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The Groundwater Foundation (www.groundwater.org), a nonprofit environmental group, provides information resources designed to increase public understanding of groundwater and related issues and to promote public involvement in groundwater protection. Partial issues of the Foundation’s newsletter, The Aquifer, are available online to non-members. The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) (www.ngwa.org), formerly known as the National Water Well Association, serves groundwater professionals and any other stakeholder involved in making decisions about groundwater resources. NGWA, which publishes Water Well Journal, Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, and Ground Water, also links to Ground Water On-Line, a subscription database that covers more than 90,000 groundwater literature citations. Users can also visit the Career Center to browse or post job openings or to register for conferences and courses. Environment Canada (www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/grdwtr/e_gdwtr.htm), Canada’s environmental ministry, offers a comprehensive overview of all matters related to groundwater. Fact sheets and diagrams introduce readers to the hydrologic cycle, porosity, aquifers, contamination, and related topics. U.S. EPA—Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (www.epa.gov/safewater) maintains the Safe Drinking Water Information System (www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwisfed/sdwis.htm), a database of regulatory compliance information on the nation’s 170,000 public waters systems. National contaminant occurrence data and monitoring data for currently unregulated contaminants are also available. Users can place orders for Office of Water publications, including technical reports, regulatory information, and monitoring protocols. Groundwater Central (www.groundwatercentral.info), maintained by the Groundwater Remediation Technologies Analysis Center (GWRTAC), is a public-access portal to groundwater remediation information from GWRTAC. Groundwater Central’s well-designed user interface offers quick access to case studies, technical reports, bibliographies, conference announcements, and other resources. USGS—Office of Ground Water (water.usgs.gov/ogw) links to information on the nation’s groundwater resources and groundwater projects of the USGS. Users can access USGS publications, program information, modeling software, and a numerous databases (including real-time water-level data relayed to USGS offices from locations nationwide). The U.K. Groundwater Forum (www.nwl.ac.uk/gwf) is a joint project of the Natural Environmental Research Council, Environment Agency, Foundation for Water Research, and various other U.K organizations. The Forum aims to facilitate communication and coordinate research across the groundwater community, and offers a database of groundwater research in the United Kingdom. The Groundwater Resources Association of California (www.grac.org), a nonprofit group whose members represent a range of groundwater interests, serves as a forum for groundwater information, education, and advocacy. Resources include legislative and regulatory updates, technical papers, full access to the HydroVisions newsletter, and an online discussion forum. |