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Arsenic in Groundwater

• National Atlas - http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifers", then Arsenic

Climatological Data

• National Weather and Climate Center - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ 

Dams

• National Atlast - http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifers", then Dams
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/dams/index.html

Drought

• USGS Drought Watch - links to State Data - http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/?m=dryw&w=map&r=us

Fisheries

• National Park Service - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/fisheries.cfm

Floods and High Flow

• USGS Water Watch - http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/?m=flood&w=map&r=us

Glaciers

• USGS Benchmark Glaciers Page - http://ak.water.usgs.gov/glaciology/ - monitors climate, glacier geometry, glacier mass balance, glacier motion, and stream runoff

Groundwater

• Arsenic in groundwater - National Atlas - http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water", then "Acquifers", then "Aresnic"
• Groundwater - EPA Page - http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/wategroundwater.html
• Groundwater Primer - EPA - http://www.epa.gov/seahome/gwprimer.html
• Maps - Groundwater - National Atlas - http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifer", then "Groundwater"
• National Water Information System - Groundwater -  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/gw
• USGS Groundwater Information Page - http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/

Hydrologic Units - See Watersheds

Hydraulics and Hydrology

• Hydrology and Watersheds – National Park Service - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/hydrology.cfm
• Natural Resources Conservation Service Page - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/hydro/

Irrigation

• General - NRCS Main Irrigation Page - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nrcsirrig/
• Statewide Irrigation Water Conservation Resource Concerns - http://www.ok.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/stwide07/Irrigation07.html
• Maps - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/irrigation.html - includes maps of acres of irrigated land, changes in percentages over time, etc.

Laws and Legislation (Water)

• Farm Bill - Conservation Provisions - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/index.html
• Irrigation - Statewide Irrigation Water Conservation Resource Concerns - http://www.ok.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/stwide07/Irrigation07.html
• Water – Federal Laws – National Park Service - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/laws.cfm
• Wetlands - http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/laws/

Maps

• Acquifers - National Atlas - http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifers"
• Floods - USGS Water Watch - http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/?m=flood&w=map&r=us
• Irrigation - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/irrigation.html - includes maps of acres of irrigated land, changes in percentages over time, etc.
• Precipitation - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/prism.html
• Precipitation Coverages - Contiguous US, Regional, and State - http://www.ncgc.nrcs.usda.gov/products/datasets/climate/data/
• Water (General) - The National Atlas - http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - maps the following topics: Aquifers, Arsenic in Groundwater, Dams, Groundwater, Hydrologic Units(Watersheds), Surface Water, Stream Flow, Streams and Waterbodies, and Water Use
• Water Supply - Forecasts - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/wsf.html - Reports, maps, graphs, and information on how to interpret streamflow forecasts.
• Wetlands Mapper - http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov/NWI/index.html

Oceans

• Marine Resources Conservation Program - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/marine.cfm

Precipitation

• http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/prism.html
• http://www.ncgc.nrcs.usda.gov/products/datasets/climate/data/

Reclamation Projects

• http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/projects/index.html

Reservoirs

• Reports and Graphs (includes links to information by State) - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/wsf-reservoir.html

Rivers – See Streams

Salinity

• NRCS Salinity Page - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/salinity/

Snow, Snowpack

• Snow Survey -  NRCS Snow Survey & Water Supply Forecasting Programs - State Information for Western States - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/links_wsfs.html
• Snowpack Reports -  http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snowcourse/snow_rpt.html

State and Regional Water Information (most water resource information is regional in nature, but here are a few links that will get you directly to state and regional information)

• Dams – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation  - http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/state_dams.html
• Drought Watch - links to State Data - http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/?m=dryw&w=map&r=us
• Groundwater - NWIS - USGS -  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/gw
• Precipitation - http://www.ncgc.nrcs.usda.gov/products/datasets/climate/data/
• Reclamation Projects - http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/projects/index.html
• Reservoirs - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/reservoir/resv_rpt.html
• Rivers - http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/
• Snow - Snow Survey & Water Supply Forecasting Programs- Western States  - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/links_wsfs.html
• Snowpack Reports -  http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snowcourse/snow_rpt.html
• Surface Water - NWIS- USGS  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/sw
• Water Management Contacts in States (NRCS) http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nrcsirrig/irrig-contacts.html

Streams – Streamflow - Rivers

• Forecasts - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/wsf.html - Reports, maps, graphs, and information on how to interpret streamflow forecasts.
• Maps - National Atlas -  http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifer" then Streamflow
• National Wild and Scenic Rivers - http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/portals/rivers/index.htm
• Rivers Inventory - http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/nri/

Students - Water Information For...

• Groundwater Primer - EPA - http://www.epa.gov/seahome/gwprimer.html
• Living in Harmony with the Wetlands - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/highlights/wetlands/
• Water – National Park Service – Students and Teachers - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/interp.cfm
• Water – USGS Information for Students and Teachers - http://water.usgs.gov/education.html
• Wetlands - http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/education/

Surface Water

• Maps - National Atlas -  http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifer" then 'Surface Water"
• National Water Information System - USGS - Surface Water - http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/sw
• Surface Water Supply Indexes - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/swsi.html
• USGS Surface Water links - http://water.usgs.gov/osw/

Water 2025 - U.S. Department of the Interior – Management of Water in the West - http://www.doi.gov/initiatives/water2025.html

Water Rights

• U.S. Park Service - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/flow.cfm

Water Use

• Maps - National Atlas - http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - National Atlas - click on "Water" then "Acquifer" then "Water Use"
• Water Use Data Available from USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/wudata.html
• Water Use in the United States USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/watuse/
• See Water 2025

Watersupply

• Forecasts - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/wsf.html - Reports, maps, graphs, and information on how to interpret streamflow forecasts
• Maps - National Atlas -  http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifer" then "Water Supply"

Watersheds

• Hydrology and Watersheds – National Park Service - http://www.nature.nps.gov/water/hydrology.cfm
• Maps - National Atlas -  http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp - click on "Water" then "Acquifer" then Hydrologic Unit (Watersheds)
• Surf Your Watershed - EPA - http://www.epa.gov/surf/

Wetlands

• EPA Wetlands Page - http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/
• Living in Harmony with the Wetlands (Students) - background information for
  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/highlights/wetlands/
• National Wetlands Inventory - http://www.fws.gov/nwi/
• NRCS Wetlands and Drainage Page - http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wetdrain/

Wild and Scenic Rivers, See Streams