WATER-RELATED INTERNET SITES

Best Management Practices

Best Management Practices to Protect Water Quality by the North American Lake Management Society, http://www.nalms.org/bclss/urban.html

Chemical and Physical Properties of Water

Limnology: Introduction to the Freshwater Environment by LaMotte Chemical Products Co., (see printed references)

USGS Chemistry and Water, http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/qachemical.html

Conservation Programs and Easement Information

American Farmland Trust, http://www.farmland.org/

Agricultural Easements, http://www.farmlandinfo.org/fic/tas/tafs-ace.html

Conservation Easement Factsheet by Ohio State University, http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/1261.html

Conservation Easement Pros and Cons by US Fish and Wildlife Service, http://www.r6.fws.gov/pfw/r6pfw8b.htm

Tax Laws, http://www.ext.vt.edu/news/periodicals/fmu/1998-02/easement.html

USDA Conservation Reserve Program, http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/crp.htm

USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program, http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/eqip.htm

USDA Forestry Incentives Program, http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/fip.htm

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Programs. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/

USDA Wetlands Reserve Program, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp/

USDA Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/

Competing Uses of Water
A Guide to Developing Local Watershed Action Plans in Ohio by Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water (see printed references)

Living Lightly on the Planet by Schlitz Audubon Society, (see printed references)

Drinking Water

EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/

Water Quality Topics, http://www.awwa.org/

Erosion Control

Erosion Control Factsheets by the Stormwater Center, http://www.stormwatercenter.net/intro_category.htm

Model Ordinances for Erosion and Sediment Control by US EPA, http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/ordinance/erosion.htm

Fish Information

Fish Information , http://www.fishscales.com

Fishes of Ohio Scenic Rivers, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/dnap/rivfish/rivfish.html

Freshwater Aquarium Information , http://www.freshaquarium.about.com/

Freshwater Fish Aquarium Information , http://www.e-aquaria.com

Golden Guide to Fish by George Reid, (see printed references)

Natural Aquariums, set ups, fish, plants, and marcoinvertebrates, www.naturalaquariums.com

North American Freshwater Fishes Index Images, Maps, and Information, http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/fish/tnhc/na/naindex.html

Ohio History Central – Fish, http://www.ohiokids.org/ohc/nature/animals/fish

Tanks set ups, books, tips, resources, www.aquahobby.com

Flooding and Floodplain Management

Association of State Floodplain Managers, www.floods.org`

FEMA Flood Prevention and Protection website for consumers, http://www.fema.gov/nfip/floodprev.htm

FEMA National Flood Insurance Protection website , www.FEMA.gov/nfip/

FEMA Stormwatch homepage, http://www.fema.gov/fema/wsuc.htm

Flood Education list of links, http://www.dkdist12.org/webpage8.htm

Frog Information

Canadian Frog Watch Program ,http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/select_province.html

Golden Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians by George Reid, (see printed references)

Frogs Forever , http://www.nwf.org/frogs/

Frogwatch USA , http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/frogwatch/

Frogweb, http://www.frogweb.gov/

Natural History of Frogs and Toads of Ohio, http://www.cmnh.org/research/vertzoo/frogs/frogs.html

North American Amphibian Monitoring Program, http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/amphibs/

North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations, http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam

Glossaries

Water on the Web: http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/under/glossary.html

Groundwater

Citizen’s Guide to Groundwater Protection, EPA, April 1990 (440/6-90-004), (see printed references)

EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/

Groundwater Foundation, http://www.groundwater.org/

Identification of Common Aquatic Organism

Aquatic Entomology by W. Patrick McCafferty (see printed references)

A Golden Guide to Fish, A Golden Guide to Insects, A Golden Guide to Pond Life, and A Golden Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians by Western Publishing Company Inc. (see printed references)

Monitor’s Guide to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates by Lorne Larkin Kellogg, Save Our Streams (see printed references)

Pond Watchers: Guide to Ponds and Vernal Pools of Eastern North America, Massachusetts Audubon Society (see printed references)

Invasive Plant and Animal Species Common to Ohio

Biodiversity in Ohio, http://www-obs.biosci.ohio-state.edu/biodiv.html

Factsheets for Aquatic Plant Invasive FS4 Purple Loostrife, FS5 Common Reed Grass, FS6 Reed Canary Grass, FS11 Narrow Leaf/Hybrid Cattail, FS12 Eurasian Water Milfoil, FS18 Lesser Niad and Curley Pondweed, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/dnap/non_native/fact_sheets.htm

Invasive Plants of Ohio, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/dnap/default.htm

Lake and Pond Information

Golden Guide to Pond Life by George Reid, (see printed references)

