Water Quality Links
- EPA pilot projects to look at mercury TMDLs
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is beginning a $400,000 pilot project to evaluate methods for addressing the deposition of mercury from air sources to waterbodies.
- EPA’s Ground Water and Drinking Water Page
- This Environmental Protection Agency site has the latest information regarding drinking water regulation, as well as general facts like where drinking water comes from, what’s in it, drinking water standards, how you can protect your drinking water, a link for kids, and an extensive amount of additional material.
- Earth Force GREEN
- The Global Rivers Environmental Education Network has interactive resources that help educators and young people improve water resources.
- EMPACT Lake Access
- Real-time water quality data on Minneapolis metropolitian lakes provided online using advanced sensor technology.
- Minnesota DNR Lake Finder
- The Lake Finder contains data for more than 4,500 lakes and rivers throughout Minnesota.
- Great Lakes Information Network — Water Quality
- Information on water quality in the Great Lakes Region from the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
- University of Minnesota Graduate Studies in Water Resources Science
- A unique, multi-disciplinary approach to water-resources education.
- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- Cooperative projects between the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Sea Grant network.
- Great Lakes Water Levels
- Great Lakes water level data from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- LakeNet
- LakeNet is a global network of more than 1000 people and organizations in 100+ countries working for the conservation and sustainable management of lakes.
- LiMNnology
- The liMNology initiative at the University of Minnesota grows out of a strong sense that interdisciplinary work in the modern research university requires mechanisms to insure cross-fertilization of ideas, approaches, methods, techniques, and knowledge.
- LiMNnology Graduate Student Support
- The Virtual Center for liMNology announces the availability of competitive financial support for graduate students performing limnological research at the University of Minnesota.
- Miller Creek Stormwater Modeling Project
- Modelling project for Duluth’s Miller Creek. This project was also extended into an experimental data visualization project coined Flash Flood.
- CMWEA - Minnesota Water Connection
- Central Minnesota Water Education Alliance (CMWEA) is a group of central Minnesota local governments working together to improve water quality by educating residents on water quality issues.
- University of Minnesota Extension Service — Natural Resources and Environment
- Natural Resources and Environment programs address the relationship between humans and the land. Issues include environmental protection and management, forestry and wood products, water quality, urban and rural development, shoreland protection, waste management, and expanding populations.
- Minnesota Lakes Association
- The Minnesota Lakes Association seeks to protect, preserve and enhance Minnesota’s lakes as irreplaceable natural assets and to encourage responsible use of lakes for widely diverse purposes.
- Minnesota’s Lake Superior Beach Bacteria
- Minnesota is a member of the Coastal Swimming Beach Monitoring Program for coastal recreation waterways, funded by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant.
- Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
- The goal of Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program is to preserve, protect, develop and where possible, restore or enhance coastal resources along Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior.
- Natural Resources Research Institute
- Encouraging economic growth for Minnesota’s natural resources-based industries while keeping watch over that growth’s impact on the environment.
- Remote Sensing of Water Resources
- At the University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center and Remote Sensing Laboratory, analysts are exploring a new monitoring approach. With images captured from earth-observing satellites, they’re estimating lake water clarity and aquatic vegetation at city, state and regional scales.
- Shoreland Education Program
- University of Minnesota Extension Service’s program offers workshops, schedules and other resources.
- St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee — TMDL Mercury Reduction Project
- The TMDL project will identify as many sources of mercury to the St. Louis River as possible, calculate the amount of coming from each one and identify ways to reduce it.
- Minesota’s Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL)
- Information from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- USGS Water Science for Schools
- Information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and more.
- Volunteer Stream Monitoring Partnership
- Listings of methods and contacts for stream monitoring, and offers other resources (mainly in the Twin Cities).
- Water Resources Center
- University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center
- Water on the Web
- Water on the Web (WOW) helps college and high school students understand and solve real-world environmental problems using advanced technology.
Cynthia Hagley
Barbara Liukkonen
