EDU 247: Science for Elementary Educators II: Water Organizations

The Environmental Protection Agency's website on water issues.

The homepage for the collaborative effort between the USGS and the EPA to offer data on water quality in the U.S.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's website on water.

As part of the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, the NWCC is responsible for producing and disseminating accurate and reliable water supply forecasts and other climatic data to its wide variety of users.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects information needed to understand the Nation's water resources, and provides access to water data, publications, and maps, as well as to recent water projects and events.

Part of the USDA's National Agriculture Library, the WQIC provides information on water quality and agriculture.

Free public access to digital collections of significant primary and secondary resources on water in the western United States.

From the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

ICIWaRM is closely engaged with UNESCO's Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and is focused on applying science and engineering to water challenges of importance to IHP and its partners.

From their website: "IWRA is a non-profit, non-governmental, international member based Association established in 1971. It provides a global, knowledge and research based forum working at the interface of science and policy for the sustainable use and management of the world’s water resources."

UN-Water coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation.

In addition to a section on water and health, WHO also provides data and statistics useful for researching international health topics.