National Wildlife Federation , http://www.nwf.org/water/

North American Lake Management Society: http://www.nalms.org/glossary/glossary.htm

Pond Site Chemistry, http://www.vcnet.com/koi_net/H2Oquality.html

Macroinvertebrate Information

Aquatic Entomology by W. Patrick McCafferty (see printed references)

Monitor’s Guide to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates by Lorne Larkin Kellogg (see printed references)

Maps

Hamilton County, OH CAGIS Internet map server, http://cagis.hamilton-co.org/map/cagis.htm

LANDSAT 7 Ohio Satellite images , http://dmc.ohiolink.edu/GEO/LS7/

Mapblast, www.mapblast.com

TerraServer website – topographic maps and aerial photos – Use Advanced Find feature to locate area of interest, http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp

Topographic Map Symbols brochure by US Department of the Interior US Geological Survey (see printed references)

Topozone, www.topozone.com

Monitoring Equipment and Supplies

AA Outfitters suppliers, http://www2.gorp.com/aa_pro/

Ben Meadows Company, www.benmeadows.com

Carolina Biological Supply Company , www.carolina.com/

Chemetrics Company, www.chemetrics.com/

Coliscan Easygel information , http://www.micrologylabs.com/

GREEN Catalog, www.igc.org

GREEN program with access to GREEN’s water monitoring equipment and supplies catalog, www.earthforce.org

Hach Company website, www.hach.com

LaMotte Company website, www.lamotte.com

Millipore Company website, www.millipore.com

Point and Nonpoint Source Pollution

Nonpoint Source Factsheets, www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/facts/

Nonpoint Source Pollution, www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/mmgi/chapter6/indes.html

Nonpoint Source Pollution Household/Home Site by Maryland Department of the Environment, http://www.mde.state.md.us/was/envirothon.pdf

What is NPS Pollution? By USEPA Office of Water (various pages): http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/whatis.html

Public Health Information

Drinking Water and Public Health, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwhealth.html

Environmental Health and Safety Resources, http://wayne-health.org/wcenvhlth.html

Medline Plus Environmental Health, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html

Nation Library of Medicine TOXNET, http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Riparian Zone Information

Riparian Zone Information , http://www.nanfa.org/education/carillio/riparian.htm

Riparian Zone Information, http://octopus.gma.org/streams/edge.html

Septic Systems

Decentralized Sewage Treatment Options (septic tanks and alternatives), http://www.extension.umn.edu/listing.html?topic=3&subcat=110

Homeowner’s Manual for Septic Systems, http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq/septicmn.htm

Understanding Your Septic System, http://www.extension.unr.edu/WaterQual/septic.html

Stormwater and Phase II Regulations

EPA Stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP), http://www.epa.gov/ost/stormwater/Database

Natural Resources Defense Council Stormwater Strategies Document, http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/storm/stoinx.asp

Stormwater information website, http://www.stormwatercenter.net/

Stormwater Magazine website, http://www.forester.net/sw.html

Urban Stormwater management, http://h2osparc.wq.ncsu.edu/wetland/aqlife/urbstorm.html

Urban Stormwater Management Manual (Example), http://www.alalm.org/Stormwater%20Phase%20II%20Manual.pdf

USEPA Office of Water Storm Water page, http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/watestormwater.html

USEPA Phase II Storm Water Regulations, http://cfpub1.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/swphase2.cfm?program_id=6

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Information

Ohio EPA TMDL program/information, http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/index.html

USEPA Introduction to TMDLs , http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/intro.html

USDA TMDL information , http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/TMDL.html

USEPA National TMDL Program page – can look up watersheds with TMDLs and listed impairments , http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/

USEPA Nonpoint Source Pollution information, http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/

Wastewater Treatment

Be In the Know – Go With the Flow by Water Environment Federation, http://www.wef.org/publicinfo/#

Nature's Way - How Wastewater Treatment Works for You by Water Environment Federation, http://www.wef.org/PublicInfo/FactSheets/naturesway.jhtml

Water Conservation

EPA Cleaner Water Through Conservation, http://www.epa.gov/ow/you/intro.html

Water Conservation by American Waterworks Association, www.waterwiser.org/wtruse

Water Monitoring
Bioassessment and biocriteria basics by USEPA Office of Water: http://www.epa.gov/ost/biocriteria/basics/

Environmental Defense Fund: Results of Professional Water Quality Monitoring Programs for Ohio Rivers and Streams by zip code, http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/water/

A Guide to the Study of Freshwater Biology by James and Paul Needham, (see printed references)

Ohio Scenic Rivers Water Quality Monitoring Project, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/odnr/dnap/monitor/sqm.html

A Study of Water Quality by LaMotte Chemical Products Co. (see printed references)

US EPA Surf Your Watershed Program, http://www.epa.gov/surf/

US EPA Office of Water Volunteer Water Monitoring site, http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/ Volunteer Monitor Newsletter including back issues, http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/volunteer/vm_index.html

Water Quality

A Study of Water Quality, The Monitors Handbook and Limnology: Introduction to the Freshwater Environment, http://www.lamotte.com/WEB-SITE/ENV/HOME-ENV.HTM

Water Quality Laws
Clean Water Act, www.epa.gov/epahome

Drinking Water, www.awwa.org

A Guide to Developing Local Watershed Action Plans in Ohio by OhioEPA Division of Surface Water (see printed references)

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/water/

Watershed Planning and Restoration

Comprehensive river and stream information links, http://pw1.netcom.com/~cristi/link.htm

National Watershed Manual by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/watershed/wsm/

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Small Watershed Assistance Program, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/watershed/

Watershed Information Site, http://madras.fnr.umass.edu/wis/education.html

Watershed Weekly website, http://www.greenworks.tv/watershed_weekly/index.htm

Weather Links

Interactive Weather Information Network ----By the National Weather Service, http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html

UNISYS Weather website, http://weather.unisys.com/

United States Flood Threat Map , http://www.earthsat.com/wx/flooding/floodthreat.html

The Weather Channel, www.weather.com

Weather Site dot.com , http://www.weathersite.com/

Wells

Drinking Water From Wells, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/consumer/wells/household_wells.pdf

Private Drinking Water Wells, http://www.epa.gov/safewater/pwells1.html

Water Wells/Drinking Water/Ground Water Protection, http://wayne-health.org/wc_water_wells.html

Wetlands
USGS The Fragile Fringe, http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/ff_index.html

“Wetlands, National Audubon Society Nature Guide, (see printed references)

PRINTED REFERENCES (alphabetical)

Citizen’s Guide to Groundwater Protection, EPA, April 1990 (440/6-90-004, Office of Water and Groundwater and the Rural Homeowner, US Department of the Interior/ US Geological Survey, Branch of Distribution, PO Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225

McCafferty, W. Patrick, Aquatic Entomology; James & Bartlett Publishing, 0-86720-017-0. (Identified in 1998)

Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring, 11^th Edition, by Mark K. Mitchell and William B. Stapp, ISBN 0-7872-3730-2, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 4050 Westmark Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52002, (319) 519-8000, 1996, 1997 or EarthForce Catalog – www.earthforce.org/catalog

A Golden Guide to Fish, Western Publishing Company Inc, New York, New York, (local bookstores)

A Golden Guide to Insects, Western Publishing Company Inc, New York, New York, 1987. (local bookstores)

A Golden Guide to Pond Life, Golden Press, Western Publishing Company Inc, New York, New York, (local bookstores)

A Golden Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians, Western Publishing Company Inc, New York, New York, 1987. (local bookstores)

A Guide to Developing Local Watershed Action Plans in Ohio by Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water, Columbus, Ohio, June 1997..

A Guide to the Study of Freshwater Biology by Needham, James and Paul Needham, Holden-Day, Inc., San Francisco, California, 1962, (local libraries).

Limnology: Introduction to the Freshwater Environment, by LaMotte Chemical Products Co., PO Box 329 Chestertown, MD 21620, http://www.lamotte.com/WEB-SITE/ENV/HOME-ENV.HTM

Living Lightly on the Planet by Schlitz Audubon Society, 1111 East Brown Deer Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53217

The Monitors Handbook, by LaMotte Chemical Products Co., PO Box 329 Chestertown, MD 21620, http://www.lamotte.com/WEB-SITE/ENV/HOME-ENV.HTM

Monitor’s Guide to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates by Lorne Larkin Kellogg, Save Our Streams, 1994. Izaak Walton League of America, 707 Conservation Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-2983, (800) BUG-IWLA, 1994. 707 Conservation Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, Phone: (301) 548-0150, Toll-Free: (800) IKE-LINE (453-5463), Fax: (301) 548-0146, E-Mail: general@iwla.org

Pond Watchers: Guide to Ponds and Vernal Pools of Eastern North America, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773, ISBN 0-932691-14-5, no date. (available at Cincinnati Nature Center)

A Study of Water Quality by LaMotte Chemical Products Co., PO Box 329 Chestertown, MD 21620, http://www.lamotte.com/WEB-SITE/ENV/HOME-ENV.HTM

Topographic Map Symbols, brochure, US Department of the Interior US Geological Survey, 1-888-ASK-USGS.

Wetlands, National Audubon Society Nature Guide (local bookstores)