2010 CURRENT ISSUE REFERENCES

Groundwater Protection Planning Study Guide:

About Ground Water


         Call to Action

  including NYS (figures can be downloaded by clicking on them)



Onsite Wastewater

  Management for Local Representatives

  Density Recommendations

Systems at the Watershed Scale: A User's Guide



Storm Water and Ground Water



Well Water Testing





Contaminants in Ground Water



  of Drinking Water Sources


Water Use and Conservation


  protect the future of our nation's water supply by promoting water efficiency
  and enhancing the market for water-efficient products, programs and practices.




Ground Water Surface Water Interaction



Planning Policy and Water






Rain Gardens




Following Information Provided by NYS Committee & Canon USA

Hydrology and Climatology (including Geohydrology)




Water Quality and Quantity




  Protection Zones (pdf)











Land-Use Planning and Its Effect on Groundwater






The Water-Energy Nexus





Surface Water Hydrology & Watersheds (pdf)

Groundwater Hydrology (pdf)

Groundwater Contaminants and Sources (pdf)

Assessing Vulnerability (pdf)

Groundwater (pdf)

The Water Well (pdf)

Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring (pdf)

NY Water Science Center

NY Groundwater Conditions (pdf)

Groundwater Protection- The Brookhaven National Laboratory (pdf)

EPA Ground Water & Drinking Water

Groundwater Resources-Aquifers (pdf)

Brookhaven National Laboratory (pdf)

How to Protect Drinking Water Sources

American Planning Association Policy on Community and Regional Food Planning

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Water supply and conservation

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Handbook on

Wastewater Management for Local Representatives

Ground Water Protection Council: Ground Water Report to the Nation: A Call to Action

USGS Ground Water Atlas of the United States, North eastern Region
including New York State (figures can be downloaded by clicking on them)

USGS: Consumptive Water Use in The Great Lakes Basin

USGS: Indirect Ground-Water Discharge to the Great Lakes

USGS Groundwater Information Pages

Effects of Road Deicing Salts on Groundwater Systems

Rockland County New York Standards for Private Well Testing

Rockland Water Talk (pdf)

Dutchess County Aquifer Recharge Rates and Sustainable
Septic System Density Recommendations (pdf)

Water Environment Research Foundation: Modeling Onsite Wastewater
Systems at the Watershed Scale: A User’s Guide (pdf)

Phosphorus migration from a near-lake septic system in the Otsego Lake watershed, summer 2003 (pdf)

The California committee offers you the following supplemental resources to further expand your knowledge of the many water related topics and issues.

USGS Educational Resources For Secondary Grades Middle School and High School

**Items not relevant to New York, but if advance to Canon should review.

Current Issue References
2011 New York State Envirothon
May 25 & 26, 2011
Hobart & Willam Smith Colleges
Geneva, New York
NEWS
New York State Envirothon
Current Issue Resources
Introduction
An introduction to this year's topic: "Protection of Groundwater through Urban, Agricultural and Environmental Planning"
Learning Objectives

Learning goals for participating students
References

Links and references to more information on the study of Current Issue
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