Online Resources & References
The categories below are organized either by source location/type (e.g., "California – Central Valley", "USEPA") or subject (e.g., "Drinking Water", "Pesticides"). Some subject areas were considered too broad and are not listed (e.g., "Stormwater" or "TMDLs"). For references to those topics, try looking under a geographical area, subject or agency/organization.
This list is oriented towards California surface water quality issues. There is very little relating to hazardous wastes, solid wastes or groundwater.
Additions and corrections are welcome! – Please contact us with suggestions!
Categories
- Atmospheric Deposition/Acid Rain
- California Water Quality
- California – Central Valley
- California – Southern
- Caltrans Stormwater
- Chemicals/Pollutants/Effects
- Drinking Water
- Environmental Education
- Green Building/Low Impact Development (LID)
- Local/Regional Agencies & Watershed Groups
- Mercury
- Monitoring/Analysis
- National (U.S.) Agencies/Organizations
- Pacific Northwest
- Pesticides
- Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Sediment Quality
- Stormwater Management/BMPs
- Surface Water Quality/Regulations
- USEPA
- Weather
Disclaimer: ARC does not guarantee the current status of any web link nor the validity or veracity of any information contained thereon; user accepts any/all associated risk.
Atmospheric Deposition/Acid Rain
- Acid Rain in Massachusetts (excellent primer on the issue; 2.67 MB pdf)
- ARM Project Final Report - UMass WRRC 2004 (3.63 MB pdf)
- Clean Air Status and Trends Network ("CASTNET")
- Mercury Deposition Network (NADP)
- NADP - NTN Operations Manual (3.17 MB pdf)
- National Atmospheric Deposition Program ("NADP")
- USEPA - Ambient Air Monitoring Program
California Water Quality
[See also Caltrans Stormwater]
- AB 982 PAG
- Ahwahnee Water Principles – LGC
- Areas of Special Biological Significance ("ASBS")
- CA Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory (DFG)
- CA Beaches – Regulations and Guidance (CA DHS)
- CA Critical Coastal Areas
- CA Department of Fish & Game
- CA Department of Health Services (DHS)
- CA Department of Pesticide Regulation Environmental Monitoring Branch
- CA Department of Water Resources (DWR)
- CA Drinking Water Laws-Regulations
- CA Education & Environment Initiative
- CA Hazardous Waste Regs - Title 22, Division 4.5
- CA Natural Resource Projects Inventory
- CA Nonpoint Source Encyclopedia (3.51 MB pdf)
- CA Ocean Plan 2005 (788 KB pdf)
- CA Ocean Resources Management Program
- CA Office of Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
- CA Solid Waste Regs - Title 27, Division 2, CCR
- CA Water Quality Standards
- CALFED Bay-Delta Program Home Page
- California Coastal Commission
- California Code of Regulations
- California NEMO Partnership (w/links to NPS/LID Fact Sheets)
- California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA)
- California Toxics Rule (CTR)
- CASQA Resource Library
- CEDEN - CA Data Exchange Network
- CIWQS – CA Integrated Water Quality System
- CWA Section 303(d) List 2002 - USEPA
- CWA Section 303(d) Listing Policy (CA)
- CWA Section 303(d) Policy Development (CA)
- CWEA - California Water Environment Association
- Drinking Water Regulations Under Development - CA DHS
- Environmental Protection Indicators ("EPIC") (CA OEHHA)
- ICEMAPS2 - UCD Information Center for the Environment
- Impaired Waters (TMDL) Guidance (CA SWRCB)
- Impaired Waters (TMDL) Policy (CA SWRCB)
- Inland Surface Waters Plan - State Implementation Policy ("SIP")
- Integrated Regional Water Management Grants
- Marshack WQ Goals tables in Excel
- Marshack WQ Goals report 2003
- OEHHA: Fish Consumption Site-Specific Advisories
- Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (SWRCB)
- Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
- PRISM Grants
- Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program ("SWAMP")
- SWRCB Home Page
- SWRCB Ocean Standards Unit
- SWRCB Statewide Water Events Calendar
- Storm Water Program (SWRCB)
- SWRCB TMDL Information
- Tri-TAC
- USEPA: CA Assessment Data (National Assess. Database)
- USGS Science In California
California – Central Valley
[See also Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta]
- Cache Creek Mercury TMDL
- Central Valley Pesticide TMDL and BPA
- Central Valley RWQCB
- CVRWQCB Adopted Orders
- CVRWQCB TMDLs and Impaired Water Bodies 303(d) List
- Delta Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos TMDL
- Delta Mercury/Methylmercury TMDL
- Delta Tributaries Mercury Council
- Diazinon in Sacramento/Feather Rivers TMDL
- Irrigated Lands Program (Ag Waiver)
- Sacramento County Urban Creeks Diazinon-Chlorpyrifos TMDL
- Sacramento River Watershed Program
- San Joaquin River DO TMDL
- San Joaquin River OP Pesticide TMDL
- SRWP Water Quality Compendium
- USGS NAWQA Data - Sacramento River Basin
California – Southern
- AWRA - SoCal Section
- Calleguas Creek Watershed Management Plan
- City of Los Angeles Stormwater Program
- Heal the Bay
- LA RWQCB - TMDLs
- Los Angeles County Stormwater NPDES Permit/Program
- Los Angeles County Ocean Water Monitoring Program
- Orange Co Watershed & Coastal Resources Div
- San Bernardino County Storm Water Program
- San Diego County Stormwater
- Santa Monica Bay – Bay Restoration Commission
- Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)
- Ventura Countywide Stormwater Quality Management Program
Caltrans Stormwater
- Caltrans Comprehensive Protocols Guidance Manual (9.66 MB pdf – includes Stormwater Quality, Particle/Sediment, Gross Solids, and Toxicity Monitoring Protocols)
- Caltrans Statewide Discharge Characterization Study Report 2003 (17.5 MB pdf)
- Caltrans Stormwater Data Management
- Caltrans Stormwater NewsFlash
- Caltrans Stormwater Program
- Caltrans Stormwater - Recent Reports
- Caltrans Water Quality Planning Tool
Chemicals/Pollutants/Effects
[See also: Mercury, Pesticides]
- C8 Info - Teflon links
- CDC's Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
- Chemical Info – Search by Chemical (Spectrum Lab)
- Chemicals of Concern in Fish – OEHHA/SF Bay Study
- Toxicity Criteria Database – Search by Chemical (CA OEHHA)
- USEPA: OP Pesticides
- USEPA:PPCPs (Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Products)
- USGS: Emerging Contaminants
Drinking Water
- AWWA e-Journal
- CA Drinking Water Laws-Regulations
- Drinking Water Regulations Under Development (CA)
- Federal Drinking Water Standards
- Federal Safe Drinking Water Act
- safedrinkingwater.com (Subscribe to their weekly newsletter)
- Safe Drinking Water Trust eBulletin
- Source Water Collaborative
- USEPA Source Water Protection
Environmental Education
- Advanced Technology Environmental Ed Center
- EETAP: Environmental Education and Training Partnership
- EnviroLink Network - Environmental Education
- Environmental Education Directory
- Environmental Education Foundation
- environmental-training.com
- ETC Compliance Solutions, Hazwoper, Hazmat, Asbestos, DOT, OSHA
- justenvironmentaltraining.com
- NEETF : National Environmental Education & Training Foundation
- OCT Inc. - Operator Certification Training
- Science Search Training Services
- Water Resources Learning Center
- Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment (Met-Ed)
Green Building/Low Impact Development (LID)
- Ahwahnee Principles (LGC)
- askthebugman.com
- BuildingGreen.com - Home
- California NEMO Partnership (w/links to NPS/LID Fact Sheets)
- Center for Livable Communities
- EnviroMission Limited – Solar/Renewable Energy
- Green California
- LID - Annotated Bibliography (pdf)
- LID Design Strategies – An Integrated Approach (8.4 MB pdf)
- LID Fact Sheet (OEHHA; Emily Ruby)
- LID Urban Design Tools (LID Center Inc.)
