Advocacy Organizations

State and Federal Environmental Agencies

Links: Watershed Protection and Planning

• Watershed Network, EPA: www.epa.gov/adopt/network.html
• EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds: www.epa.gov/owow/
• Info for Kids: www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/ndwc_Kids_DWinfo.htm www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html
• Center for Watershed Protection: www.cwp.org
• River resources: www.massaudubon.org/rivers/resources.php
• Find your State senator and representative: www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php

Links: River Restoration

Water quality

• Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials: http://nemo.uconn.edu
• EPA local ordinances link: www.epa.gov/owow/nps/ordinance
• Mass Audubon's "imperiled rivers" pages: www.massaudubon.org/rivers/index.php
• National Small Flows Clearinghouse: www.nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/nsfc_index.htm
  Targeted to communities to solve wastewater problems to protect public health and the environment.
• Water Environment Federation: Worldwide network of water quality professionals with resources for educators: www.wef.org/aboutwater/foreducators/supplementalresources/

Dam Removal and Fish Passage

• American Rivers: www.americanrivers.org
• Riverway’s Program www.mass.gov/dfwele/river/programs/riverrestore.htm
• NOAA: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration
• Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries: www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/publications/technical.htm

Links: Sustainable Water Use

Streamflow

• Riverways Program: www.mass.gov/dfwele/river/index.htm
• Riverways has also created a website with information on instream flow standards:
  www.mass.gov/dfwele/river/programs/rifls/lf_resources.htm
• The Groundwater Foundation: www.groundwater.org
• USGS: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/current/?type=flow

Water Conservation

• Water Conservation at Home: www.h2ouse.org/index.cfm
• Easy Ways to Conserve: www.groundwater.org/kc/easywaystoconserve.html
• American Water Works Association: household water use and other information:
  www.awwa.org/advocacy/learn/conserve
• A list of additional water conservation internet links:
  www.awwa.org/waterwiser/links

Lanscaping

• GreenScapes: www.greenscapes.org
• For Homeowners and a "greener" backyard: http://www.cwp.org/Community_Watersheds/Retrofitting_Backyard.pdf

Links: Smart Growth Policy

• Low Impact Development: www.lowimpactdevelopment.org
• Green Infrastucture: www.greenmapping.org/about
  www.epa.gov/npdes/greeninfrastructure/general
• South Coastal Watershed Action Plan: www.nsrwa.org

Links: Mosquito Control

• The Outdoor Network for Plymouth - Vector-borne diseases:
  http://www.the-outdoor-network.com/vectorBorne.html

Documents/Downloads

WAA Position Papers

• May 2007: WAA_Comments_ProposedStormwaterRegs_Revised.doc
• May 2007: WAA_Comments_SentatBill495_ltr.5.08.doc
• April 2007: WAA_Final_WarehamRd13580_4.12.doc
• April 2007: WAA_FinalComments_IWRMP_3.9.07.doc
• December 2006: WAA_FinalComments_DEIRNAS.doc