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(IR) NPSINFO: Email Listserver
Instructions on how to sign up for an email discussion list focused on nonpoint
source pollution.
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(IR) Watershed Assessment, Tracking and
Environmental Results System (WATERS)
WATERS is a tool that unites water quality information previously available
only on individual state agency homepages and at several Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) websites. State and federal water quality managers, as
well as interested citizens, can use WATERS to quickly identify the status of
individual waterbodies of interest to them. It can also be used to generate
summary reports on all waters of a state.
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(IR) Web-Based Reach Indexing Tool (WebRIT-WATERS)
The Web-based Reach Indexing Tool (WebRIT-WATERS) is an interactive mapping procedure that allows users to view surface waters within the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and related information about these waters and their watersheds as context for georeferencing their own water quality information to the NHD, including projects funded under Clean Water Act Section 319h (Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants).
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(G) News Notes
Nonpoint Source News-Notes is an occasional bulletin dealing with the condition
of the water-related environment, the control of nonpoint sources of water
pollution, and the ecosystem-driven management and restoration of
watersheds.
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(A) National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture
National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture is a technical guidance and reference document for use by State, local, and tribal managers in the implementation of nonpoint source pollution management programs. It contains information on the best available, economically achievable means of reducing pollution of surface and ground water from agriculture (Final Version - July 2003).
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(F) National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Forestry
This draft guidance is intended to provide technical assistance to State, local, and tribal program managers and others on the best available, economically achievable means of reducing nonpoint source pollution of surface and ground water from forestry activities. The public comment period ended on September 27, 2001 and a final document is expected to be issued in Fall 2002. Inquiries may be sent to Christopher Solloway of EPA's Nonpoint Source Control Branch at solloway.chris@epa.gov.
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(M) National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Marinas and Recreational Boating
National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Marinas and Recreational Boating is a technical guidance and reference document for use by State, local, and tribal managers in the implementation of nonpoint source pollution management programs. It contains information on the best available, economically achievable means of reducing pollution of surface water runoff from marinas and recreational boating. (Final Version)
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(U) National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas
National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas is a draft technical guidance and reference document for use by State, local, and tribal managers in the implementation of nonpoint source pollution management programs. It contains information on the best available, economically achievable means of reducing pollution of surface and ground water from urban areas. The due date for comments on the draft are due on December 9, 2002. Please send comments to Rod Frederick of EPA at frederick.rod@epa.gov.
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(G) Guidance Specifying Management Measures for
Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters
This is a comprehensive technical document on methods to abate and control
nonpoint pollution in coastal areas. Primarily intended for State and local
watershed project staff.
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(G) Best NPS Documents
This is not a publication. It is a list of documents that the Nonpoint Source
Control Branch at EPA headquarters has found to be especially well done. The
list includes agriculture documents, forestry documents, marina documents,
urban documents, stream restoration documents, nonpoint source monitoring
documents, and funding documents.
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(G) Watershed Protection Techniques;
Vol. 1, No. 2 Summer, 1994
A Quarterly Bulletin on Urban Watershed Restoration and the Protection
Tools.
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(G) Enforceable State Mechanisms for the
Control of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
Published by the Environmental Law Institute, ELI Project #970300
This project was supported in part by Environmental Protection Agency
Assistance Agreement No. X-825472-01.
The views expressed herein should not be attributed to EPA nor should any
official endorsement be inferred.
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(G) Cleaner Water Through
Conservation
This document explains the relationship between the quantity of water and its
quality and discusses how developing water-use efficiency programs can help
states and local communities achieve cleaner water through conserving
water.
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(G) Urbanization and Streams:
Studies of Hydrologic Impacts
Hydrologic impacts may cause water quality problems such as sedimentation,
increased temperatures, habitat changes, and the loss of fish populations.
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(G) Section 319 Nonpoint Sources Success
Stories
This document demonstrates the successful implementation of the section 319
Clean Water Act Nonpoint Source program. The report provides examples of
successful solutions to a variety of water quality problems caused by nonpoint
source pollution.
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(G) Section 319 Success Stories: Volume
II
This document is the second volume of Section 319 Success Stories. The
document gives examples of success stories that have come with the maturation
of state nonpoint source programs.
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(G) Section 319 Success Stories: Volume
III
This document is the third volume of Section 319 Success Stories. It contains
approximately two new stories per state, highlighting some of the additional
successes achieved since the 1997 publication. These stories demonstrate
better-defined water quality improvements, as well as growing partnerships and
funding sources, as state 319 programs expand and states learn increasingly
more from past 319 demonstration projects.
