Databases and online subscription resources
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California Non-Governmental Organizations custom search engine is a specialty compilation of Web sites from non-profits, community based organizations (CBOs), policy institutes, research centers, and think tanks conducting and publishing research on issues of concern to the state of California.
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Kanopy Streaming Videos offer a number of films related to water, wastewater and environmental pollution. Titles include The Green Economy: Water Systems, Green Careers: Water Management, and Tales Of The San Joaquin: A River Restored. Other films cover climate change, history of water management, and related topics. Use the searchbox on the Kanopy site to help locate films of interest.
[Norwich, N.Y.] : Knovel, 2003-
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Remote access to electronic text (PDF) and tables (HTML). Some tables are interactive. Good coverage of handbooks and and basic texts for water and wastewater topics.
[Stanford, Calif.] : [Stanford University Library and Information Services, Jonsson Library of Government Documents]
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A Google custom search engine of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) websites. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
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Over 250 titles covering Drinking Water, Ground Water, Hydrology and Hydrogeology, Wetlands and more.
[London, England] : IWA Publishing, 2002-
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Downloadable books, research reports, research papers and conference proceedings covering water, wastewater and related environmental topics from WERF (Water Environment Research Federation), IWA Press (International Water Association), STOWA Foundation and KIWA. 2002 to present.
[S.l.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, [199-]-
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Technical and scientific literature covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Use the check box to narrow to peer reviews sources only. 1967-current.
Internet resources for water research
United States information
Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting public health, maintains the Ashtracker database of groundwater contamination from coal power plant waste. The database contains 39,080 groundwater quality readings at 1,010 monitoring wells near 30 ash waste sites in 16 states from Florida to North Dakota. It allow people to access detailed information about groundwater contamination near areas used to dispose of ash, scrubber sludge or other wastes from coal burning power plants.
A decade-long series of lectures hosted by Water Resources Collections and Archives at UC Berkeley covering many topics ranging from ancient climates to invasive species. Lectures are posted to YouTube and last about 1.5 hours each. This webpage also offers access to some additional materials, such as slide sets, where they are available.
Features an interactive map that allows viewing of water quality data taken from more than 450 sites throughout Colorado, also has GIS downloadable date.
Describes the location, extent, and geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the important aquifers of the U.S.
Access to monographs and reports about water, focusing on publications of the governments of the Hawaiian kingdom (though 1893), republic (1894-1898), as well as the state and counties of Hawaii.
Shows data for the water wells in Hawai‘i (e.g. name, location, type, and depth) via an interactive map, with downloadable water well files.
Streamflow Data Set for the study of climate fluctuations, covering 1874-1988. 1,659 sites throughout United States and its Territories are included.
Devoted to developing measures to reduce vulnerability to drought. Based at the University of Nebraska.
Searchable clearinghouse of environmental monitoring methods. Contains summaries of lab and field protocols for regulatory and non-regulatory water quality analysis. Helps compare and contrast the performance and relative cost of analytical and field methods for environmental monitoring.
A Water Resources Research Institute is located in each state and territory of the U.S. The Guam Institute also serves the Federated States of Micronesia.
Water supply forecasts by state and river basin, precipitation reports, reservoir reports, information from the Western Regional Climate Data Center, reports on snowpack, etc.
Graphical summaries of nutrients and sediment levels in rivers and streams across the Nation. The online tool can be used to compare recent water-quality conditions to long-term conditions (1993-2014) and download water-quality datasets (streamflow, concentrations, and loads).
Produced waters are those volumes of water that are typically recovered during oil and gas exploration, development, or production. This database has more than 100,000 new samples with spatial coverage from both conventional and unconventional oil and gas development
The portal provides easy access to valuable long-term data sets that can be useful in assessing how landscape modifications are affecting sediment transport in streams and rivers. Sediment data and ancillary data on streamflow condition, sediment grain size, sampling method, and landscape condition are also available for download within the portal.
Information needed to understand U.S. water resources. Provides access to water data, publications, and maps, as well as to recent water projects and events from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Resources from the Environmental Protection Agency related to pollution and water in the United States.
This branch of the National Academies produces reports such as: Water Reuse: Potential for Expanding the Nation's Water Supply through Reuse of Municipal Wastewater and Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta. Most have free pdf or read online versions.
Documents (including legal transcripts, water project records, videos, personal papers, etc.) about the Columbia, Colorado, Platte, and Rio Grande river basins. You can perform advanced searches, or browse through the available materials. The signature collections are a real find. Visitors can look over: "Native American Water Rights in Arizona" and "Las Vegas: Water in the West", among others.
International information
Digital repository covering the natural marine, estuarine/brackish, and fresh water environments. Includes all aspects of the science, technology, management and conservation of these environments, their organisms and resources, and the economic, sociological and legal aspects.
A division of the World Meteorological Organization concerned with the assessment of the quantity and quality of water resources, both surface and groundwater.
This member oriented site does offer some free case studies, briefings and reports.
Oregon State University Libraries present multi- and interdisciplinary documents, books, data, journal and newspaper articles that are devoted solely to water in the Middle East.
A central portal of all UNESCO water initiatives, includes news and publications.
Source for the United Nations World Water Development Report, released every three years in conjunction with the World Water Forum. The UN’s flagship report on water.
This Google Search takes you to over 500 research reports on water treatment, water and health, water use and conservation in the Public Report Library of the Water Research Foundation. Access from their website is dire, but this search seems to work well. Add additional keywords to the search box before the word "site" in the results list to focus it more tightly.
Health topics relating to water in the global arena.
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