Water Quality Research Guide
Scope
This guide is designed to support MPTC’s Water Quality Technician program.
Water Quality Technician Program Description
http://www.morainepark.edu/PDFFiles/academics/2009-10%20Program%20Web%20Pages/Water%20Qu ality%20Tech.pdf
Books
Moraine Park’s Fond du Lac campus library has an extensive collection of books relevant to water quality. Search the MPTC online catalog. When you are at the FdL campus, you might also want to browse the shelves between the following Library of Congress sections: TC 409 – TD 897 and GB 562 – GC 1015.
Periodicals
Water Engineering and Management is held by the service occupations department.
Water and Wastes Digest is online: http://www.wwdmag.com/wwd/
Pamphlet: Pipeline: Small Community Wastewater Issues Explained to the Public (A publication of the National Environmental Services Center at West Virginia University). Summer, 2008 issue: “Septic Systems and Source Water Protection.”
Websites
The Envirnomental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Water
http://www.epa.gov/ow/
The EPA site is huge! Here are some links within their site.
Careers in water quality
http://www.epa.gov/water/careers/
Municipal technologies
http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/
Effluent Limitations Guidelines
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/
Drinking water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/
An Introduction to the Clean Water Act
http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/cwa/
Contaminants and regulations
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html
Health effects of bad drinking water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/health.html
National Water Management Center
http://wmc.ar.nrcs.usda.gov/
The National Water Management Center (NWMC), a division of the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides leadership, direct assistance, information, and technology on water-related issues for natural resources conservation. Specifically, you'll find information on this website about Ground Water quality and quantitiy, hydrology and hydraulics, stream resoration, water resource partnering, water resource rehabilitation planning and animal waste management, among other topics.
The Wisconsin DNR Source Water Protection Program
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/dwg/swap/index.htm
Assessment Reports to Congress
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/watersummary/Waterqualityassessment.html
The Water Quality Association (WQA)
http://www.wqa.org/
The WCA is a not-for-profit international trade association representing the residential, commercial, industrial, and small community water treatment industry. WQA maintains a close dialogue with other organizations representing different aspects of the water industry in order to best serve consumers, government officials, and industry members. Furthermore, WQA is a resource and information source, a voice for the industry, an educator for professionals, a laboratory for product testing, and a communicator to the public.
Wastewater Treatment Principles and Regulations
http://ohioline.osu.edu/aex-fact/0768.html
This fact sheet is produced by the Ohio State University Extension and describes the various processes used in the treatment of wastewater. A couple of diagrams are included with the description.
Wikipedia Entry on Water Quality (with links)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_quality
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Water Quality page
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/waterquality.html
Although some parts of this page are rather elementary, others may be useful for adult readers, for example, the water science glossary: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html
Updated 6/2009
