Resources

The STORET Data Warehouse is the EPA's repository of the water quality monitoring data collected by water resource management groups across the country.

The Water Research Foundation provides information and resources including a source water protection cost/benefit tool that is designed to evaluate different protection strategies.

nowCOAST is a GIS-based web mapping portal that displays near real-time observations, analyses, tide predictions, model guidance, watches/warnings, and forecasts for the coastal United States. nowCOAST is designed to be a planning aid to assist recreational and commercial mariners, coastal managers, HAZMAT responders, coastal ocean modelers, and marine educators to discover and display real-time information for their particular needs and geographic area of interest.

The National Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization focused on providing support to small community water systems. The NWRA provides training and technical assistance for source water protection through its affiliated state organizations.

The National Source Water Collaborative brings together 30 different collaborative efforts across the United States to share information and encourage coordination between entities working toward the common goal of source water protection. 

This resource provides information on Harmful Algal Blooms for public water systems in Ohio, including information on monitoring requirements, mapping, and response strategies.

Ontario has a comprehensive source water protection program that ensures drinking water safety from source to tap. This webpage provides an overview of the source water protection program, and contains links to municipality protection plans.

The Minnesota Wellhead and Source Water Protection Programs prevents contamination by requiring public drinking water supplies to identify critical supply recharge areas and adopt management strategies to protect water supplies. This webpage by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency provides additional resources and guidance for water systems, including maps of petroleum remediation.

The STICS Quick Report Tool uses a map-based interface to quickly determine demographic and economic characteristics for a wide variety of coastal management jurisdictions. Available coastal management jurisdictions are dependent on selected data and include counties, states, estuaries, watersheds, floodplains, and select placed-based management programs. Users can download summary data and view relevant charts related to the data.