Water Quality Project Tools & Resources · Coastal Restoration

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Watershed Education

Watershed Academy is a self-paced training modules that represents a basic, but broad introduction to watershed management.
How’s My Waterway, developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide water quality information for your local watershed.
EPA’s Green Infrastructure resources
USGS – Water quality in the nation’s streams and rivers – current conditions and long-term trends
Video: Waters of the US – Interpreting the Clean Water Act
Videos on water quality, pollutants, runoff, and green development
Watershed Stewards Academy Rain Garden Manual

Monitoring Water Quality

Improving Water Quality

GreenScaping: The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington, Washington State Department of Ecology
Rain Gardens for RainScapes Technical Design Manual, Montgomery County RainScapes
Many states and municipalities have Adopt-a-Stream programs where volunteers are directly involved in the monitoring and reporting of water quality
Trees Are Good has information on the benefits of trees and how to properly care for trees in the urban environment.

Key Search Terms to Try

Restoration projects may need a range of expertise and resources.You may find expertise through local non-governmental organizations working on the issue, government agencies (local, state or federal), local businesses, or others.

Water quality project design
Hydrology
Hydraulic engineering
Erosion control, stabilization, sedimentation
Water quality permitting
Ecology: estuarine, marine, shoreline, wetland

Flood hazard analysis
Geomorphology
Monitoring
Wetland mapping
Volunteer recruitment and management
Grant writing and reporting
Budget development

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