Tap Water Resources

Water Resources

• USGS Water Resources -- U.S. information including real time data
• USGS Water Resources for NJ -- Great real time river data for NJ watersheds
• USGS Water Science for Schools
• EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
• Surf Your Watershed
• Safe Drinking Water Information -- Find out if your local water utility is meeting EPA standards for safe drinking water
• Water Utility Homepages
• Conservation/Water Related Web Links
• Watershed Education Resources on the Internet
• The SOS Macroinvertebrate Key
• National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
• Yahoo Watershed References
• EPA Acid Rain Program
• USGS Tracks Acid Rain
• USGS pH Map of the United States (near real time data)
• pH Factor -- Activities for the classroom
• Acid Rain Hotlist -- Lesson plans and resources
• Acid Rain Frequency Asked Questions
• Acid Rain Background Information
• FloodCast -- Flood forecast maps
• NWS Office of Hydrology -- Current and historical hydrologic conditions

Suburban Water Testing Lab -- Testing Drinking Water

• Environmental Protection Agency -- Great info and lesson plans for air, water, solid and hazardous waste, radiation, pesticides and many other topics. Also can do a search by zip code to find environmental conditions in your community.
• NJ Department of Environmental Protection -- Terrific site for local information
• USGS Earthshots -- Satellite Images of Environmental Change
• USGS Information on the Environment
• Scorecard -- Find out about pollutants being released in your community
• Building Environmental Education Solutions (Bees) -- Environmental activities for the classroom
• Earth Day Network
• Environmental news network -- Daily environmental news items; helpful for lesson ideas
• Earth Island Institute -- Resources for environmental action
• Natural Resources Defense Council -- Environmental issues addressed
• Sierra Club -- Lots of links for environmental education
• Environmental Defense Fund -- Great links available; lots of info.
• Living on Earth; radio program -- In-depth environmental programming
• Environment Scavenger Hunt -- Site familiarization fun

Directories for Environmental Resources

• Environmental Organization Web Directory -- Incredible directory of links for environmental science education
• World Resources Institute -- Info and links for many environmental science topics
• Energy and the Environment Resources -- Great environmental science links
• EE-Link -- Resources for environmental education

EnviroLink -- On-line environmental resources
 
 
 
 

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