- Low Impact Development Center
- Management Measures to Control NPS Pollution
- OEHHA: Watershed Tools
- Post Carbon Institute - Reduce Consumption, Produce Locally
- Solar Cookers International
- Stormwater BMP Handbooks (CASQA)
- Stormwater Manager's Resource Center
- Zonnewater - Aqua Solaris
Local/Regional Agencies and Watershed Groups (CA)
- CALFED Bay-Delta Program Home Page
- Calleguas Creek Watershed Management Plan
- CCAMP - Central Coast AMP
- CCAMP Water Quality Data Navigator
- Central Coast Water Quality Partnership
- Clean Estuary Partnership
- Clean Estuary Partnership - Publications
- Coastal Watershed Council
- CWEA - California Water Environment Association
- Delta Tributaries Mercury Council
- Heal the Bay
- Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee
- Morro Bay National Estuary Program
- NorCal SETAC
- Orange Co Watershed & Coastal Resources Div
- Palo Alto city website
- RCAC - Rural Community Assistance Corporation
- Riparian Improvement Organization (RIO)
- Sacramento County ALERT System Location Map
- Sacramento County Drainage Manual - Vol 2
- Sacramento County Rainfall/Stream Level Info
- Sacramento County Stormwater Quality Program
- Sacramento River Watershed Program
- Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership
- San Bernardino County Flood Control District
- San Diego County Stormwater
- San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)
- San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
- San Francisquito Watershed Council
- Santa Clara Basin WMI
- Santa Clara Valley Water District
- Santa Monica Bay – Bay Restoration Commission
- Santa Rosa Stormwater Program
- Water Resources Association of Yolo County
- Yolo Basin Foundation
- Yolo Bypass Water Quality Management Plan Report
Mercury
- Bay-Delta Fish Mercury Project (SFEI)
- Bay-Delta Mercury Discharge Offset Policy
- Cache Creek Mercury TMDL
- Delta Mercury/Methylmercury TMDL
- Delta Tributaries Mercury Council
- Mercury Contamination from Gold Mining - USGS
- Mercury in Fish - CA OEHHA
- Mercury Deposition Network (NADP)
- SF Bay Mercury TMDL
Monitoring/Analysis
- Bioassessment - Sustainable Land Stewardship Institute
- CA Department of Pesticide Regulation Environmental Monitoring Branch
- CA DPR Surface Water Database Search
- Environmental Lab Accreditation Program (ELAP) - CA DHS
- National Environmental Methods Index
- Ohio MDL-PQL-RL etc Definitions
- Practical Statistics for the Sciences
- USEPA:Analytical Methods - Water Science web site
- USEPA:Approved Analytical Test Methods (by Pollutant) – Federal Register Notice
- USEPA:Analytical Test Methods - Index
- USEPA:Bioassessment and Biocriteria
- USEPA:Lab Performance Data
- USEPA: Methods for Organic Chemical Analysis
- USEPA: Methods for Sampling/Analyzing Contaminants in Fish/Shellfish Tissue
- USEPA:Quality System Documents
- USEPA:Rapid Bioassessment Protocols
- USEPA:Solid Waste Test Methods (SW-846)
- USEPA:Toxicity Testing Methods
- USGS National Field Manual for Collection of Water Quality Data
- USGS Procedures - Continuous WQ Monitors
National (U.S.) Water Quality Agencies/Organizations
[See also USEPA]
- Biodiversity Partnership
- Center for Watershed Protection
- Coastal America
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- NAFSMA
- NAS - Water Information Center
- National Environmental Methods Index
- National Estuary Program
- National Park Service - Water
- National Toxicity Program (US DHHS)
- National Water Quality Monitoring Council Home
- National Weather Service NHDS-NOAA Hydrology Data
- NRCS Photo Gallery
- Restore America's Estuaries
- Salmonid Restoration Federation
- USEPA Office of Water
- USEPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW)
- USGS: GeoData Resources
- USGS: Maps and GIS Info - Water Resources
- USGS: National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP)
- USGS: National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)
- USGS: NAWQA Pesticides Report, 1992-2001
- USGS: NWIS - Water Data for the Nation
- USGS: Science Topics
- Water Education Foundation - Project WET
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF)
- World Water Monitoring Day - Home Page
Pacific Northwest
- King County WA - Stormwater Topics
- Stormwater Management Manual for W. Washington (WA DOE)
- Stormwater Management Manual for W. Washington Vol V - Runoff Treatment BMPs
- WA State Pesticides/Surface Water Monitoring
- Washington State Department of Ecology
Pesticides
- Beyond Pesticides
- Bio-Integral Resource Center (BIRC) - IPM Specialists
- CA DPR: Pesticide Use Reporting
- CA DPR Environmental Monitoring Branch
- CA DPR: Product-Label Database
- CA DPR: Surface Water Database Search
- CA OEHHA: Pesticides – Overview/Links
- Central Valley Pesticide TMDL and BPA
- Chlorpyrifos Revised Risk Assessment and Agreement (USEPA)
- Court-Ordered Buffers - Pacific Salmon Waters
- Delta Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos TMDL
- Diazinon in Sacramento-Feather Rivers TMDL
- Diazinon in SF Bay Area Urban Creeks TMDL
- Diazinon Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria (USEPA)
- Gateway on Pesticide Hazards database – search by pesticide
- PAN Pesticide Database
- Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
