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WATER MARKETING

Privatization of Water Markets
Policy institute for the privatization of water markets to solve water shortages worldwide.

Tradable Water Rights
A property rights approach to resolving water shortages and promoting investment

Global Environmental Outlook 2000 (GEO-2000) Report

 

CLIMATIC AND WEATHER INFORMATION

AccuWeather
Current weather and Doppler radar.

Agricultural Weather Information Service, Inc.
Weather data, forecasts, and other information for agriculture, forestry, home gardeners, and related industries.

Atmospheric 5-day Data from TOVS

California Water Rights Administration
Useful information on California water rights and GIS program for viewing water rights files.

Colorado Water Rights Records
Water rights records, streamflows, diversion records

Climate Monthly Global

Climate Data Library (IRI-LDEO)

Data Sets at the Goddard DAAC

Drought Conditions (United States)

Drought Conditions (Texas)
Texas Water Development Board Bi-Weekly drought report.

Drought Information (NOAA United States)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website for monitoring drought in the United States.  Links to state drought centers.

EarthWatch
3D weather of continually updated satellite, radar, forecasts and 3D fly-throughs. Storm Watch severe weather watches, warnings and advisories updated every 10 minutes.

U.S. Global Climate Change Research Program (USGCRP)

Global Hydrology and Climate Center
Satellites information about the earth’s surface and atmosphere.

National Drought Information Center
UNDP/UNSO  sponsored project to assist farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa respond to climate changes

National Drought Mitigation Center

National Weather Service
Hydrologic Information Center - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce

National Weather Service
Government weather forecasts, warnings, meteorological products for forecasting weather, and meteorology information.

NOAA/NESDIS Office of Research and Applications
Atmosphere. Adv. Sat. Products. Forecast Products. Hydrology. Regional & Mesoscale...

Farmer's Almanac Long Range Forecast
Long-range weather forecasts from November, 1999, through October, 2000. As a courtesy to our Web site visitors we provide the detailed forecasts for this month and next here on Almanac.com.

Rainfall Frequency Maps of Western United States

Real Weather Data
Satellite, Radar, Surface, Upper-Air, Computer model data, and aviation data.

State Water Agencies and Water System Legal Basis
State water agencies ,key personnel, and congressional representatives.  The names of key individuals is slightly out of date but contact information is still valid.  Site contains convenient map for determining the basis of the water rights legal system.

Texas WaterNet

Water Projects (World Bank)
Site contains lists of planned and on-going infrastructure projects worldwide financed by the World Bank.

Water World
News stories on late breaking issues.  Listings of suppliers, professional services, and list of upcoming water and waste water related meetings from Pennwell Publishing.

Weather Channel
Up-to-the-minute, interactive reports, five-day forecasts, educational information and specialized reports for pilots, skiers and travelers at The Weather Channel - Home Page.

Weather Watchers Online
Weather for everyone on the internet. Most weather information available. The Weather Watchers Online is a non-profit org. founded to further the availability of free weather information on the internet.

WeatherNet
Providing access to thousands of forecasts, images, and the Net's largest collection of weather links, UM Weather is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of weather data on the Web

 

INTERNATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

Algeria, Office National de la Météorologie.

Argentina, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

Australia, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria

Austria, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics

Belgium, The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

Brazil, Instituto Nacional de Meteolorogia (INMET)

Brunei, The Brunei Meteorological Service

Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada

Chile, Direccion Meteorologica de Chile

China , The China Meteorological Administration

Colombia , Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environment Studies

Costa Rica, Instituto Meteorológico Nacional

Croatia , Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb

Cuba, Instituto de Meteorología

Czech Republic, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

Denmark, The Danish Meteorological Institute

Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología

Egypt, Egyptian Meteorological Authority

Fiji, Fiji Meteorological Service

Finland, The Finnish National Weather Service, The Finnish Meteorological Institute

France, Météo-France, Toulouse

Germany, The Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach

Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Observatory

Hungary, Hungarian Meteorological Service

Iceland, The Icelandic Meteorological Office

Indonesia, Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysical Agency

Italy, Italian Air Force Meteorological Service

Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency

Kenya, Kenya Meteorological Department

Republic of Korea, Korea Meteorological Administration

Latvia, Latvian Hydrometeorological Agency

Lithuania, Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service

Macao, Serviços Meteorológicos de Macau

Malaysia, Malaysian Meteorological Service

Maroc, Direction de la Météorologie Nationale

Mexico, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, DeBilt

New Zealand, Meteorological Service of New Zealand, Ltd. Wellington

Norway, Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Oman, Department of Meteorology

Pakistan, Pakistan Meteorological Department

Paraguay, Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología del Paraguay

Peru, Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología

Philippines, PAGASA (The Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Adm.)

Poland, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, (IMGW)

Portugal, Instituto de Meteorologia

Romania, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology

Singapore, Meteorological Service Singapore, Singapore

Slovakia, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Slovenia, Hydrometeorological Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana

South Africa, Weather Bureau, Pretoria

Spain, Instituto Nacional De Meteorologia (INM)

Swaziland, Swaziland Meteorological Service

Sweden, Sweden Meteorology and Hydrology Institute

Switzerland, Swiss Meteorological Institute

Thailand, Meteorological Department of Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Hydrometeorological Institute

Turkey, Devlet Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüðü

United Kingdom, The Meteorological Office, Bracknell

Uruguay, Servicio de Oceanografía, Hidrografía y Meteorología de la Armada

United States of America, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, Maryland

Venezuela, Dirección de Hidrología y Meteorología

Yugoslavia, Federal Hydrometeorological Institute

Zambia, Zambia Meteorological Department

Zimbabwe, Department of Meteorological Services

 

INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS

Web Directory: Geological Surveys and Natural Resources Departments

Australia, Australian Geological Survey

West Australia, Department of Minerals and Energy

Austria, Austrian Geological Survey

Austria, Austrian Central Office for Meterology, Geology and Geography

Britain, British Geological Survey

Belgium, Geological Survey of Belgium

Botswanna, Geological Survey Department

Brazil, Geological Survey of Brazil

 

CANADA

Canada, Geological Survey of Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey

British Columbia Department of Environment Land and Parks

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Czech Republic, Czech Geological Survey

Denmark, National Survey and Cadastre

Denmark, Copenhagen University - Geological Institute

Denmark, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Egypt, Egyptian Geological Survey

Estonia, Geological Survey of Estonia

European Geological Surveys - GEIXS

GEIXS project workshop

Fiji, Mineral Resources Department

Finland, Geological Survey of Finland 

France, French Geological Survey (BRGM)

Germany, Federal Institution for Geosciences & Raw Materials (BGR), (in German)

Germany, Institute for Applied Geodesy

Greece, Greek Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration

Guyana, The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission

Holland, Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Geological Survey

Hungary, Eotvos Institute of Geophysics

Hungary,   Hungarian Geological Survey

Hungary, Geodetical and Geophysical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Hungary, Geological Institute of Hungary

Ireland, Geological Survey of Ireland

Italy, Dipartimento per i Servizi Tecnici Nazionali - DSTN

Italy, Geological Survey of Italy (in Italian)

Japan, Geological Survey of Japan 

Korea, Korea Institute of Geology, Mining & Materials

Latvia, State Geological Survey of Latvia

Lithuania, Geological Survey of Lithuania

Malaysia, Geological Survey Department Malaysia

Mexico, Geología de México

Namibia, Geological Survey of Namibia 

Netherlands, Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience

Netherlands, Geological Survey of the Netherlands

New Zealand, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand

Norway, Geological Survey of Norway

Poland, Polish Geological Institute

Portugal, Geological and Mining Institute of Portugal

Russia, United Institute of Geology, Geophysics & Mineralogy, Russia

Slovak Republic, Geological Survey of  the Slovak Republic

Slovenia, Geological Survey of Slovenia

Geophysical Survey of Slovenia Geographical Institute of Slovenia

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Slovenian Geological Survey (called Institute for Geology, Geotechnics and Geophysics)

Slovenia's Geographical Institute

South Africa, Geological Survey of South Africa 

Spain, Instituto Tecnológico GeoMinero de España - ITGE

Sri Lanka, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau Sri Lanka

Sweden, Geological Survey of Sweden 

Switzerland, National Hydrological and Geological Survey, Switzerland

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Alabama Geological Survey

Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

Arizona Geological Survey

California

Colorado Geological Survey Florida

Delaware

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho Geological Survey

Illinois Geological Survey

Indiana Geological Survey

Iowa Geological Survey Bureau

Kansas Geological Survey

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland Geological Survey .

Minnesota Geological Survey

Missouri

Michigan

Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology

Nebraska State Geological Survey

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

New Jersey Geological Survey

New Mexico Geological Survey

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma Geological Survey

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey

South Dakota Geological Survey

Texas

Utah Geological Survey

Vermont

Washington

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

Wisconsin

Wyoming

 

United States of America, United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey - Local and Regional Offices for Water Resources

United States of America, National Geophysical Data Centre, USA

United States of America, NOAA Geosciences Laboratory, USA

United States of America, Bureau of Reclamation

United States of America, U.S. Geological Survey, National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program

United States of America, U.S. Geological Survey Real-Time Water Data

United States of America, U.S. Geological Survey - Water Science for Schools

 

WATERSHED WEBSITES

Internet Watershed Educational Tool (InterWET)

Nooksack Watershed Management Project

 

GENERAL INTERNATIONAL

International Rivers Network (IRN)

 

AUSTRALIA

Murray Darling Basin

 

CANADA

Canada
Watershed Sentinel - Environmental news for Georgia Straight and the world

British Columbia Department of Environment Lands and Parks

 

UNITED STATES

GENERAL INFORMATION

United States Daily Real-Time Streamflow Data

United States EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds

United States EPA's Surf Your Watershed

University of California Cooperative Extension - Rangeland Watershed Program

Working at a Watershed Level

Southeast Texas River Basins

 

CALIFORNIA

Northridge Water District

 

NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota District Red River of the North

 

MINNESOTA

St Paul District Water Control Center Real-Time DCP Data

 

TENNESSEE

Tennessee Valley Authority

 

ZIMBABWE

Water Rights Database

 

POLICY

Global Warming and Climate Change Policy WWW Sites

Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission

 

LAWS AND REGULATIONS

United States National Primary Drinking Water Regulations

Zimbabwe Water Act of 1996

 

INTERNATIONAL WATER WEBSITES

Australia, CSIRO Land and Water

Australia, University of Western Australia - Centre for Water Research

British Hydrological Society

Mexico and The United States, International Boundary and Water Commission

Middle East, Middle East Water Information Network

South Africa, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry - Home Page

 

NORTH AMERICA

United States Geological Survey

Alaska's Water

Arizona Department of Water Resources

Arizona Geological Survey

Arizona Water Resources Research Center

Arkansas Geological Survey

California Department of Water Resources

California Water Resources - U..S. Geological Survey

Canada, National Water Research Institute

Canada, Environment Canada: Freshwater

Canada, Groundwater Remediation Project, Environment Canada

CERES

Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Colorado State University - Water Center

Colorado Water Knowledge

Colorado Water Resources Research Institute

Delaware Geological Survey

Florida Water Facilities Online

Kansas - Johnson County Wastewater)

Kansas Rural Water Association

Northwest Kansas
Groundwater Management District #4, Colby, Kansas

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land & Water Quality

Missouri Freshwater Springs

Montana Water Center

Nebraska Water Center / Environmental Programs Unit

New Mexico State Engineer

New Mexico State Engineer

New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute

North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute

Oklahoma Water Resources Board

Oregon Water Resources Department

Powell Consortium.
Alliance of seven Water Resources Centers and Institutes (AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT & WY) cooperating on water issues related to the Colorado River and Great Basin.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Climatology

Texas Environmental Center

Texas WaterNet

Utah Water Research Laboratory

U.S.G.S.   Utah homepage

Western Governors' Association

Western States Water Council

Wisconsin enter for Great Lakes Studies,

Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center

University of Wisconsin Water Resources Programs

University of Wisconsin River Studies Center

University of Wisconsin - Sea Grant Institute

U.S. Geological Survey

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

Wisconsin Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)

Wyoming Water Resources Data System

Water Resources Systems Research Unit 

 

SOURCES OF HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL SOFTWARE

International Groundwater Modeling Center (IGWMC)

ABCFEM Software
Modeling software.

American Chemical Society's Division of Environmental Chemistry

AQUADYN Hydraulic Simulation System
Software for simulation of open channels

Aquarian Software, Inc.
Software for design and analysis of stormwater systems

BOSS International
Hydraulics, hydrology, water resources, groundwater and surface water modeling

Climatic Data Generator

EarthSoft, Inc.
Where do you want your groundwater data to go today?

Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory

Environmental Software
SitePro, AirPro, EMIServe and modular, scalable Environmental Management Information Systems

Environmental Simulations Inc.
Groundwater Vistas modeling software - Sensitivity analysis and inverse modeling.

Finite Difference Models

Computer-Aided Hydrology and Hydraulics
Software for drainage, stormwater management, and water resources.

Free Surface Water Software
Free surface water modeling software package.

Fleet Transit - Environmental Site Management Software

GEO-SLOPE International

GKY & Associates, Inc.
Free hydrology, hydraulic and water quality software

Groundwater Modeling System (GMS)
Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System

GroundwaterSoftware.com
Ground-water software

Haestad Methods Inc.
Numerous programs and documentation including HEC, SCS, EPA, FHWA, USGS, NWS

HSI GeoTrans
Groundwater models by modelers for modelers.

HydroGeologic, Inc

HydroSOLVE, Inc.
AQTESOLV software for evaluating pumping tests and slug tests

Hydron Time-Series Data Management
Time-series data, analysis of hydrology, water quality, ground water and modeling

HydroSoft - Generation Scheduling and Water Resources Management System
Hydro-Quebec software for optimal, real-time generation scheduling and improved water resources management

HYDROTEC Software
Analysis of time series data associated with rivers, reservoirs and water wells.

HYQUAL
Water quality database.

IGWMC - International Ground Water Modeling Center (Colorado School of Mines)

KRS EnterprisesKRS Enterprises
Business management, accounting, job costing, and well log software for groundwater contractors.

LMNO Engineering, Research, and Software, Ltd.
Interactive Web site to perform hydraulics calculations and unit conversions

M-Tech Software
Geotechnical and ground water software

PC-QUASAR
Water quality and flow model for river networks.

MIDUSS 98 Stormwater design software
Interactive stormwater design software for pipes networks, ponds, channels, infiltration trenches and diversions.

PIZER's HYDRA and HydraGraphics software
Hydraulics and hydrology modeling for municipal sewer systems using Rational, SCS, or True Simulation methods including , infiltration, inflow, and interflow from pipe defects.

Plus 3 Software, Inc.
TERRAMODEL is a leading 3D land design solution with storm-water modeling solution fully integrated with civil engineering CADD.

ProSoft Apps
Flo Pro software for hydraulic water surface profiles and  hydraulic design problems

Riparian Ecosystem Management Model (REMM)
Riparian Ecosystem Management Model (REMM). to quantify the water quality of riparian zones based on hydrology, sediment transport, nutrient dynamics, and riparian vegetation growth.

Streamline Technologies, Inc.
ICPR stormwater management model

Scientific Software Group
Distributors of hydrology, hydrogeology, geology, and other environmental software

Software for Ground Water Scientists

Streamline Groundwater Applications
Single Well Solutions and GW Extraction Design

Tahoe Design Software

TerraByte Corporation
Statistics and computer technologies applied to the environmental sciences.

UNSAT-H
One dimensional flow of water, vapor, and heat in soils.

USGS Water Resources Applications Software
Wide range of software and related material (data and documentation)

Waterloo Hydrogeologic
Groundwater software

Watermark Numerical Computing
PEST: parameter estimation for groundwater and other models

WaterWare
Integrated water resources management information system, combining data bases, GIS, simulation models

 

ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

American Ground Water Trust

American Water Resources Association (AWRA)

American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Alberta Water Wells Drilling Association

American Chemical Society's Division of Environmental Chemistry

American Society of Civil Engineers

Association for the Environmental Health of Soils (AEHS)

Australian Drilling Industry Association

Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Bay Area Geophysical Society
San Francisco chapter of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

British Columbia Ground Water Association

California Ground Water Association

Canadian Ground Water Association

Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Clean Sites
Efficient, effective, and collaborative solutions to environmental contamination problems

Colorado Water Well Contractors Association

Denver Geophysical Society
Promotes the science of geophysics, especially as it applies to exploration, and promotes cooperation among those persons interested in geophysical problems.

(New York) Empire State Water Well Drillers Association

The Edinburgh Geological Society

Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society

Geological Remote Sensing Group

Geophysical Society of Houston

Florida Ground Water Association

Florida Association of Professional Geologists

The Geological Society of America

Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium

Geoscience Information Group

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Irish Geological Association

Inter-Departmental Group on Geographic Information - IGGI

International Union of Geological Sciences

Ground-Water Remediation Technologies Analysis Center

HYDROWEB
International Association for Environmental Hydrology

Instrumentation Testing Association

International Ground Source Heat Pump Association

Malaysian Water Association

Midlands Microanalysis Users Group

National Association of Environmental Professionals

National Drinking Water Clearinghouse

The Palaeontological Association

Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland

National Ground Water Association

National Society of Professional Engineers

Potomac Geophysical Society
Washington DC chapter of SEGA and AUG. GPS meets the third Thursday of the month from September to May for dinner and a presentation on timely topics in the earth sciences.

Quaternary Research Association

Rocky Mountain Association of Environmental Professionals

The Royal Geographical Society

Society of Exploration Geophysics

Texas Ground Water Association

Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems

Society of Applied Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Svenska Brunnsborrares Branschorganisation (GEOTEC)/Borrsvangen

Washington State Drilling & Ground Water Association

Water Environment Federation

Wessex Institute of Technology

 

EDUCATIONAL SITES

ARC-INFO Tutorial

Educating Young People About Water

How To Use A Compass

Internet Watershed Educational Tool (InterWET) Rockwatch , Club for young geologists

Tennessee American Water Company - Kids Stuff , Water projects for fun or school.

Water Science for Schools

Well Drilling Training Program , Sir Stanford Fleming College

 

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION

African Remote Sensing Databank

Australian Centre for Remote Sensing

Climatological and Remote Sensing Data

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program: Imagery

DEM and DTM Data, Conterminous United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Alaska

DEM Date Southeast Asia

Datasets and Images

Earth Viewer

EARTHRISE

Earth Science data on the Global Land Information System

Eldis Poverty Guide - Soil

EOS Image Gallery

ERIM International, Inc.

European Center for Earth Observation

Geographic Information Modeling

EOSDIS IMS Web Gateway

EOSDIS DAAC at EROS Data Center Soils and Terrain Database for East Africa

Global Resource Information Database Imaging Radar

India, Institute of Technology - Microwave Remote Sensing Group

India, National Remote Sensing Agency, Department of Space

International Environmental Databases (ECOCART)

ISRIC World Soil Information Center

Japan, National   Space Development Agency of Japan: Earth Observation Center

Middle East Precipitable Water

Multiscale Map

NASA Geography From Space

NASA, Lab for Terrestrial Physics

NASA, Remote Sensing Public Access Center (Observatorium)

NOAA, National Operational Remote Sensing Center

NOAA Marine Geology and Geophysics Imagery

NOAA Satellite Active Archive

Remote Sensing Tutorial

Remote Sensing Virtual Library

Satellite Imagery FAQ

South Africa, Radar Remote Sensing Group - University of Cape Town

Space Shuttle Remote Topography Mission

Stephen F. Austin State University GIS  Images

Surface Air Temperature Analyses

Topographical Pictures

UNEP GRID-Arendal World Soil

United States Department of Agriculture - Digital Soil Data (NRCS MLRA)

Woolleysoft, Inc. , Landscape simulations)

Xearth

 

MAPS

Central Intelligence Agency, Maps & Publications

CGRER, Maps & References

Geological Maps

Great Globe Gallery

Generic Mapping Tools

Global Positioning System (GPS), Overview

Land Surveyor Reference Page

MapQuest

MAPublisher

Map Web Sites

Map and Compass

NASA, Clickable Map of the World

Ohio State University Center for Mapping

On-line Map Creation

TIGER Map Service, Map Browser

United Kingdom's Ordnance Survey

U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Gazetteer

U.C. Berkeley, Earth Sciences & Map Library

USA Color Landforms Atlas

USGS, National Mapping Information

 

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Euro GIS home page

Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis

GeoTIFF

GIS Dictionary

GIS FAQ home page

GIS Links

GIS Links

GIS Links

Landforms Atlas of the USA

NAIS Map

New York State GIS Metadata Repository

Pennsylvania State University

San Francisco Bay Area Governments BADGER GIS home page

University of Arkansas: CAST GIS links

U.S. Army: GRASS information home page

U.S. Geological Survey: GLIS home page

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Surf Your Watershed

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, GIS home page

 

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS

African Development Bank

Asian Development Bank

Central European Initiative

European Union

European Investment Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

Global Resource Information Database (GRID)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Interamerican Development Bank (IDB)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (UNECD)

OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECD)

South African Development Organization (SAFDO)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

United Nations (UN)

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

United Nations Bureau for Development Policy (BDP)

United Nations Interim Secretariat to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

United Nations Sustainable Energy and Environment Division (SEED)

World Bank

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

World Trade Organisation

 

RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)

Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI)

Environmental and Societal Impact Group (ESIG)

International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC)

MEDALUS III

International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC)

National Institutes for Water Resources (Links to the other 53 institutes)

Noragric - Centre for International Environment and Development Studies

Office of Arid Land Studies (OALS)

Remote Monitoring in the Arid Southwest

 

NGO'S

Action contre la Faim (ACF) (France

Action Against Hunger (USA)

American Water Relief (USA)

AWWA Research Foundation

AWWA Research Foundation

Care Water Projects (USA)

Childreach Plan International (USA)

Children's Cup International Relief (USA)

Chlorine Industry Water Relief Network (USA)

Christian Relief Services (USA)

Coady International Institute (Canada)

Community Aid Abroad (Australia)

Doctors Without Borders (USA)

Educating Young People About Water

EcoNews Africa

Eden Foundation

El Porvenir (Nicaragua)

Environment Development Action in the Third World (Enda)

Ghana West Africa Fund (Church of Christ USA)

Global Water Partnership

Global Water Inc. (USA)

Green Cross International (GCI)

Greenwinds

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

International Program for Arid Land Crops (IPALAC) 

Lifewater International

Living Water International (USA)

MSF: Médecins Sans Frontières Int'l (Holland)

MCC: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada)

National Library for the Environment

National Small Flows Clearinghouse (NSFC)

Réseau International d'ONG sur la Désertification / The International NGO Network on Desertification and Drought (RIOD)

River Network Online

Servants in Faith & Technology (Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology)

Somalia Environmental Protection and Anti-Desertification Organisation (SEPADO)

VSO: Voluntary Service Overseas (Canada)

WaterAid (UK)

WaterCan (Canada)

Water for Children Africa (USA)

Water for Life (USA)

Water for Survival (New Zealand)

Water For People (Canada and USA)

Water Partners International (USA)

Well Spring Africa (USA)

World Vision (Canada)

World Vision (USA)

 

INFORMATION NETWORKS

French Water Data Network

Groundwater In British Columbia

Desertification Information Network (CEO)

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

EarthAction Network

ELDIS Project

Environmental News Network (ENN)

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

International River Network

Desertification Information and Documentation Network (REDESERT)

The Trialogue

 

PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, JOURNALS, DIRECTORIES)

Air and Water Quality Directories

Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory

Cadillac Desert
History and consequences of the struggle for water in the American West

Engineering E-journal Search Engine

ENDS Environment Daily

Ground Water, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, and Water Well Journal

National Ground Water Association

Pollution Online

Solid Waste Online

Underground Tank Technology Update

U.S. Water News Online

Wasser & Boden
Association of Engineers for Water Sciences, Waste Management and Cultivation

Water Net

Water Online

Water Publications Digest

Water Resources Research Online

 

INTEREST GROUPS AND NEWSGROUPS

CivilNet.com
Web site for architects, engineers, contractors, surveyors, planners, hydrologists, geologists, and related disciplines

Mine Drainage

Mine Geology Bulletin Board

nerc.bgs.geochem

sci.engr.civil

sci.engr.geomechanics

sci.engr.mining

sci.geo.earthquakes

sci.geo.fluids

sci.geo.geology

sci.geo.hydrology

sci.geo.mineralogy

sci.geo.oceanography

sci.geo.petroleum

Descriptive Listing of ALL Internet Newsgroups (CERN)

Mailbase Lists

 

WATER WELL DRILLING ASSOCIATIONS AND COMPANIES

AUSTRALIA
Australian Drilling Industry Association

BRAZIL
Associacao Brasileria de Aguas Subterraneas

BOTSWANA
Ground Water Association of Botswana

CANADA
Canadian Ground Water Association

Manitoba

Paddock Well Drilling (Manitoba)

COLUMBIA
Asociacion Colombiana de Perforadores de Pozos de Agua

FINLAND
Finnish Water Well Association

FRANCE
French Water Well Association

GERMANY

SBL Stachelscheid Brunnenbauermeister

 

Davidson Drilling

IRELAND
Irish Well Drillers Association

ITALY
Acque Sotterranee, GEGeo-Graph, S.N.C.

JAPAN
National Water Well Association of Japan

Korea Well Drillers Association

LATIN AMERICA
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Hidrologia Subterranea

Latin American and Caribbean Water Supply and Sewage Association

MEXICO
Asociacion Geohydrologica Mexicana

NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Drillers Federation, Inc.

NIGERIA
Nigerian Water Well Association

Nigerian Association of Hydrogeologists

PHILIPPINES
Well Drillers Association of the Philippines

SOUTH AFRICA
Borehole Water Association of Southern Africa

South African Drilling Association

SOUTH KOREA
Korean Society of Groundwater Environmental

SPAIN
Asociacion Nacional de Constructores de Pozos

SWEDEN
Svenska Brunnsborrares Brachorganisation (GEOEC)/Borrsvange

TAIWAN
Taiwan Water Well Association

UNITED KINGDOM
British Drilling Association

Well Drillers Association

UNITED STATES

Alabama

Miller Drilling

California

Tri-County Drilling, Geotechnical, environmental, and construction services.

Colorado

Ground Exploration Company, Inc., Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Area.

Georgia

Southern Drilling Supply

Idaho

Burns Well Drilling, Inc, North central Idaho and eastern Washington

Indiana

Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc. (JEDI)

Ortman Drilling Inc, North central Indiana.

Ohio

H.A.D., Inc., Environmental, geoprobe, water wells, cable tool drilling, air rotary

Massachusetts

B.L. Myers Bros., Inc., Eastern United States and New England

DRAGIN Drilling, Environmental, geotechnical, construction, and landfill drilling services.

Michigan

Berg Well Drilling, Greater Grand Traverse Region.

New Jersey

Summit Drilling, East Coast

Nevada

Thompson Drilling Co., Inc, Western United States

New Mexico

Stewart Brothers Drilling Co., Southwestern United States

New York

Roarke Well Drilling, Inc., Orange, Rockland, and Sullivan counties since 1947.

Caster Well Drilling, Western New York.

Pennsylvania

B.L. Myers Bros., Inc., Eastern United States and New England

Montana

Lindsay Drilling Company

South Carolina

Berrie Well Drilling Co., Inc

Miller Drilling

Tennessee

Miller Drilling

Texas

Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc. (JEDI)

Vermont

Chevalier Well Drilling Company

H.A. Monash Corporation

Virginia

Haynes Drilling Company, New River Valley for over 35 years

Gilliam and Mundy Drilling Co. Inc.

Washington

Dahlman Pump and Drilling, Western Washington to the Canadian border.

Hayes Drilling, Inc., Vertical and horizontal drilling and water treatment in the Pacific Northwest

VENEZUELA
Asociacion Venezolana de Empresas Perforadores de Pozos de Agua

ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe Drilling Association

 

UNIVERSITIES WITH GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS

BELGIUM

University of Gent (Belgium) - Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management

 

CANADA

University of Alberta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

University of Alberta Water Resources Center

Calgary, (Canada), Department of Earth Sciences

University of British Columbia, (Canada), Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences

University of Waterloo Hydrology Program

 

CHINA

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

The University of Petroleum of Chin

 

GERMANY

Institute for water resources management, hydrology and geohydrology; Leipzig

Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany - Institute of Hydrology, Water Management and Environmental Technologies

 

IRELAND

University College Cork, (Eire), Department of Geology

University College Dublin, (Eire), Department of Geology

University of Dublin, Trinity College (Eire), Department of Geology

 

JAMAICA

University of the West Indies, (Jamaica), Unit for Disaster Studies

 

SOUTH AFRICA

University of Natal - South Africa - Geohydrological Modeling and GIS

 

SWEDEN

University of Stockholm - Division of Land and Water Resources

 

UNITED STATES

University of California Davis - Land, Air and Water Resources

University of Connecticut Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering

University of Alabama - Hydrogeology Group

University of Arizona - Hydrology and Water Resources

Northeastern Illinois University

Indiana University - Groundwater Flow Modeling Laboratory

Florida State University Department of Geological Sciences

University of Florida SWFREC Water Quality Program

Macalester University, St. Paul, Minnesota

University of Memphis - Ground Water Institute

Michigan Technological University, (USA), Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences

University of Minnesota - Soil, Water and Climate

University of New Mexico - Water Resources Administration Program

University of North Carolina - Groundwater Research Group and Center for Multiphase Research

Ohio University

Oregon State University  Geoscience Department

Princeton Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Program (EEWR)

Purdue - ES-USDA Water Quality Information Management Project

Water Quality Information Center (Univ. of Maryland)

University of Michigan - Regional Groundwater Center

University of North Carolina - Water Science Network

University of Texas-Austin Center for Research in Water Resources

Tufts University - Graduate Programs in Water Resources

University of Utah - Geology and Geophysics Department

Utah Water Research Laboratory

University of Wisconsin - Department of Geology

 

UNITED KINGDOM

Aberdeen, Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology

Aberystwyth, Institute of Earth Studies

Birmingham, School of Earth Sciences

Bristol, Department of Geology

Brunel University, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences

Brunel University - Water Operational Research Centre

Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences

Camborne School of Mines

Cardiff, Department of Earth Sciences

Derby, Department of Earth Sciences

Durham, Department of Geological Sciences

East Anglia, School of Environmental Science

Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Edinburgh, Division of Earth Sciences

Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter

Greenwhich, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Imperial College, London, School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering

Imperial College Hydrology Group

Keele, Geology Department

Kingston, School of Geological Sciences

Lancaster, Department of Environmental Science

Lancaster University (UK) Hydrology, Fluid Dynamics, and Water Resources Group

Leeds, School of Earth Sciences

Leicester, Department of Geology

Liverpool, Earth Sciences Department

Manchester, Department of Geology

Newcastle, Department of Geotechnical Engineering

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) - Water Resource Systems Research Unit

Nottingham, Department of Mineral Resources Engineering

Open University, Department of Earth Sciences (GEOU)

Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences

Oxford Brookes, Geology & Cartography Division

Plymouth, Department of Geological Sciences

Portsmouth, Department of Geology

Queen's University, Belfast, School of Geosciences

Reading, Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Environmental Geochemistry Research Group

Royal Holloway, London, Department of Geology

St. Andrews, School of Geography & Geosciences

Sheffield, Department of Earth Sciences

Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

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