Watershed Management and Restoration

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, watershed management is the continuous process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects with partners using a multi-disciplinary and adaptive approach to sustain and enhance natural watersheds. Resources available in this sub-theme include watershed management technical reports, tools to assess flows in ecosystems, and other resources that support sustainable watershed management and restoration.

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Watershed Management and Restoration Resources

Applications of Groundwater Geochemistry

National Groundwater Association
This two-day course will provide you with the knowledge you need to evaluate contaminant migration and design remediation systems based upon the geochemical parameters of your site.Read more

Hydrogeochemical Processes Controlling Metals Remediation of Aquifer Systems

National Groundwater Association
?This two-day course introduces you to the world of environmental forensics, a multidisciplinary field with the goal of understanding how and when contamination occurred. Investigations may involve identifying and apportioning responsibility among multiple parties, age dating releases, or...Read more

The Groundwater Visibility Initiative: Integrating Groundwater and Surface Water Management Workshop

National Groundwater Association
Examine the challenges - and successes - of managing the integration of groundwater and surface water in this one-day workshop being held jointly by NGWA and the American Water Resources Association (AWRA).Read more

Groundwater Handbook

Published: 
January 1, 1970
National Groundwater Association
This book features 12 chapters on information covering common topics such as drilling, pipe and casing, hydraulics of water data, well design, irrigation, water quality, hydrogeology, and groundwater flow.Read more

Groundwater Modeling

Published: 
January 1, 1970
National Groundwater Association
The basic concepts of mathematical and numerical models are covered in this publication. Designed for the manager or hydrologist with little or no modeling experience. Limitations and uses of groundwater models are also covered.Read more

Groundwater Tracers

Published: 
January 1, 1970
National Groundwater Association
This publication takes a comprehensive look at the important subject of tracing and describes how to plan a test. Outlines for 12 types of tests are included.Read more

Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction

Published: 
January 1, 1970
National Groundwater Association
This 20-minute DVD demonstrates the interaction between groundwater and surface water through a video demonstration.Read more

Aqueduct

World Resources Institute
Aqueduct is a global water risk mapping tool helps companies, investors, governments, and other users understand where and how water risks and opportunities are emerging worldwide. Read more

Watershed Conservation Screening Tool

The Nature Conservancy
The Watershed Conservation Screening Tool quickly measures the potential for five common watershed conservation activities to reduce sediment and nutrient pollution in a source watershed (surface water only). This tool will describe for each source watershed its land cover and estimate its...Read more

China Urban Water Blueprint

Published: 
April 21, 2016
The Nature Conservancy
The China Urban Water Blueprint provides a scientific understanding of the current status of urban water sources and the potential for nature-based conservation in China. This report surveyed the source water catchments of the 30 fastest growing, large cities in China and compared and analyzed the...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

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