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(M) Clean Marinas - Clear Value -
Environmental and Business Success Stories
Marinas and recreational boating are very popular uses of coastal water. The
growth of recreational boating, along with the growth of coastal development in
general, has led to a growing awareness of the need to protect the
environmental quality of our waterways. This study focuses on the econmic
benefits realized by marina managers who have implemented management measures
at their marinas.
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(U) Economic Benefits of
Runoff Controls
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(U) Techniques for Tracking, Evaluating,
and Reporting the Implementation of Nonpoint Source Control Measures -
Urban
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(W/RM) Ecological
Restoration: A Tool To Manage Stream Quality
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(A) Techniques for Tracking, Evaluating,
and Reporting the Implementation of Nonpoint Source Control Measures -
Agriculture
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(F) Techniques for Tracking,
Evaluating, and Reporting the Implementation of Nonpoint Source Control
Measures - Forestry
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(U) Operation, Maintenance, and
Management of Stormwater Management Systems
This manual, available only in hard copy, presents a comprehensive review of
the technical, educational, and institutional elements needed to assure that
stormwater management systems are designed, built, maintained and operated
properly during and after their construction. It was developed by the Watershed
Management Institute in cooperation with the U.S. EPA Office of Water to assist
individuals resposible for designing, building, maintaining, or operating
stormwater management systems. It will also be helpful to individuals
responsible for implementing urban stormwater management programs.
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(U) Institutional Aspects of Urban
Runoff Management: A Guide for Program Development and Implementation.
The Watershed Management Institute, Inc. has printed a book entitled
Institutional Aspects of Urban Runoff Management: A Guide for Program
Development and Implementation. This book presents a comprehensive review
of the institutional frameworks of successful urban runoff management programs.
It was developed to assist individuals responsible for developing and
implementing urban erosion, sediment control, and stormwater management
programs.
- (E/O) Getting In Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns
Available as a 100-page book and a 35-minute companion video, this set is designed to strengthen watershed outreach campaigns at all levels:
1) Getting in Step—A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns (Publication # EPA 841-B-03-002) (PDF, 3.3 MB), and
2) Getting in Step—A Video Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns (Publication # EPA 841-V-03-001)
For copies of these resources, please contact the National Service Center for Environmental Publications via phone at 1-800-490-9198 or via the Web at www.epa.gov/ncepihom. The book is also available as a PDF download on EPA's website (link above). Please provide feedback on these resources by sending an email to Don Waye, outreach coordinator for the Nonpoint Source Control Branch at EPA Headquarters.
The inclusion of a link on this page does not
constitute an endorsement by EPA of any organization's policies or activities,
or of any item for sale. EPA makes no guarantees regarding information, data or
links contained on non-EPA web sites. Please note that the following links will
transport you off the EPA server.
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(G) Unified Federal Policy for a
Watershed Approach to Federal Land and Resource Management
The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy and the Interior, the
Environmental Protection Agency, theTennessee Valley Authority, and the Army
Corps of Engineer are adopting a unified Federal policy on watershed
management. The following policy has two main goals: (1) Use a watershed
approach to prevent and reduce pollution of surface and ground waters resulting
from Federal land and resource management activities; and (2) Accomplish this
in a unified and cost-effective manner. The policy was signed on October 18,
2000.
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(G) Putting the Pieces
Together: State Nonpoint Source Enforceable Mechanisms in Context
Published by the Environmental Law Institute, ELI Project #970302. Unlike the
two earlier ELI studies, Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of
Nonpoint Source Water Pollution (October 1997) and Almanac of Enforceable state
Laws to Control Nonpoint SourceWater Pollution (1998), which surveyed the
authorities existing in each State, this new document is a set of 8 case
studies designed to assess how enforceable mechanisms are used in
practice.
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(G) Almanac of
Enforceable State Laws to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
Published by the Environmental Law Institute, ELI Project #970301. This
document is a state-by-state report identifying enforceable provisions that can
apply to nonpoint source discharges in each state. It builds upon the study
entitled Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of Nonpoint Source Water
Pollution (link below). The views expressed herein should not be attributed to
EPA nor should any official endorsement be inferred.
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(G) Simple Things
You Can Do to Clean Up Our Urban Streams and the Chesapeake Bay
This brochure was created with EPA grant money (604-b).
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(W/RM) Stream Corridor
Restoration Handbook
This document was produced by the collective experience, skills, and techonology of 15 Federal agencies of the United States government. It is a benchmark document that is being used by these agencies, as well as many others who are interested in restoring the functions and values of the nation's stream corridors.
