
      • Final Guidance for incorporating environmental justice in EPA's NEPA compliance analysis
      • H.R. 3065 –Less Pollution Through Technology Act of 1997
      • Managing for Results: Measuring Program Results that are Under Limited Federal Control
      • Government Performance and Results Act
      • The Performance-Based Management Handbook; Volume One: Establishing and Maintaining a Performance-Based Management Program
      
      

    • Science

      • Statistical Methods in Water Resources
      • The Nitrogen Cycle
      • Chemical Separations: Theory and Application of Modern Chromatographic Methods
      • A History of Mass Spectrometry
      
      

    • Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)

      • General TMDL Sites

        • Environmental Management Research Center (Utah State University)
        • EPA TMDL Program
        • EPA Region VII (definitions)
        • EPA Region VII approved TMDLs
        • National Overview of TMDLs (Impaired Sites, major contaminants, etc.)
      
      

      • 303(d) Lists

        • Iowa
        • Kansas
        • Missouri
        • Nebraska
      
      

      • Methodology for determining lists of Impaired Waterbodies

        • Iowa
        • Kansas
        • Missouri
        • Nebraska (bottom of page)
      
      

      • TMDL Development Schedules

        • Iowa
        • Kansas
        • Missouri
        • Nebraska
      
      

    • Water Quality Monitoring

      • National Networks

        • National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA, USGS)
        • Hydrologic Benchmark Network (USGS)
        • National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN, USGS)
        
        

      • Region VII States

        • Iowa
        • Kansas
        • Missouri
        • Nebraska
        
        

      • Volunteer Monitoring

        • List of volunteer monitoring groups nationwide
        • Iowa (IOWATER)
        • Missouri
  
  

  • Water Reports