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lead or participate in a comprehensive set of programs and activities
that help protect waters that support shellfish. This website is designed
to locate this information by providing a list of selected websites. This
is not a comprehensive list. If you have specific questions or if you
are not able to find what you are looking for, you may comment.
We are directed by the Clean Water Act to maintain "...water quality
which provides for the protection and propagation of...shellfish..."
(Section 101(a)(2)). Rather than structuring its programs to protect particular
living resources, like shellfish, programs are structured by environmental
media (e.g., surface or ground waters), sources of
pollution (e.g., wastewater treatment plants), specific
types of pollutants (e.g., pesticides), and tools to detect, prevent, or
correct problems (e.g., water quality standards,
nonpoint source control, watershed
protection, industrial discharge permits,
and financial assistance. Through
these and other mechanisms, we are able to work with other governmental
and nongovernmental groups to reduce the impacts of pollution sources on
the nation's aquatic resources such as shellfish.
Key Contaminants and How to Find Them
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Microbial Methods and Indicators
Laboratory Methods
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Pesticide Tolerances
Biotoxins
Pathogen Review / Research
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Advisories
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Monitoring and Results
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Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Survey Results
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Sediment Contamination
Nutrients
Information Display and Models
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Protection Programs and Plans
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Water Quality Criteria and Standards
Gulf of Mexico
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Marine Sanitation
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Shellfish Area Protection
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Restoration
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Watershed Protection
- Watersheds
- The Watershed
Tools Directory - describes several hundred methods, models,
data sources and other approaches that States and communities
can use in managing watersheds to improve or maintain water quality
for human health and ecological purposes.
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EPA Links
Publications and Conferences
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Non-EPA Links 
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