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Irrigation Association (Web site)
Water conservation, irrigation, lawn, yard

Karsts: Avoid that Sinking Feeling (print materials)
This is an educational brochure with facts about karsts, what they are and what to do about them so that groundwater does not get contaminated.

LEAP - Livestock Environmental Assurance Program (Web site)
To help Ohio's livestock and poultry producers identify and address key management issues affecting environmental quality, the Ohio Livestock Coalition (OLC) developed the Livestock Environmental Assurance Program (LEAP), provides producers with the opportunity to take a proactive approach in blending sound production economics with concern about environmental quality.

Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities: A Planning Guide for Construction and Development (print materials)
This is a comprehensive and detailed guide designed to help those involved in construction and development better manage their environmental obligations.

Measuring Ground Water Elevation (print materials)
In this activity, students will be working with a 3-dimensional groundwater model to determine the flow of groundwater. The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate measurement techniques and to gain an understanding of relative measurements.

Name that Water Quality Hazard (print materials)
This activity introduces students to a spectrum of common water quality hazards, as well as sources of hazards, route(s) of exposure, associated health symptoms, and methods for hazard control.

National Water Quality Database (Web site)
This is a information management tool for locating water quality and waste management resources created by the 50 State Cooperative Extension Services. Major categories in the database include conservation, drinking water quality, pest management, nutrient management, waste management, wells, testing and public policy.

National Water Quality Monitoring Council (Web site)
The purpose of the NWQMC is to create a national forum for coordination of consistent and scientifically defensible methods and strategies to improve water quality monitoring, assessment and reporting. Promote partnerships to foster collaboration, advance the science, and improve management within all elements of the water quality monitoring community.

Natural and Beneficial Floodplain Functions: Floodplain Management - More than Flood Loss Reduction (print materials)
This is a position paper prepared by the Association of State Floodplain Managers, (ASFPM), a non-profit professional organization dedicated to reducing flood losses and protecting floodplain functions and resources in the United States

Private Water Systems Handbook, Fifth Edition (print materials)
Complete information about sampling and testing water to esnure safety. Dicsussions include water reducing modern appliances, reverse osmosis water treatment systems, selection, design, use of PEX modern piping systems, and energy-saving equipment; such as on-demand hot water heating systems and variable speed well pumps