ENVR 240 - Water and Watersheds

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS Data Portals

• United States Geological Survey (USGS) Website
  Host to a wealth of geological and hydrological information. There is much to be found and some of the appropriate subsections to this site are indicated below.
• USGS New England Water Science Center
• USGS Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program (GWSIP)
  • GWSIP Streamflow WaterWatch
  • USGS Streamgaging Network
    • USGS Federal Priority Streamgage (FPS)
  • USGS Groundwater Watch [No longer maintained, but useful information still available here.]
  • USGS Water Resources Mission Areas
• USGS Water Data for the Nation
• USGS Water-Quality Data for the Nation
  • National Water Quality Monitoring Council: Water Quality Portal
  • USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project
• USGS Historical Water Use Data
• USGS Water Resources of the United States

USGS Publications​

• USGS Publications Warehouse
  For a list of document types available in the USGS Publications warehouse, you can look here.
  There are many, so you might want to navigate to the list and search the webpage (i.e. Control+f or Command+f) for "water" or "hydrology".
• Useful Examples of Water-related publications from the USGS 
  • "Estimated use of water in the United States in 2015" (Includes link to Data Release)
  • "Agriculture — A river runs through it — The connections between agriculture and water quality" (Includes link to Data Release)
  • "Understanding the influence of nutrients on stream ecosystems in agricultural landscapes" (No Data Release link)

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Website
• EPA Regional Offices
  After selecting a region (i.e. 1-10), selecting an individual state from the resulting map takes you to the EPA website for that state.
  This is a great way to quickly navigate to a state site and learn about local issues.
• List of Environmental Agencies in the United States (Wikipedia)
  This is a LARGE list of State specific resources including Departments of Environmental Conservation and Departments of Natural Resources.

United States Army Corps of Engineers

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a storied interaction with rivers and lakes. They've even created a few...
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Publications
  Many interesting and potentially useful resources here. For example, "History of the Waterways of the Atlantic Coast of the United States".

United States Government Printing Office (GPO) 

• U. S. Government Printing Office Website
  Many reports for government sponsored studies and projects are available here.

• Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network
  From the website:
  GLEON "conducts innovative science by sharing and interpreting high resolution sensor data to understand, predict and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global environment."
• Lakes of Maine Website
  Information regarding water quality, native and non-native plants and animals and ecosystems in Maine lakes.
• Guide to the Walter A. Lawrance papers, 1938-1983
  Papers regarding and describing W. A. Lawrance's work as a consultant (1943-1946) and as Rivermaster (1947-1978) of the Androscoggin River.
• HydroSHEDS (BAS)
  HydroSHEDS offers a suite of geo-referenced data sets (vector and raster), including stream networks, watershed boundaries, drainage directions, and ancillary data layers such as flow accumulations, distances, and river topology information. 
• Watershed Asia
  WaterSHED, which stands for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development, has the objective to bring effective, affordable water and sanitation products to market in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.