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Water Information Coordination Program (WICP) Description of a federal interagency program to improve water information for decision making about natural resources management and environmental protection and the Advisory Committee on Water Information working with the program. (Score: 1.380)

Water use in the United States Links to water use reports for the United States for 1985, 1990, and 1995, comparison of use and renewable water supply by region, handbook for collecting water-use data, and other information on national water use. (Score: 1.380)

National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit The Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to survey data, publications, maps, and results. (Score: 0.934)

Assessing ground-water vulnerability to contamination: providing scientifically defensible information for decision makers The information, citations, and hypothetical examples provided in this report highlight how basic principles and assessments are essential components of the regulatory and policy decision-making process. Link to PDF version. (Score: 0.690)

State Water Resources Research Institute Program Homepage of the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) Program with links to institutes, projects, and programs. (Score: 0.690)

Watershed and River System Management Program (WaRSMP) Description of a BLM and USGS interagency program providing a data centered framework for water resources decision making with links to modeling tools including RiverWare and Modular Modeling Systems, decision support system,and applications. (Score: 0.690)

Water resources of the western United States Home page for links to state district activities in water resources data collection, research, and analysis in the Western Region. (Score: 0.668)

Interagency Hydrology Committee for Alaska Information on the Interagency Hydrology Committee for Alaska, an organization of technical specialists at the federal, state, and local levels who are coordinating the collection and implementation of water resources related data in Alaska. (Score: 0.647)

Farm ponds as critical habitats for native amphibians Constructed farm ponds represent significant breeding, rearing, and overwintering habitat for amphibians in the Driftless Area Ecoregion of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Links to fact sheet, brochure, annual reports, field manual, and final report. (Score: 0.520)

Water resources of Michigan - programs and projects Brief descriptions of categories of USGS research programs and projects on water resources in Michigan with links to more detailed information on projects. (Score: 0.491)

Water resources of Michigan - protection of drinking water sources Links to descriptions, publications, and photos of research projects in Michigan related to drinking water including source assessment, ground-water availability, water resources, and contaminants in water. (Score: 0.491)

USGS / Department of Energy cooperative studies in Nevada Describes cooperation of the USGS office in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the Department of Energy to address environmental and scientific issues at the Nevada Test Site and vicinity with links to project information. (Score: 0.480)

Water resources of Virginia - chloride monitoring network Description of project to study the distribution of saline water in the aquifers of the Coastal Plain of Virginia and the potential for saline water intrusion by evaluating chloride concentrations and the factors affecting chloride distribution. (Score: 0.455)

Kentucky District - program highlights Brief descriptions of research programs in water resources in Kentucky with a few links to program websites. Programs include data collection projects, acid mine drainage, hydrodynamics, geology, waste site cleanup and hydrogeology. (Score: 0.446)

Watershed and River Systems Management Program-WARSMP: application to the Yakima River Basin, Washington Description of Yakima River Basin Program including: location of basin, description of economic activities, water management issues and modeling processes used to account for water availability. (Score: 0.377)

Visualization of flow alternatives, Lower Missouri River This report presents a visual, statistical presentation of five modeled flow-management alternatives and two reference alternatives for four selected sites on the Lower Missouri to aid in decisionmaking for flow management of the river. (Score: 0.343)

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