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OSN Resource Guide: Water
25 resources are listed in the Water section.
America's Clean Water Foundation (ACWF)
Organization
750 First Street, NE - Suite 1030
Washington DC 20002
Phn: (202) 898 - 0908
Fax: (202) 898 - 0977
E-mail: r.savage@acwf.org
www.acwf.org
ACWF is a not for profit Washington D.C. based organization that specializes in outreach and educational services on clean water issues. The Murky Water Caper and other materials can be ordered at www.acwf.org.
Blue Thumb Water Quality Education Program
Government
5401 S. Sheridan Rd., Suite 201
Tulsa OK 74145
Phn: 918-280-1595
Fax: 918-280-1594
E-mail: tulsaccd@okcc.state.ok.us
8am - 4:30pm M-F
Blue Thumb Water Quality Education Program accepts community volunteers to monitor local streams in their area for water pollution. Volunteer projects include monthly chemical monitoring of streams, semi annual insect & fish population monitoring, educating the public about water pollution prevention, annual creek clean ups, and marking storm drains with the message "No Dumping, Keep our Streams clean."
EPA Adopt Your Watershed
Government
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW (4501T)
Washington DC 20004
Phn: 202-566-1292
E-mail: adopt@epamail.epa.gov
www.epa.gov/adopt/
To encourage stewardship of the nation's water resources, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is leading an "Adopt Your Watershed" campaign. Through this effort, EPA challenges citizens and organizations to join them and others who are working to protect and restore our valuable rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, ground water, and estuaries. By visiting the on-line database, you can learn about opportunities to get involved in activities in your community, such as monitoring, cleanups, and restoration projects. As of April 2002, the database contains 3500 groups that you might want to join.
EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watershed
Government
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (4501T)
Washington DC 20460
Phn: 202-566-1300
E-mail: ow-owow-internet-comments@epa.gov
Features information about watersheds, wetlands, oceans, coasts & estuaries, lakes, monitoring & assessment, TMDLs, Polluted runoff, volunteer opportunities, and watershed information for kids, including a 24-page booklet, “What’s Up With Our Nation’s Waters?” The booklet, designed primarily for children aged 10 to15, presents key findings of the National Water Quality Inventory in an easy-to-read format as well as projects for school or for fun, a water quiz, a glossary, and a list of resources for more information. The booklet can be downloaded at . It is also available in hard copy from EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications at 1-800-490-9198; please include the publication number when ordering: EPA 841-B-01-004.
EPA Region 6 Office
Government
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas TX 75202
Phn: (214) 665-6444
www.epa.gov/earth1r6/index.htm
Regional office of EPA serving Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas and 66 Tribes.
EPA WaterNews
Listserv
Office of Water (4101M) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC 20460
E-mail: listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov
www.epa.gov/ow/waternews
WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications,
policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office
of Water.
EPA Year of Clean Water
Website
Office of Water (4101M) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC 20460
E-mail: OW-GENERAL@epa.gov
www.epa.gov/water/yearofcleanwater/month.html
Water Topic of the Month - Each month EPA is featuring specific topics to
celebrate 30 years of the Clean Water Act. Click on a month on the website to
learn more about each topic and how to get involved.
EPA’s Surf Your Watershed
Government
Mail Code 4503F, 401 M Street SW
Washington DC 20460
Phn: 202/260-7144
www.epa.gov/surf
Surf Your Watershed is a service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information about your state and watershed.
GREENCulture, Inc.
Website
32 Rancho Circle
Lake Forest CA 92630
Phn: 1-877-204-7336
Fax: 1-949-360-7864
www.watersavers.com
Water saving devices.
Living Machine® Systems
Website
dharmalivingsystems.com/living-machine-systems/
This is the website of the group that built the Oberlin wastewater
system mentioned in our recent film showing The Next Industrial
Revolution. There are several other examples of the living machine
design at this site, as well as fact sheets.
National Environmental Education Training Foundation
Organization
1707 H Street, NW, Ste 900
Washington DC 20008
Phn: (202) 833-2933
Fax: (202) 261-6464
www.waterqualityreports.org/
Chartered by Congress in 1990, The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to advancing environmental education in its many forms. There are few things are as important to our personal well-being as the water we drink. Water is one of our most direct connections to the natural world. Now, American consumers can get more information than ever before about the quality of our drinking water. Consumer Confidence Reports, sometimes called Water Quality Reports, must be prepared each year by water systems to explain what substances have been found in drinking water and whether the water is safe to drink. This website provides consumers and professionals with supplementary information on Consumer Confidence Reports. The primary purpose is to inform and educate civic leaders, health professionals, environmental and consumer groups, journalists, and others to better understand the reports, and to be able to answer questions about a Consumer Confidence Report.
Oklahoma Clean Lakes & Watersheds Association (OCLWA)
Organization
OK
Phn: (405) 530-8800
E-mail: jlwasinger@owrb.state.ok.us
www.oclwa.org
The mission of Oklahoma Clean Lakes & Watersheds Association (OCLWA) is to provide a forum for scientists, citizens, and professionals to exchange ideas, receive education, and form partnerships to foster sound management and protection of lakes and watersheds. Accepted as Oklahoma’s Chapter of the North American Lakes Management Society in 1989, OCLWA is a non-profit organization consisting of a 12-member volunteer Board of Directors and 54 members active in the lake and watershed management field in a professional or volunteer capacity.
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
Government
2800 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City OK 73105
Phn: 405.521.2384
Fax: 405.521.6686
www.okcc.state.ok.us
The Oklahoma Conservation Commission and Oklahoma's 88 Conservation Districts are responsible for conservation of renewable natural resources through land use planning, small watershed upstream flood control, reclamation of abandoned mine land, water quality monitoring and soil and water conservation, as well as environmental education and wetlands conservation.
