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Links to water quality sites

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• Resources for MURP Communities (82KB PDF file, opens new window)
  Extensive web links to useful Best Management Practices information and other related water quality resources.
• BEACH Watch
  The EPA's Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure and Health Program.
• The EPA Region 9 Water Programs’ Water Division
  The EPA Region 9 Water Programs’ Water Division is responsible for implementing programs to protect the public and the environment by preventing, reducing and regulating contamination of surface and ground water. At this site, you can find water quality data sources and learn more about the health of your watershed.
• EPA Office of Water
  Contains information on nonpoint source, monitoring, clean lakes and restoration. From the the EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds.
• Watershed Academy's Distance Learning Program
  A set of self-paced training modules that represents a basic but broad introduction to watershed management. From the EPA's Office of Water.
• Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project
  The Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project is a partnership of public agencies working cooperatively to acquire, restore, and enhance coastal wetlands and watersheds between Point Conception and the International border with Mexico.
• California Storm Water Program
  From the State Water Resources Control Board.
• USGS Water Resources of the United States
  Site provides water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Online access to this data is organized around the categories of surface water, ground water and water quality.
• A Clean Sweep to Swipe Pollutants
  Advances in street-sweeping technology make it possible to pick up enough nonpoint-source pollutants to help municipalities meet their CWA requirements. An article in Stormwater.
• Articles from The Practice of Watershed Protection
  From the Center for Watershed Protection's "The Practice of Watershed Protection", a comprehensive compilation of articles from all past issues of the Center's technical journal, Watershed Protection Techniques.