Surface Water Management Division

Links related to Water Quality

General Water Quality Information

US Environmental Protection Agency:

History of the Clean Water Act 

Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality

Nonpoint Source Pollution

Surf your Watershed

Stream Monitoring

Ideas for stream monitoring:

Alabama Water Watch  

Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates - by Leska Fore

Global Water Sampling Project - Center for Improved Engineering & Science Education

North American Benthological Society

SalmonWeb - Index of Biological Integrity

University of Washington - NatureMapping Program

Commonly used monitoring equipment:

Hach Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

LaMotte Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

Vernier Software & Technology

 

Ground Water

Central Puget Sound Water Supplier's Forum