Oklahoma Water Environment Association
Organization
OK
www.owea.org
The Oklahoma Water Environment Association is a member association of the
Water Environment Federation (WEF), headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit
technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines
who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the
global water environment. The WEF network includes more than 100,000 water
quality professionals from 79 Member Associations in 32 countries. OWEA
will always be an organization of dedicated and knowledgeable
professionals striving to preserve and enhance the water environment of
America's heartland.
Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB)
Government
3800 North Classen Blvd.
Oklahoma City OK 73118
Phn: 405-530-8800
Fax: 405-530-8900
www.state.ok.us/~owrb
Reports, publications, news, calendar of events, newsletters, presentation.
Project WET USA
Organization
201 Culbertson Hall, Montana State University, P.O. Box 170575
Bozeman MT 59717-0575
E-mail: info@projectwet.org
www.projectwet.org
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an international, interdisciplinary, water science and education program for formal and non-formal educators of kindergarten to grade 13 students. The goal of the Project WET program is to facilitate and promote the awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom ready teaching aids and the establishment of internationally sponsored Project WET Programs.
Protecting Our Watersheds
Organization
1908 Mount Vernon, 2nd floor
Alexandria VA 22301
Phn: 703-299-9400
Fax: 703-299-9485
E-mail: earthforce@earthforce.org
www.earthforce.org/
Earth Force is youth-driven with a national Youth Advisory Board (YAB) made up of 15 members, ages 12-17. Through Earth Force, youth discover and implement lasting solutions to environmental issues in their community. In the process they develop life-long habits of active citizenship and environmental stewardship. Educators turn to Earth Force for innovative tools to engage young people in community problem solving.
Protecting Our Watersheds, a water monitoring education and action tool, is a comprehensive educational package that includes materials to engage students in taking action around problems they find in their watershed. The package includes a facilitator's guide, posters, activity notebook, handouts and a tote bag. Protecting Our Watersheds works well with the interactive GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network) website. GREEN is a program of Earth Force, a national organization giving youth the skills and knowledge to create lasting environmental change in their communities. Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) is located at www.earthforce.org/green/. Protecting Our Watershed can be purchased by e-mail from greensales@earthforce.org or order online at: http://www.earthforce.org/catalog/.
Rainfilters of Texas, LLC
Business
PO Box 203113
Austin TX 78720-3113
Phn: 512 257-7986
Fax: 512 250-1910
E-mail: solutions@rainfilters.com
www.rainfilters.com
German engineered low maintenance equipment. Over 100,000 installations worldwide. A four step process to high quality non-potable water. The best place to start before final treatment if you desire to create potable water.
1. Prefilter (removes particles > 1/100" in size)
2. Calming inlet (allows sedimentation in cistern)
3. Properly designed overflow (skims the surface)
4. Floating suction (harvests cleanest water from cistern)
Stream Restoration
Government
OK
E-mail: jerry.bernard@usda.gov
www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream_restoration/
USDA Stream Coorridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices.
Cooperative effort among fifteen Federal agencies and partners to produce a
common reference on stream corridor restoration. Includes detailed document,
case studies, slide show, restoration links, links to cooperating agencies, and
addenda.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department, Oklahoma Ecological Services Field Office
Government
222 S. Houston, Suite A
Tulsa OK 74127
Phn: 918-581-7458
Fax: 918-581-7467
ifw2es.fws.gov/Oklahoma
This office of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has a variety of responsibilities related to the conservation of endangered species, migratory birds, interjurisdictional fishes, and their habitats throughout Oklahoma and portions of northern Texas. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department is located at: http://www.fws.gov/.
US Geological Survey Water Science for Schools
Government
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston VA 20192
Phn: 703-648-4000
E-mail: hperlman@usgs.gov
ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mon-Fri
This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge. You can choose a topic from the menu below, get a description of our main water topics, or view a site map.
U.S. Geological Survey
US Geological Survey Oklahoma
Government
202 NW 66th Bldg. 7
Oklahoma City OK 73116
Phn: 405.810.4400
water.usgs.gov
Water data, stream flow maps, publications and products, technical resources, programs, local information, connections, news and features.
Virginia Water Resources Research Center (VWRRC)
Organization
10 Sandy Hall (0444) - Virginia Tech
Blacksburg OK 24061
Phn: (540) 231-5624
Fax: (540) 231-6673
E-mail: water@vt.edu
www.vwrrc.vt.edu
VWRRC facilitates the education of future water scientists, encourages research on solutions to water resources problems and enhances the transfer of water sciences information to public and private decision makers. The Instructor's Guide to Sandcastle Moats and Petunia Bed Holes, is a guide to teaching middle school students about ground water. For details and ordering information, visit the homepage then select "Publications" and "Educational & Non-technical Publications."
Water Environment Federation
Organization
601 Wythe Street
Alexandria VA 22314-1994
Phn: 1-800-666-0206
Fax: 1-703-684-2492
www.wef.org
Founded in 1928, WEF is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization. Members are from varied disciplines and they collaborate with staff to realize the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 79 Member Associations in 32 countries. WEF for Teachers contains Hands-On Activities from The Water Sourcebook, which is designed for use by teachers, non-formal educators, and water quality professionals. The Water Sourcebook series covers today's most important water environment topics. Check www.aquaventurer.org for The Aqua Venturer: A Global Timeline and Database of Water Use, Abuse and Treatment.
Wow Shower
Business
2304 N Ash Street
Ponca City OK 74601
Phn: 1-888-752-6999
E-mail: mellis@wowshower.com
www.wowshower.com/
Enjoy a Luxurious Shower as You Conserve Water and Save Energy.
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