- Pesticide Wise WQ Risks Database (UC Riverside)
- Pyrethroids Info from Toxprofiles
- Sacramento Urban Creeks Diazinon-Chlorpyrifos TMDL
- San Joaquin River OP Pesticide TMDL
- UP3 – Urban Pesticide Pollution Prevention Project
- USGS: NAWQA Pesticides Report, 1992-2001
- USEPA:Pesticides - Cumulative Risks
- USEPA: OP Pesticides
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
[See also California – Central Valley]
- Bay Delta and Tributaries Project (BDAT)
- Bay-Delta Fish Mercury Project (SFEI)
- Bay-Delta Mercury Discharge Offset Policy
- CALFED Bay-Delta Program
- Delta Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos TMDL
- Delta Mercury/Methylmercury TMDL
- Drinking Water Policy - Central Valley/Delta
San Francisco Bay Area
- BASMAA - Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association
- Bay Delta and Tributaries Project (BDAT)
- Bay-Delta Fish Mercury Project (SFEI)
- Bay-Delta Mercury Discharge Offset Policy
- CALFED Bay-Delta Program Home Page
- Clean Estuary Partnership
- Clean Estuary Partnership - Publications
- Diazinon in SF Bay Area Urban Creeks TMDL
- Dioxins in SF Bay - EPA Region IX
- Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
- Municipal Regional Stormwater Phase 1 Permit
- Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) - SFEI
- San Francisco Bay Area Creek/Watershed Maps
- San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI)
- San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
- San Francisquito Watershed Council
- Santa Clara Basin WMI
- Santa Clara Valley Water District
- Santa Rosa Stormwater Program
- SF Bay Area Regional Urban Runoff Permit
- SF Bay Area TMDL Projects
- SF Bay Mercury TMDL
- Stream and Wetlands System Protection Policy
- UP3 – Urban Pesticide Pollution Prevention Project
Sediment Quality
- 2004 Contaminated Sediment Report to Congress (USEPA)
- Sediment Quality Objectives (CA SWRCB/BTPCP)
- WARSSS-Watershed Assessment-River Stability-Sediment Supply (USEPA)
Stormwater Management/BMPs
- BuildingGreen.com
- CA OEHHA: Watershed Tools
- Center for Livable Communities
- Green California
- LID - Annotated Bibliography (pdf)
- Low Impact Development Center
- Management Measures to Control NPS Pollution – Wetlands/Riparian Areas (USEPA)
- Management Measures to Control NPS Pollution from Urban Areas (USEPA)
- Stormwater BMP Database
- Stormwater BMP Handbooks (CASQA)
- Stormwater Management Manual for W. Washington (WA DOE)
- Stormwater Management Manual for W. Washington Vol V - Runoff Treatment BMPs
- Stormwater Manager's Resource Center
Surface Water Quality/Regulations
[See also Drinking Water]
- CA Inland Surface Waters Plan - State Implementation Policy (SIP)
- California Toxics Rule (CTR)
- California Water Quality Standards
- Clean Water Act (U.S.)
- Marshack WQ Goals tables in Excel (CA)
- Marshack WQ Goals report 2003 (CA)
- National Water Quality Standards Database (USEPA)
- Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (CA)
- USEPA:Water Quality Criteria
- Water Quality Standards (USEPA)
USEPA
- 2006 Integrated Report Guidance
- Analytical Detection and Quantitation
- BASINS
- CA Assessment Data (National Assess. Database)
- CADDIS Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System
- Coral Task Force
- EPA Office of Water
- EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW)
- EPA Research & Development - Homeland Security
- Federal Drinking Water Standards
- Fish Advisories - U.S. EPA
- General Permits Search
- Hurricane Katrina Response; USEPA
- Invasive Species - Oceans, Coasts, & Estuaries
- Management Measures to Control NPS Pollution from Urban Areas
- National Coastal Condition Reports
- National Recommended Water Quality Criteria
- Nationwide Bacteria Standards
- Nat'l Service Center for Environmental Pub's
- Nonpoint Source News-Notes
- Nonpoint Source Pollution – CWA Section 319
- Pesticides - Cumulative Risks
- PPCPs (Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Products)
- Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution)
- Section 319 NPS Success Stories
- Source Water Protection
- Survey of the Nations Lakes
- Targeted Watershed Grants Program
- Total Maximum Daily Loads: Introduction
- Volunteer Monitoring
- WARSSS: Watershed Assessment-River Stability-Sediment Supply
- Water Quality Standards
- Watershed Info Network - Watershed News
- Watershed Trading
- Watershed/Water Quality Modeling Tech Support Center
- Watersheds - Watershed Funding
- Wetlands - 5 Star Grant Program
- Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment
Weather
Notes regarding NWS Sites: Scroll down to click on "Radar and Satellite Images" and "Forecast Discussion" for more detailed info. Enter your own location on any NWS page to get local data.
- National Weather Service – Los Angeles
- National Weather Service - Northern CA
- National Weather Service - Palm Springs
- National Weather Service - Sacramento
- National Weather Service - San Diego
- National Weather Service - San Francisco
- National Weather Service - San Luis Obispo
- National Weather Service - Santa Barbara
- National Weather Service - Santa Cruz
- National Weather Service - South Lake Tahoe
- National Weather Service - Truckee
- Weather Satellite - E. Pacific-Western US (This is a great satellite pic – daylight only)
