Council on Environmental Quality

Environmental Quality Statistics: Aquatic Resources
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/aquatic.html

Department of Agriculture

Agriculture and Water Quality
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/pubs/wq.html

National Water and Climate Center
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/

Past and Future Freshwater Use in the United States
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr39.html

Department of Commerce

Hydrologic Information Center
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic

National Climatic Data Center
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 2003 Report to Congress
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/reports.htm

Statistical Abstract of the United States, Section 6, Geography & Environment
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

Department of Health and Human Services

Surveillance for Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks, U.S., 1995-1996
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00055820.htm

Department of the Interior

Concepts for National Assessment of Water Availability and Use
USGS Circular 1223
http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/circ1223

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data for Water Resources
http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/

Ground Water Atlas of the United States
http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/gwa.html

National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program
http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/data/ncbp/fish.htm

National Water Conditions
http://water.usgs.gov/nwc/contents.html

National Water Quality Assessment Program
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/

National Wetlands Inventory
http://wetlands.fws.gov/

Science in Your Watershed
http://water.usgs.gov/wsc/

Stream Water Quality in the Conterminous United States
Status and Trends of Selected Indicators During the 1980s
http://water.usgs.gov/nwsum/sal/

USGS Water Data
http://water.usgs.gov/data.html

Water Watch - Maps and Graphs of Current Water Resources Conditions
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/

Department of Transportation

Pollution Incidents in and Around U.S. Waters: A Spill/Release Compendium 1969-1998
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g%2Dm/nmc/response/stats/aa.htm

Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Indicators Initiative (EII)
State of the Environment
http://www.epa.gov/indicators/

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Program (EMAP)
http://www.epa.gov/emap/

Great Lakes National Program Office Environmental Indicators
http://www.epa.gov/glindicators/index.html

Index of Watershed Indicators: National Maps
http://www.epa.gov/iwi/index.html
Note: The maps that support data are still available.

National Coastal Condition Report II, 2005
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/nccr/2005/index.html

National Water Quality Inventory: 2002 Report to Congress
http://www.epa.gov/305b/index.html

Office of Environmental Information
http://www.epa.gov/oei/

Smart Growth and Water Resource Protection http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/smartgrowth/index.htm

Storage and Retrieval of Water Quality Information
http://www.epa.gov/storet/

Surf Your Watershed
http://www.epa.gov/surf/

Watershed Assessment, Tracking, & Environmental Results
http://www.epa.gov/waters/

Watershed Information Network
http://www.epa.gov/win/

European Environment Agency
http://themes.eea.eu.int/indicators/all_indicators_box

Government Accountability Office

GAO-05-376 raises questions about the future availability of environmental data.
“Environmental Information: Status of Federal Data Programs that Support Ecological Indicators”
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05376.pdf

H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
The State of the Nation's Ecosystems
http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/index.htm

Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators
http://www.sdi.gov/

Natural Resources Defense Council

Testing the Waters - 2001: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches
http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/titinx.asp

State of Florida

Testing the Waters - 2001: A Guide to Water Quality Environmental Indicator Technical Assistance Series
http://www.pepps.fsu.edu/segip/catalog/

State of Maryland

Testing the Waters - 2001: A Guide to Water Quality Watershed Indicators
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/watersheds/surf/indic/md/md_indic.html

World Resources Institute

Testing the Waters - 2001: A Guide to Water Quality Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems
http://water.wri.org/

Yale/Columbia Universities

Testing the Waters - 2001: A Guide to Water Quality Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index
http://www.yale.edu/epi/

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