| U.S. Geological Survey Many databases lead to U.S. Geological Survey information.
Research being performed throughout the country has led to publications
being mounted on servers throughout the country as well. Until
recently there has not been single approach to make U.S. Geological
Survey information available from a portal. This will hopefully
change as more content is brought into the Publications Warehouse.
- Publications Warehouse
Home Page - U.S. Geological Survey's new portal database to be able
to connect to the Surveys reports and thematic maps. Currently
accesses over 60,000 items, but less than a third available full-text
online. The citation information is very brief. Use the
contents page for a break down of the information available.
Advanced search allows one to search for online documents only.
- Other useful pages include:
- Mapping Information
- National
Geologic Map Database - A USGS database "for
maps and related data about:
geology, hazards, earth resources,
geophysics, geochemistry,
geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology."
Results separated by scale.
- FEMA
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| Depending on the type of water information you are looking for you
might find it from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and/or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
National Ocean Service . U.S. Geological Survey
Water-related series provide information on:
- water discharge and water quality of streams
- water quality of lakes and reservoirs
- water levels and water quality of wells and springs
- meteorological data
- methods and techniques used in collecting, analyzing, and
processing hydrologic data
- results of hydrologic investigations
- hydrology or geohydrology in map format
Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA's Browse Topics
- Water - Broadest level of EPA's water topic. Has
descriptive sub-topics located at the bottom of page. Make sure
that you also examine the recommended EPA web pages as some of
the sites linked from those pages are not found in the sub-topics pages.
- Surf Your Watershed -
Information about watershed including links to USGS and information that
they have that is relevant.
- EPA's Office of Water -
Towards the end of the webpage, there is a listing of 5 water
topics. There are many access points to the pages linked from
these topics, but this page is a fairly complete listing of EPA
water related research.
- Water laws, regulations, policy, guidance and legislation includes information on the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries acts.
- Other important links include:
Publications,
Databases and Software,
and Test Methods
and Models
- Each of these has unique water-related sources and databases,
although there is a lot of duplication. The publications link
in particular does not allow one to access all of the publications
that are available on the EPA website. Since so many EPA
Offices and Programs create publications that don't always get to
the databases listed under Publications, it is always useful to
examine the
Alphabetical Listing of Projects and Programs for additional
publications.
Water-related information provided on:
- drinking water
- ground water
- storm water
- surface water
- wastewater
- water pollution
- water quality
- aquatic ecosystems
- protects watersheds and sources of drinking water
- enforces federal clean water and safe drinking water acts
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Hydrologic Engineering
Center - Provides expertise in "technical
areas of surface and groundwater hydrology, river hydraulics and
sediment transport, hydrologic statistics and risk analysis,
reservoir system analysis, planning analysis, real-time water
control management and a number of other closely associated
technical subjects."
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
- NOAA
Ocean Service - "Responsible
for the observation, measurement, assessment and management of the
nation's vast coastal and ocean areas."
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