American Water Works Association - International nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water. http://www.awwa.org/ 

Biological Components of the U.S.G.S. National Water Quality Assessment Program http://ny.water.usgs.gov/projects/hdsn/abs/abst5.html

EPA's Capacity Building Resources- This website, put together by the Nonpoint Source Capacity Building and Funding Work Group, provides watershed groups and local governments links to technical tools for scientific support, engineering support, information technology, assistance with legal issues, project management, outreach, and planning support.http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/capacity/index.htm

EPA Region 6, Border Environmental Education Resource Guide. This Guide provides insight into many environmental providers including local, state, and federal entities, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and private organizations throughout Southern New Mexico, Southern Texas, and the Northern portions of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. http://www.bordereeweb.net

EPA's Non-Point Source Pollution Page http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/whatis.html

Give Water A Hand - Program for youth groups or classes to help kids take action to improve local water quality. http://www.uwex.edu/erc/

International Water Association - IAWQ is an international professional membership association, publisher and conference organizer. http://www.iawq.org.uk/

Macroinvertebrates and Other Stream Creatures. Fantastic color photos of 20 macro invertebrates that should be invaluable in identifying insects on site. http://www.fortworthgov.org/DEM/kidsnet.htm

What is Up with Our Nation's Waters? - highly recommended reading from the EPA. This link will allow you to download a PDF version of the article. http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/waters.pdf

National Ground Water Association http://www.ngwa.org/ 

Nonpoint source News Notes- A bimonthly, bulletin that covers developments in the assessment and management of nonpoint source pollution. Includes commentary; legislation and policy;innovative state, local and private sector programs; technological news; publication reviews; and a datebook of upcoming events. http://www.epa.gov/owow/info/NewsNotes/.

National Water Quality Monitoring Council - National Water Quality Monitoring Council Purpose: Provide national coordination to implement the Strategy to Improve Water-Quality Monitoring in the United States. http://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/monitoring/

Water Environment Federation ...Welcome to the Water Environment Federation Web Site WEF Affirms... Description: For individuals and organizations interested in water quality. Site has news, regulatory information. http://www.wef.org/

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Information System (NWISWeb)- site features archival and real-time data and provides access to the 100 years of water data collected by the federal earth science agency.http://water.usgs.gov/nwis/

U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program- contains technical reports, interpretive and policy-related analyses, maps, and a comprehensive database about water quality in approximately 50 regional river basins and ground-water systems in an evolving user-friendly interface. http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/