User's Guide for Source Water Assessment
and Protection at U.S. Army Installations

Part 4 - Tools For Source Water Assessment and Protection

Sponsored by the
U.S. Army Environmental Center
Environmental Quality Division
Compliance Branch

Prepared by the
U.S. Geological Survey
Baltimore, Maryland

In collaboration with the
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion
and Preventive Medicine

An index of online information from many sources has been compiled to provide data and technical guidance for the preparation of Source Water Assessment and Protection Plans. The sources listed should be contacted directly for information or for questions regarding their products. Suggestions for additions to this list should be directed to the U.S. Army Environmental Center.

Contents: Tools for watershed measurements; Geographic information systems; Surface-water investigations; Ground-water investigations; Water-quality investigations; Water-use investigations; Other information Sources

Tools for watershed measurements

Geographic information systems

Geospatial Data and Systems Information Center - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
National Mapping Information - U.S. Geological Survey
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse - Federal Geographic Data Committee

Ground-water investigations

Basic Ground-Water Hydrology - Selections from USGS Water-Supply Paper 2220
Estimating Areas Contributing Recharge to Wells -- Lessons from Previous Studies
Bibliography of Regional aquifer system analysis (RASA) studies, 1978-96

Surface-water investigations

Prediction of Traveltime and Longitudinal Dispersion in Rivers and Streams

Water-quality investigations

National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data - U.S. Geological Survey

Water-use investigations

National Handbook of Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition, Chapter 11, Water Use

Other information sources

U.S. Army Environmental Center
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Installation Support Center (formerly Center for Public Works)
- Huntsville Engineering and Support Center
- Waterways Experiment Station
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
- State Source Water Protection Contact List

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