Water Resources

• Regional: North America: United States: California: Science and Environment: Coastal Zone  (5)
• Regional: North America: United States: Science and Environment: Water Resources  (33)

California Division of Flood Management - Duties include preventing loss of life and reducing property damage caused by floods and facilitating recovery. Information about flood forecasting, flood control and protection, and floodplain management in the state.

Cosumnes River Task Force - Works to encourage restoration of watershed health and improve flood management.

Friends of The River - State-wide river Californian conservation group. Provides public education, activist training and organizing, and expert advocacy to influence public policy decisions on land, water, and energy management issues. Journals and reports and latest campaign news.

Garrapata Creek Watershed Council - Works to improve the health of the Garrapata Creek watershed through community involvement, teamwork, and education. News, photos, and calendar of events.

Groundwater Resources Association of California - Nonprofit organization for the protection, preservation, improvement of California ground water against pollution. Site has information about the organization and its activities, job announcements, and related material.

North Coast Water Network - Provides news from a network of environmental and social justice groups in the north coast region of California focused on issues related to fresh water.

1997 Northern California Floods - Northern California flood-related information and annotated website links, especially for the floods of January 1997.

The NorthWest Petaluma Rural Alliance - Focus on pollution of Marin Creek by Petaluma Mushroom Farm.

Southern California Association of Publicly Owned Treatment Works - A non-profit corporation organized to represent the interests of publicly owned treatment works in southern california

Use Water Wisely.com - A water education site for kids and teachers provided by the Water Education Water Awareness Committee.

Our Poisoned Bay - Despite end to direct piping of sewage, pollution worse now than 30 years ago according to article from the San Francisco Chronicle. (August 2, 1999)