Water Resource Center

Who We Are

The Water Resource Center (WRC) is a contractor-operated facility at EPA Headquarters providing document delivery, information/referral, and reference services to public users and EPA staff interested in Office of Water Program information. The Center catalogs and distributes documents published by the Office of Water's Program Offices:

• Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW);
• Office of Science and Technology (OST);
• Office of Wastewater Management (OWM); and the
• Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW), for whom we operate the EPA's Wetlands Helpline.

The Water Resource Center is part of EPA's National Library Network, and is operated by ASRC Aerospace Corporation.

Ordering Publications from the Water Resource Center

• We maintain a 24-hour voice mail system for publications orders or reference questions at (202) 566-1729. Long-distance callers within the US may also reach us on the Wetlands Helpline phone at 1-800-832-7828.
  
  
• To order documents, you will need to provide some description of the titles or other information in which you are interested, along with a mailing address. If you require a call back or an e-mail response, you will need to provide us with some means of contacting you.



•   The Office of Water has recently launched an online ordering system for documents - the OW Publications Ordering Database. This new database will allow users to select items from our extensive list of in-print EPA documents and send an order directly to the Water Resource Center using a "Shopping Cart" -type arrangement. Order Numbers and/or Web Links to many out-of-print items are also included in the database. [Enter the OW Publications Ordering System Now]



• To contact us by E-Mail, use our E-Mail Request Form or this E-Mail address: center.water-resource@epa.gov.

 

• Current publications lists for each Program Office are available under these links:



• Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) Publications
• Office of Wastewater Management (OWM) Publications
• Office of Science and Technology (OST) Publications
• Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (OWOW) Publications

Borrowing Videotapes from the WRC

• We also have EPA-produced videotapes available for 30-day loan. Go to the Videotapes Request Form. 

Distribution Policy

• The WRC distributes one free copy of each publication per customer until supplies are exhausted. The National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP, formerly NCEPI) will also distribute free copies of each publication per customer until supplies are exhausted.  Customers can then order them for a fee from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) or the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
  
  
• You may order directly from any of these sources. Contact us first for assistance with finding the correct order numbers!
  
  
  • National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP): ncepimal@one.net or call (800) 490-9198;
  • Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC): ericse@osu.edu or call (800)276-0462;
  • National Technical Information Service (NTIS): orders@ntis.fedworld.gov or call (800) 553-6847.

About Shipping

• OST and OWM materials are usually shipped fourth class mail. OGWDW documents are shipped first class mail. Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery of domestic (U.S) first class; 2-3 weeks for delivery of domestic (U.S.) fourth class mail; 8-10 weeks standard surface foreign mail. If you need expedited delivery of documents, express shipping options may be available. Contact us!

WRC Monthly Update

• The Office of Water Resource Center has revived the WRC Monthly Update, a compilation of documents received for cataloging for the previous month. If you would like to have the Update sent to you by E-Mail, send us a message at
  
  center.water-resource@epa.gov
  
  with the words SUBSCRIBE MU in the Subject Line. [Review EPA's Privacy and Security Notice]

Contact Information

• E-Mail address: center.water-resource@epa.gov 
• Local (Washington, DC Metro area): (202) 566-1729 
• Toll-free: (800) 832-7828 (Wetlands Helpline) 
• 24-hour voicemail: (202) 566-1729 
• 24-hour fax: (202) 566-1736 

Mailing address

Physical Location (for courier deliveries and walk-in service)

Water Resource Center
US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA West Room 1119
1301 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) 

Visitors will need to check in with Security at the EPA West Vistors Entrance on Constitution Avenue.
 

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