Virginia Water Monitoring Council

-- Science Behind the News: Beaches and Bacteria. Virginia Water Central. August 2004 (no. 31) edition. (PDF Document) (Developed by Jackie McGeehan and Alan Raflo with Virginia Water Resources Research Center)

-- Virginia's Beach Monitoring Program (Virginia Department of Health) http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/DZEE/BeachMonitoring/

-- Virginia's Waterborne Hazards Control Program (Virginia Department of Health)http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/DZEE/Waterborne/

-- Virginia Coastal Program (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality) http://www.deq.virginia.gov/coastal/

Laboratory Certification Program

-- Virginia’s Environmental Laboratory Certification Program Proposed Regulations—Frequently Asked Questions (MS Word Document) (PDF Document) (Developed by VWMC, June 2005)

-- Environmental Laboratory Certification Program: Proposed Regulations and the Their Potential Impact on Citizen Monitoring (MS Word Document) (PDF Document) (Developed by VWMC, June 2005)

-- Virginia Environmental Laboratory Certificate Program overview (MS Word Document) (Developed by Nancy Saylor with DCLS, March 2005)

-- Proposed (as of October 20, 2004): CERTIFICATION FOR NONCOMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES (1 VAC 30 CHAPTER 45) (MS Word Document) or (PDF Document )

-- Proposed (as of October 20, 2004): ACCREDITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES (1 VAC 30 CHAPTER 46) (MS Word Document) or (PDF Document )

Pollution Prevention in Virginia
http://www.deq.state.va.us/p2/factsheets.html
Stream Monitoring (an introduction)
http://www.rappmonitor.va.nacdnet.org/intro.htm
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
-- Frequently Asked Questions About TMDLs (TMDL development, Bacteria TMDL Implementation, Proactive Approach to Restoring Waters Impaired by Bacteria -- by DEQ) (PDF Document)
-- TMDLs for Benthic Impairments
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/bse/442-556/442-556.html

Wetlands and Watershed (EPA )
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/facts/contents.html

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Clean Virginia Waterways’ Glossary of Water Terms
http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/images/app.glossary.pdf
TMDL Terms
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/tmdl/glossary.html
U.S. Geological Surveys’ Water Science Dictionary
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html

VIRGINIA RELATED INFORMATION

U.S. Geological Survey in Virginia
http://va.water.usgs.gov/
Stream Watch – Biological Health of Rivanna Basin
http://www.streamwatch.org/Data/Reports/2004_fall_report.php
Shenandoah Water Window
http://www.purewaterforum.org/waterwindow
Roanoke River Watershed Maps
http://www.rrba.org

PUBLICATIONS

Chesapeake Bay Report (State of the Bay Report)
http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sotb_2004_index

Drinking Water in Virginia
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/va.htm

Non-point Source Pollution Education (for municipal officials)
http://www.nemo.uconn.edu/reducing_runoff MS Word Document

Oceans Commission Report (Pew Report)
(detailed recommendations on improving America’s ocean management policies)
http://www.pewoceans.org

Online Resources for LID (by Richard Street, MS Word Document)

Pollution Prevention Publications and Resources
http://www.deq.state.va.us/p2/

Virginia Cooperative Extension
http://www.ext.vt.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Docs.woa/wa/getcat?cat=ir-nrem

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (List of DCR publications)
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/pub_list.htm

Virginia Department of Environment (List of DEQ publications)
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/info/list.html

Virginia Water Resources Research Center 
http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/publications/publicat.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (National Service Center for Environmental Publications--NSCEP)
http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/index.htm

U.S. Geological Survey (national publications)
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/

U.S. Geological Survey (Virginia publications)
http://va.water.usgs.gov/indx_pubs.htm

U.S. Geological Survey (Ecological Studies in the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program)
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/ecology/pubs/index.html

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS

Teaching materials (Provides descriptions of curriculum, publications, programs, bibliographies and resource guides). Compiled by Barry W. Fox, Extension Specialist, 4-H Marine/Aquatic Education, Box 9081, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23806, 804-524-5848, FAX: 804-524-5057, bfox@vsu.edu (PDF Format).

