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BASIN is a local community service network offering public access to environmental information. BASIN's initial focus is on water in Boulder County, CO: where it comes from, goes to and how it is used. Watershed, recreation, precipitation, personal action, and community uses are major focuses in this site.
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This site is maintained by the Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology. A Microbe Zoo and the Microbe of the Month are included. The site provides some background material on many different types of Microbes, in ponds, around the deep sea vents, and various other locations. Two water regions are represented on the site, although mention is made of several others.
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The
world's
food
production
depends
on
the
availability
of
water,
a
precious
but
finite
resource.
Users
can
learn
about
the
need
for
more
efficient
usage
of
water
for
irrigation,
and
about
the
activities
of
the
Water
Resources
Development
and
Management
Service,
which
is
concerned
with
sustainable
use
and
conservation
of
water
in
agriculture.
Links
to
other
sites
related
to
irrigation
practices
and
...
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Scorecard
provides
environmental
maps
with
a
pollution
locator
to
search
by
area,
for
the
following
subjects:
criteria
air
pollutants,
hazardous
air
pollutants,
lead
hazards,
lead
contamination,
animal
waste
from
factory
farms,
toxic
releases
from
industrial
facilities,
the
Clean
Water
Act,
watershed
indicators,
and
setting
environmental
priorities.
There
are
sections
for
chemical
profile
searches,
...
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This
CD-ROM
is
a
reproduction
of
the
out-of-print
textbook
by
the
same
name
developed
for
the
undergraduate
to
graduate
level
Earth
systems
science
major
to
study
landforms
and
landscapes.
It
presents
in-depth
coverage
of
geomorphology
as
a
discipline
and
the
use
of
satellite
imagery
in
observation,
study,
and
interpretation.
It
contains
a
gallery
of
237
color
and
black
and
white
plates
of
space
imagery,
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The Elementary GLOBE Teacher's Implementation Guide includes tips for using the Elementary GLOBE materials with students, information about inquiry and literacy, and connections to science, mathematics, and geography standards. The Guide is available in English, French and Spanish.
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This
USGS
site
contains
graphs,
tables,
and
charts
for
the
following
ground
water
topics:
What
is
ground
water,
ground
water
flow
diagrams,
importance
of
groundwater,
and
trends
in
ground-water
use.
Ground
water
quality,
pesticides,
aquifers,
waterwells,
artesian
wells,
sinkholes,
and
land
subsidence
are
also
covered.
There
are
a
variety
of
links
within
all
of
the
above
topics
and
a
very
complete
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Materials
here
focus
on
worldwide
water
issues
and
policy
decisions,
and
discussions
of
ongoing
projects
involving
conservation,
drought
mitigation,
and
solutions
for
small
landholders.
A
set
of
tools
and
databases
is
available
for
evaluating
irrigation
results,
developing
scenarios
for
water
and
food
supply
policy
decisions,
and
evaluating
the
health
of
fresh-water
ecosystems.
This
site
is
sponsored
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Users
can
read
and
view
pictures
as
part
of
a
discussion
of
the
positive
and
negative
impacts
of
dam
building
on
the
streams,
rivers,
and
watersheds
in
the
United
States
and
in
Egypt.
Conservation
measures
intended
to
increase
the
availability
of
water
for
fish
and
wildlife
are
outlined,
and
a
link
to
the
Dam
and
Reservoir
Impact
and
Information
Archive
is
provided.
This
archive
is
an
extensive
collection
...
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This article from Agriculture21 cites the management practices and policies that will be necessary to avoid water crises in the coming three decades. There are links to information on raising water productivity, improving irrigation technology, and modernizing irrigation management. The text is available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese.
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