Office Hours: 

• MON / WED:   3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

• TUE / THU:     10:30 am to 12:00 pm

• Or, by appointment

Course topics:  (NOTE:  More links will be added as the course progresses...)

• General Information on Water

• History of Water Resources

• Hydrologic Cycle and Climate

• Surface Water

• Groundwater

• Water Quality

• Dams

• Wastewater Treatment

• Federal Agencies

Links to General Information on Water

• The World's Water

• Water Encyclopedia:  Science and Issues

• World Water Council

• Water Footprint Network

Links relevant to History of Water Resources

• Water History

• International Water History Association

Links relevant to Hydrologic Cycle and Climate

• Hydrologic Cycle -- Environment Canada

• The Water Cycle -- USGS "Water Science Basics" site
   

• NOAA Climate Data Center

• NOAA Drought Information Center

Links relevant to Surface Water

• Surface Water Information Page -- USGS

• Watersheds -- USGS ; links to watershed characteristics

• Watershed profiles of U.S. -- World Resources Institute (WRI)

• Watersheds of the World -- WRI

• Nationwide Rivers Inventory -- National Park Service

• Natural Hazards:  Floods -- USGS

Links relevant to Groundwater

• Groundwater -- general overview; USGS publication

• Groundwater Information Page  -- many links, USGS

• Groundwater Atlas of the United States -- USGS, online archive version

• Groundwater Foundation -- "Get Informed" page with many links

Links relevant to Water Quality

• Water Science -- EPA (Many links from here)

• Water Quality Assessment and TMDL Information for US states -- EPA, US map

• National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program -- USGS site; lots of links from here

Links relevant to Dams

• World Commission on Dams

• International Rivers:  About Dams  -- see other links from here

Links relevant to Wastewater Treatment

• Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Plants  -- EPA's website.  See various links, including "Wastewater Education Materials"

• Wastewater Treatment:  Featured Topics -- also from EPA; links to more detailed documents

• Edinboro Wastewater Treatment Facilities -- From 2003, but has general info about the treatment process

Links to Federal Agencies

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers    http://www.usace.army.mil/Pages/Default.aspx

• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation         http://www.usbr.gov/

• U.S. Geological Survey         http://www.usgs.gov/

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service     http://www.fws.gov/

• National Park Service         http://www.nps.gov/

• Bureau of Land Management  http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency         http://www.epa.gov/

• Natural Resources Conservation Service         http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

• U.S. Forest Service     http://www.fs.fed.us/

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission         http://www.ferc.gov/

• National Marine Fisheries Service         http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/

• Federal Emergency Management Agency        http://www.fema.gov/

EUP Student Guidelines:

• Student Code of Conduct (includes a link to EUP's Statement of Academic Integrity)

• Anti-Plagiarism Handbook (a Quick Reference Guide to Writing with Integrity)

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Geosciences Department
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania