Water Resources on the Internet
Note:  There is a wealth of information on water on the Internet, and the following is just a sample.

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Women & Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration Project, http://womenandwater.net     

United Nations and Water, www.un.org/waterforlifedecade


LOCAL
Olmsted County Storm Water, www.co.olmsted.mn.us/departments/pw/storm_water.asp

Rochester, Minnesota, StormWater Management, www.rochesterstormwater.com
    Managing Rochester’s Storm Water Fact Sheet
    Municipal Storm Water Management Fact Sheet
    Storm Water Management in Rochester
    Streams & Watersheds Map
    U.S. Geological Survey Interactive Watershed Maps

Rochester/Olmsted Planning Department, www.co.olmsted.mn.us/departments/planning/index.asp


STATE
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, www.bwsr.state.mn.us

Minnesota Clean Water Council, www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/about-mpca/mpca-overview/councils-and-forums/clean-water-council/clean-
water-council.html

Minnesota Clean Water Legacy Act (Chapter 114D of Minnesota Statutes), https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=114d&view=chapter

Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Drinking Water Protection, www.mda.state.mn.us/protecting/waterprotection/drinkingwater.aspx

Minnesota Department of Health, Source Water Protection, www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/water/swp/index.htm

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/water/index.html
    Information on Ground water, Lakes, Rivers & Streams, Watersheds, Watershed Assessment Tool, Wetlands, General Lakes,
    Rivers, and Wetland Facts, Hydrologic Terms

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/water/water-home.html
    Information on Surface Water, Groundwater, Impaired Waters, Stormwater, Wastewater, Nonpoint Source Issues, Clean Water
    Fund Feedlots, Permits and Rules, Monitoring and Reporting, Resources

Minnesota Statewide Conservation and Preservation Plan,  www.lccmr.leg.mn/statewideconservationplan/SCPP_FinalPlan.html

University of Minnesota Water Resources Center, www.wrc.umn.edu
    Minnesota Water Sustainability Framework


FEDERAL
Environmental Protection Agency, http://water.epa.gov/
    Information on Drinking Water, Water Science, Water Pollution, Wetlands, Watersheds, . . .and more

U.S. Food & Drug Administration, www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm101653.htm
    How to Dispose of Unused Medicines

USGA Water Data for the Nation, http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwis


NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Agricultural Resource Strategies, www.agresourcestrategies.com

American Museum of Natural History: Water H2O=Life, www.amnh.org/exhibitions/water/

Citizens League, www.citizensleague.org/publications/reports/482.RPT.To%20the%20Source.pdf
    To the Source: Moving Minnesota’s Water Governance Upstream

Environment America, www.environmentamerica.org

Freshwater Society, www.freshwater.org
    Value of Water
    Groundwater Quality
    Groundwater Quality Success Stories
    Groundwater Quality: What You Can Do
    Groundwater Quality: Resource Materials
    Guide to Lake Protection and Management
    What You Can Do to Save Water and Have a Green Lawn

Friends of the Mississippi River, www.fmr.org

Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Water Projects, www.mncorn.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216&Itemid=121

Natural Resources Defense Council, www.nrdc.org/water/default.asp

Pacific Institute, http://www.pacinst.org/topics/water_and_sustainability/

Sierra Club (search on water), www.sierraclub.org

Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, http://umrba.org/index.htm