| Water
Quality Standards, Measurement, and Data |
| US
EPA Water Science Program - provides analytical methods,
water quality standards, models and assessments. |
| American
Institute of Hydrology - establishes standards and procedures
to certify individuals qualified in surface-water, groundwater,
and water-quality hydrology. |
| Hydrology
Forum - mailing list that aims to provide a forum for discussion
of scientific research in all aspects of Hydrology. Exchange
of ideas and experiences regarding use and application of hydrological
softwares are also welcome. |
| UNEP
Global Environment Monitoring System - Water - provides
authoritative, scientifically-sound information on the state
and trends of global inland water quality required as a basis
for the sustainable management of the world's freshwater to
support global environmental assessments and decision- making
processes. |
| UNESCO's
International Hydrological Programme (IHP) - intergovernmental
scientific cooperative programme in water resources, is a vehicle
through which Member States can upgrade their knowledge of the
water cycle and thereby increase their capacity to better manage
and develop their water resources. |
| World
Health Organization - Water, Sanitation and Health - provides
guidelines and training on water quality standards and assessment.
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| World
Meteorological Organization - Hydrology and Water Resources
Programme (HWRP) - concentrates on the measurement of basic
hydrological elements from networks of hydrological and meteorological
stations; the collection, processing, storage, retrieval and
publication of hydrological data, including data on the quantity
and quality of both surface water and groundwater; the provision
of such data and related information for use in planning and
operating water resources projects; and the installation and
operation of hydrological forecasting systems. |
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| Point
Source Water Pollution |
| USEPA
- Waste Water Effluent Guidelines - national standards for
wastewater discharges to surface waters and publicly owned treatment
works (municipal sewage treatment plants). The standards are
technology-based (i.e. they are based on the performance of
treatment and control technologies); they are not based on risk
or impacts upon receiving waters. See also EPA's
Effluent Trading program. |
| Australian
Waters and Rivers Commission - Water Protection Guidelines
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| UN
FAO - Wastewater Use and Treatment in Agriculture - a guide
to the use of treated effluent for irrigation and aquaculture. |
| World
Bank - Pollution Management - information on pollution prevention
and abatement publications and bank projects. |
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| Non-Point
Source Water Pollution |
| USEPA
- Non-point Source Program |
| UN
FAO - Management of Agricultural Drainage Water Quality
- guide to mitigating the damage caused by disposal of low quality
drainage effluent to water bodies. |
| UN
FAO - Control of Water Pollution from Agriculture - delineates
the nature and consequences of agricultural impacts on water
quality, and to provide a framework for practical measures to
be undertaken by relevant professionals and decision-makers
to control water pollution. |
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| Groundwater |
| US
EPA Groundwater & Drinking Water Program - regulates
drinking water standards, public drinking water systems, drinking
water data & databases, source water protection and underground
injection. |
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| Transboundary
Water Pollution |
| Convention
of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and
International Lakes - UNECE convention with protocols on
water & health and civil liability & compensation for
damages. Also overseas the International Water Assessment Center
(IWAC). |
