2010 CURRENT ISSUE REFERENCES

Groundwater Protection Planning Study Guide:

About Ground Water

• Ground Water Basics from Groundwater Foundation
  

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

• USGS Groundwater Information Pages
  

• EPA Private Well Basics
  

Onsite Wastewater

• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: Handbook on Wastewater
  

  Management for Local Representatives

• Dutchess county Aquifer Recharge Rates & Sustainable Septic System
  

  Density Recommendations

• Water Environment Research Foundation: Modeling Onsite Wastewater
  

Systems at the Watershed Scale: A User's Guide

• Get Pumped! Septic Education Toolkit
  

• EPA Septic Program Strategy
  

Storm Water and Ground Water

• Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual Series (Manuals 1, 3 and 8)
  

• Contamination of Soil and Groundwater due to Stormwater Infiltration
  

Well Water Testing

• Rockland County NY Standards for Private Well Testing
  

• Rockland Water Talk
  

• Private Drinking Water Wells, What you can do
  

• Private Drinking Water Wells, FAQ's
  

Contaminants in Ground Water

• Effects of Road Deicing Salts on Groundwater Systems
  

• Groundwater Pollution Primer
  

• Protecting our Water A Primer for Preventing Pathogenic Contamination
  

  of Drinking Water Sources

• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
  

Water Use and Conservation

• NYS DEC: Water supply and conservation
  

• WaterSense: and EPA-sponsored partnership program that seeks to
  

  protect the future of our nation's water supply by promoting water efficiency

  and enhancing the market for water-efficient products, programs and practices.

• Water use in the US
  

• Water Use in the US fact sheet
  

• How much water do I use?
  

Ground Water Surface Water Interaction

• USGS: Indirect Ground-Water Discharge to the Great Lakes
  

• USGS: Consumptive Water use in The Great Lakes Basin
  

Planning Policy and Water

• American Planning Association Policy on Community and Regional Food Planning
  

• Water Resources in Rockland County, planning in a changing world
  

• Protecting Drinking Water Resources under the Source Water Assessment Program
  

• Assessment of the Water Resources of Rockland County, NY
  

• APA, Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning (includes water)
  

Rain Gardens

• About Rain Gardens
  

• What is a Rain Garden?
  

• Rain Garden Plans
  

Following Information Provided by NYS Committee & Canon USA

Hydrology and Climatology (including Geohydrology)

• In Hot Water: Water Management Strategies to Weather the Effects of Global Warming**
  

• USGS Educational Resources For Secondary Grades Middle School and High School
  

• Chapter 6  “Basic Ground Water Concepts**
  

Water Quality and Quantity

• Publications in the UC Groundwater Cooperative Extension Program**
  

• Groundwater Information Center**
  

• Water Pollution Control Legislation (pdf)
  

• Compiling an inventory of Possible Contaminating Activities for Source Areas &
  

  Protection Zones (pdf)

• Groundwater Availability Detailed in California’s Central Valley**
  

• American Water Works Association Endocrine Disrupter/PPCPs Links
  

• Occurrence and Distribution of Nitrate in Groundwater in the Central Valley (pdf)** 
  

• Groundwater Salinity: A Groundwater Dilemma (pdf)**
  

• Western States Ground Water and Source Water Protection Forum 2009**
  

• EPA's Community/Social/Water Law Modules
  

• Evaluation of a Simple, Inexpensive Dialysis Sampler for Small Diameter Monitoring Wells (pdf)**
  

• Metropolitan Water Districts of Southern California (pdf)**
  

• Kern County Groundwater Banking Projects (pdf)**
  

• The Ground Water website by EPA and Purdue University
  

• Groundwater Availability Detailed in California’s Central Valley**
  

Land-Use Planning and Its Effect on Groundwater

• Decision-Making Under Scientific Uncertainty (pdf)
  

• California Water 2020, A Sustainable Vision**
  

• Irrigated Lands - Development of the Long-term Program**
  

• Evolving Issues and Practices in Managing Ground-Water Resources (pdf) 
  

• Evaporation Estimates for Irrigated Agriculture in California (pdf)**
  

The Water-Energy Nexus

• Energy-Water Roadmap Regional Needs Assessment Workshop Overview
  

• Energy and Water: Water, Energy, and Desalination (pdf)
  

• Groundwater Salirity: A Groundwater Dilemma (pdf)
  

• Glossary
  

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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