Nonpoint Source Outreach Toolbox - Released by U.S. EPA -A comprehensive set of Web-based resources designed to assist communities across the U.S. conduct locally effective watershed education and outreach activities.
www.epa.gov/nps/toolbox

Secchi Dip-In - The Great American Secchi Dip-In is a demonstration of the potential of volunteer monitors to gather environmentally important information on our lakes, rivers and estuaries. http://dipin.kent.edu/

Update on TCEQ use of citizen data for enforcement purposes
TCEQ provides the standards and protocols for collecting and submitting information:

http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/complaints/index.html

The Volunteer Monitor Newsletter. Old monitor newsletters are available on this website. http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/monitoring/volunteer/vm_index.html

The Water Librarians' Home Page - Resources for librarians in water agencies and similar institutions.www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html

Watershed Weekly- which features Videos that highlight the work of Local Watershed organizations, as well as a video on how to start a WS organization. www.greentreks.org/watershedstv/index.asp

The Water Magazine - water discussion, innovation, policy, articles, ideas http://www.watermagazine.com/

The Water Monitor (bimonthly newsletter)- This 12-page bimonthly newsletter summarizes water monitoring and related activities in the 10 EPA Regions, the States, and EPA Headquarters.http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/vm_index.html

The World's Water- Information on the world's fresh water resource http://www.worldwater.org/

Water Center Home Page - Site topics include arid lands hydrology, riparian ecosystems restoration, and glossaries of hydrologic cycle. ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/main.html

Water Science for Schools: USGS water information ...The US Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site. http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/

What is water quality monitoring? Did you ever stop to wonder how we get our information on the condition of our Nation's streams, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters? http://www.epa.gov/wow/monitoring/

US Water News Homepage - Welcome to US Water News Online - coverage includes water supply, water quality, policy and legislation, litigation and water rights, etc. http://www.uswaternews.com/homepage.html

Other Volunteer Monitoring Organizations

Delaware Riverkeeper Network- is a nonprofit, membership organization that has worked since 1988 to strengthen citizen protection of the Delaware River and its tributary watersheds. http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/

The National Directory of Volunteer Monitoring Programs. http://www.epa.gov/wow/monitoring/dir.html

Volunteer Monitoring Groups On-Line - A listing of volunteer monitoring homepages, maintained by Kentucky Water Watch. http://www.water.ky.gov/homepage_repository/wwgroups.htm

Texas Amphibian Watch- site provides information and materials for Amphibian Watch. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/amphibians

Texas Mussel Watch- information about fresh water mussels and mussel monitoring http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/education/tracker/mussels/

Volunteer Wetland Monitoring- This booklet provides an introduction to why and how people monitor wetlands and includes a multi-page resource guide to handbooks and manuals that offer detailed information on wetland monitoring for the layperson.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/monitor/volmonitor.html