We have put together a list of useful links related to water quality and NAP activities in general. There are quite a lot of them, so we have divided them into the following groups:
Regional Bodies and Community Groups State and National Organisations International Organisations Modelling and Statistics Monitoring and Management DSS and Software Tools Science Reports and Manuals Data
Regional Bodies and Community Groups
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Burnett Mary Regional Group Condamine Alliance Fitzroy Basin Association Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) Murray-Darling Basin Commission South-east Queensland Western Catchments Group Inc. (SEQWCG) Mackay-Whitsunday Natural Resource Management Group
State and National Organisations
Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online (AANRO) Australian Water Association (AWA) CSIRO Land and Water CRC for Catchment Hydrology CRC for for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (Federal Government) National Water Quality Management Stratey (DAFF) Natural Heritage Trust Queensland Department Natural, Resources, Mines and Water (Water Management) Queensland EPA (Water) Queensland Natural Resource Management South-East Queensland's Healthy Waterways Waterwatch Australia Waterwatch Queensland
International Organisations
US EPA (Water) Water Quality Association (US) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Water Unit
Modelling and Statistics
Axon Idea Processor BROWSER - A tool for time-series exploration Catchment contaminant cycle model (CSIRO Land and Water) Catchment Modelling Toolkit Edge Diagrammer - Flowchart and diagramming software Gallery of Data Visualization - The Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics Integration and Application Network - Conceptual Diagram Symbol Libraries STELLA Modelling Systems SWAT Soil and Water Assessment Tool The Mass Balance Concept (US EPA)
Monitoring and Management
A Toolkit for Water Quality Monitoring Australian Guidelines for Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting DEH Water Quality Targets Online (Federal Government) EPA Quality System (US EPA) Managing the Urban Water Cycle: Tools and Resources Measurement Engineering Australia - Environmental Monitoring Systems Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality (US EPA) National Land and Water Resources Audit - Assessing Catchments Queensland Department Natural, Resources, Mines and Water - Water Monitoring
Decision Support Systems and Software Tools
eWater Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) AUSRIVAS - Australian River Assessment System Australian Natural Resources Atlas - Regional Profiling Tool EMDS - Ecosystem Management Decision Support system Haested Methods Hydrology, Modelling and Management Software Solutions Rainman StreamFlow - Rainfall information for better management US EPA Water Quality Tools US Geological Survey (USGS) - Water Resources Applications Software WATER SHEDSS - A Decision Support System for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
Science
Key to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (US) Water Quality and Land Treatment Educational Component (WATER SHEDSS) US EPA Water Science
Reports and Manuals
Canadian Water Quality Guidelines Department Natural Resources, Mines and Water - Water Quality Factsheets River Landscapes - Guidelines and Manuals
Data
National Pollutants Inventory Regional Information Service - source of spatial and associated data (Qld Govt.) Victoria Water Resources Data Warehouse