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Drinking Water Issues in the United States

Find out about your local water quality - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo.htm

American Academy of Microbiology Colloquia Reports: "Clean Water, What is Acceptable Microbial Risk?" and other water-related reports: http://www.asm.org/Academy/index.asp?bid=54416

American Water Works Association, Drinking Water Week: http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/dww/

Home water testing - E-Watertest.com: http://www.e-watertest.com/

Bottled water: Pure Drink or Pure Hype? Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/nbw.asp

National Water Resources Association: http://www.nwra.org

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water: http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/

U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources of the United States: http://water.usgs.gov/

U.S. Water News Online: http://www.uswaternews.com/homepage.html

Ways to Save Water - Earth News Radio (ENN): http://enn.com/biz.html?id=329

Drinking Water Issues in Other Countries

Global International Waters Assessment: http://www.giwa.net/

Netherlands Water Partnership Water Information Network: http://www.nwp.nl/

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Freshwater activities: http://www.unep.org/themes/freshwater/

U.N. Environment Program UNEP.Net Freshwater Portal: http://freshwater.unep.net/

UN Environment Programme: GEMS/Water: http://www.gemswater.org/

Water and Sanitation Program (WSP): http://www.wsp.org/

The World Bank Group, Water Supply & Sanitation: http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/water/

World Water Council: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/

Drinking Water Supplies

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: http://www.irc.nl

NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation: Click here

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council: http://www.wsscc.org

World Health Organisation (WHO), Water, Sanitation and Health: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/

Water and Health Problems

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Parasitic Diseases. Parasitic Pathways: Drinking Water: Learn More

Diarrhea Page, Rehydration Project: http://rehydrate.org/diarrhoea/index.html

Pan-American Health Organization, Basic Country Health Profiles for the Americas: http://www.paho.org/english/sha/profiles.htm

Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/well/index.htm

Water and Sanitation Resources

International Development Research Centre: http://www.idrc.ca/

Inter-American Water Resources Network: http://www.iwrn.net/

International Institute for Sustainable Development: http://www.iisd.org/

International Office of Water: http://www.oieau.fr/

One: one.org

Sanitation Connection: http://www.sanicon.net/

Stockholm International Water Institute: http://www.siwi.org/

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Water Portal: http://www.unesco.org/water/

UNICEF Water Environment & Sanitation: http://www.unicef.org/wes/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Partners in Drinking Water Protection: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/links.html

Water Conserve - Water Conservation Portal: http://www.waterconserve.org/

Water Webster: http://www.waterwebster.com/

World Water Assessment Programme: http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap

Discovery School - Water Water Everywhere lesson plan: Learn More

The Globe Program Educators' Corner: Learn More

Peace Corps: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/

WaterAid Learn Zone: http://www.wateraid.org/uk/learn_zone/

University of Wisconsin - Extension: Give Water a Hand: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water Games and Activities: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html