RESOURCES

• Advocacy Organizations
• Links: Watershed Protection and Planning
• Links: River Restoration
• Links: Sustainable Water Use

• Links: Smart Growth Policy
• Links: Mosquito Control
• Documents/Downloads
• WAA Position Papers

Advocacy Organizations

Links: Watershed Protection and Planning

Watershed Network, EPA: www.epa.gov/adopt/network.html
Watershed Outreach Materials: www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/outreach/linksnonjs.html
Info for Kids: www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/ndwc_Kids_DWinfo.htm www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html
What's a Watershed? www.cwp.org/whats_a_watershed.htm
Center for Watershed Protection: www.cwp.org
River resources: www.massaudubon.org/rivers/resources.php
Find your State senator and representative: www.state.ma.us/legis/citytown.htm

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 fact sheets for educators: www.wef.org/education

Dam Removal and Fish Passage

American Rivers: www.americanrivers.org
Riverway’s Program www.mass.gov/dfwele/river/programs/riverrestore
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/kidsconserve.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
"Conservation Tips" section of its website: www.crwa.org

Lanscaping

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

Links: Smart Growth Policy

South Shore Regional Open Space Plan: http://projects.geosyntec.com/SCOSP/Index.html
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

Maps

www.srpedd.org/srpedd7.htm -- MAP OF SRPEDD DISTRICT

Links: Mosquito Control

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

Documents/Downloads

Southcoastal Watershed Action Plan
Southcoastal.zip 27 MB

WAA Position Papers