Additional Websites:

Acorn Naturalists (resources for the trail and classroom)
http://www.acorn-group.com/
Adopt a Stream Program (Litter cleanups and storm drain stenciling)
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/adopt.htm
Adopt-A-Watershed
http://www.adopt-a-watershed.org/
Ag in the Classroom (National)
http://www.agclassroom.org/

Ag in the Classroom (Utah)
http://extension.usu.edu/AITC/index.html

Ag in the Classroom (Virginia)
http://www.vafb.com/aitc.htm

Basic Groundwater Hydrology
http://www.issaquah.org/comorg/gwac/Hydro.htm

Bay B C's
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/bay_bcs.pdf

Better Backyard
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/781.pdf

Buffer Brochure
http://www.cblad.virginia.gov/docs/RipBuffBrochure_Final.pdf

Chesapeake Bay Program
http://www.chesapeakebay.net

Chesapeake Bay Program at ODU
http://www.chesapeakebay.odu.edu/

Chesapeake Bay Program -- Virginia DEQ
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/bay

Clip Art for Teachers
www.clipartforteachers.com

Cooking Up Great Conservation Education Programs http://www.vaswcd.org/cookbook.htm

The Dirt on Soil
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/soil/index.html

Dirt- Secrets in the Soil
http://extension.usu.edu/aitc/teachers/secondary/dirt.html

Drinking Water in Virginia
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/va/htm

Envirofun
www.epa.state.il.us/kids

Environmental Media (videos, teacher's guides, etc)
http://www.envmedia.com/

EPA Office of Groundwater
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/

Explorer’s Club
www.epa.gov/kids

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
www.earthforce.org

Izaak Walton League of America
http://www.iwla.org/siteindx.htm

Kids, Crops and Critters
www.agintheclassroom.org

Kids in the Creek
http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/kr/ed/kidsinthecreek/homepage.htm

National 4-H
http://www.4-h.org/

National Groundwater Association
http://www.ngwa.org/

National Wildlife Federation Animal Tracks Program
http://www.nwf.org/animaltracks/index.html

NRCS Plant Database
http://plants.usda.gov/

Project Food, Land and People
http://www.foodlandpeople.org/

Raindrops Educational Booklet
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/sw/docs/raindrops.pdf

Raingardens
http://www.raingardens.org/Index.php

Roanoke River Watershed Maps
http://www.rrba.org

Rus the Surfing Squirrel
www.usda.gov/rus/educate/ruskids.htm

Science for Kids
www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids

Science Learning Network
http://www.sln.org/resources/index.html

Soda Bottle Hydrology (U.S. Dept of Energy)
http://web.em.doe.gov/soda/about.html

Stanley Stat and Pie-Chart Pam
http://www.usda.gov/nass/nasskids/kidpg.htm

Storm Sewers Don’t Lead to the Sewer Plant Video
http://www.nacdnet.org

Surfing the Net with Kids, Science Page
http://www.surfnetkids.com/directory/Science/

Virginia Environmental Endowment
http://www.vee.org/

Water Education Posters
http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html

Water Environment Federation Classroom Connections

http://www.wef.org/Education/Connection/index.jhtml

Water Related Web Sites
http://www.crwcd.gov/teacher/websites.html

Watershed Connections Activity Book
http://www.vaswcd.org/educate.htm

Water Systems Council – Well Water Naturally Better
www.watersystemscouncil.org

Water Wizard Van
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/wizard/

What Tree is That?
http://www.treelink.org/whattree/index.htm

Wildlife Habitat
http://www.nwf.org/habitats

Woodsy Owl
http://www.fs.fed.us/spf/woodsy

QUIZZES

"What is Your H20 IQ?" (Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation)
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/sw/h2o-iq.htm
Virginia's Rivers Quiz (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality)
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/kids/quiz/rivers.html
Litter Quiz (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality)
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/kids/quiz/litter.html

If you have information to add to this site, please contact Jane Walker, VWMC administrative assistant, at vwmc@vt.edu.

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