A: The USGS maintains a home page on information and activities related to water quality. A fact sheet (A Primer on Water Quality, FS 027-01) is also available. The USGS’s Water Science for Schools web site has general information on water quality that is useful to students and teachers. Other USGS water quality programs include:

• USGS Water Resources Data
• National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)
• National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN)
• USGS Drinking Water Programs
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network

The following are additional sources of information on water quality.

• National Water Quality Monitoring Council
• Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Ground Water and Drinking Water Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Water Quality Issues, Division of Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Water Quality Information Center, National Agricultural Library
• National Water Quality Program, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)

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