Water: International and Regional Issues
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International Issues |
United States |
Canada |
Latin America |
Europe |
Middle East |
Australia |
Africa and the Developing World
International
See also
- Gender and Water Alliance
- International Water and Sanitation Centre - Focuses on health issues
- Special Report: Water - A series of articles by the Guardian (U.K.) on the problem on not enough clean water in many parts of the world (August 2003)
- Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) - Research for the dry parts of the world (University of Arizona)
- World Water Day - International celebration on March 22 each year, includes Events and Links on Water and Culture
- The World's Water - Water supply worldwide [Worldwater.org]
- Unesco Water Portal - The state of water supply and quality worldwide
- Freshwater - Water issues around the world
- UNEP Maps and Graphics: Water
- Drinking Water
- Water, Sanitation and Health
- Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
United Nations and affiliated organizations:
United National Environmental Programme (UNEP):
World Health Organization:
International Issues
- Arsenic in Drinking Water (World Health Organization)
- Arsenic: In Search of an Antidote to a Global Poison (Environmental Health Perspectives)
- Chronic Arsenic Poisoning - Studies the health effects of arsenic (Harvard University)
- London Arsenic Group - Studies arsenic pollution
- SOS Arsenic.net - On the problem in Bangladesh
- U.S. EPA: Arsenic in Drinking Water - It's a problem in parts of the United States, too
- Faulty Pipes - 2006 report on what's wrong with privatizing water service (Food and Water Watch)
- The Water Barons - Investigative report by the Center for Public Integrity
- Water for All - Campaign by Public Citizen
- Water for Profit - Report by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Water Observatory - News on this issue, aimed at activists
- World Water Council - "The international water policy think tank"; organizes the World Water Forum every three years; supports "public-private partnerships"
Arsenic
This is a major problem in South Asia, especially Bangladesh.
Water Privatization
United States
See also
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water
- U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division
- American Water Resources Association
- American Water Works Association
- Drought.gov - Drought portal (National Integrated Drought Information System)
- National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
- National Institutes for Water Resources - Links to all 54 state water resources institutes
- Great Lakes Information Network
- Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- The Dynamic Great Lakes - Blog and book by Barbara Spring (Find it in a library)
- USGS' California Water Resources page
- Water Education Foundation
- Edwards Aquifer Home Page - A great page devoted to a groundwater resource in Texas
- Las Vegas and Water in the West - Exhibit from the library of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Western Waters Digital Library - A collection of digital information on the Platte, Rio Grande, Colorado, and Columbia river basins presented by several universities in the region
Great Lakes:
California:
Texas:
The West:
Canada
- Biosphère - A science center in Montreal; several exhibits are on water, particularly in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River area
- Canadian Water Resources Association
Environment Canada:
- Freshwater Web Site
- Groundwater and the Internet
Latin America
- Inter-American Water Resources Network - Organizations, agencies, documents dealing with water in the Americas
- Brazil's Water Industry - Advertises a pricey market report. I can't say whether it's worth it.
- Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe (CATHALAC) - Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe
- Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the Know-How in the Water Sector (EMWIS) - Large collection of links
- European Water Association
- Environment Agency (U.K.)
- Water Quality - Fresh, marine, underground and surface water in England and Wales
- Water Resources
- Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) - Regulators of public water supplies for England and Wales
- Office of Water (OFWAT) - Economic regulator of the water industry in England and Wales
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Research organization
- Water UK - Industry group
Britain:
Middle East
- IES Water Database Bibliography - formerly the Middle East Water Information Network
- MEh3O (Middle East Water) mailing list
- Middle East Water News
- Water in the Middle East (Columbia University Middle East and Jewish Studies Library)
- Waternet: Water, Conflict, and Politics in the Middle East
Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment
- CSIRO, the Australian science agency
Africa and the Developing World
- Africa Water Journalists Network - Providing information for journalists concerned with water
- DetailTalk - Blog on water issues in India
- India Water Portal - Case studies, expert directory, discussions, jobs and events
- Mvula Trust - NGO developing water and sanitation services in South Africa
- The Water Page, Incorporating the African Water Page
- Water in Africa - Lessons for U.S. schoolchildren (Peace Corps)
- Water for People
- Lifewater International
