General information on water and environment
Here are Websites (newspapers articles, magazines, reference sites, etc.) which deal with water-related problems on a general point of view.
- Three articles from the Monde diplomatique of November 1997, within the framework of the special study "one human being out of three lack of drinking water":
- http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/98/98-03/98-03-19/98-03-19-063.html
Un milliard et demi d'humains n'ont pas accès à l'eau potable
Article by Gérard Le Puill in L'Humanité (March 19th, 1998).
- http://www.sfiedi.fr/cahiers/eau.html
La bataille de l'or bleu - L'eau dans le Machrek et le Maghreb
A series of 14 article, published in the number 44 of the Cahiers de l'Orient (4° quarter 1996).
- http://www.rse.uquebec.ca/sfen/indexa.htm
The Journal of Water Science
The Journal of Water Science is a multidisciplinary scientific journal publishing the most recent research in five broad categories: hydrology, hydrogeology & water resources management; physical chemistry of the aquatic environment; hydrobiology, microbiology, toxicology and ecotoxicology; quality and treatment of drinking water; wastewater treatment.
- http://etd.pnl.gov:2080/hydroweb.html
Hydrology Web
Hydrology and Related Internet Resources.
- http://www.clay.net/
clay.net® - Environmental Professional's Homepage
This is a quick-load, no-nonsense work platform for rapid information retrieval designed specifically for environmental consultants and remediation professionals.
- http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/index.htm
Environment Canada
A well-documented sites, on the following themes: the Nature of Water, Water Policy and Legislation, the Management of Water, Water and Culture. There are also parts on Informational Resources, and on Services.
Alternate URL for this site: http://www.doe.ca/water/e_main.html
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http://www.doe.ca/water_e.html.
Issues and topics: water
Environnement Canada, in the framework of the program The Green Lane, presents general information on water.
- http://www.ciger.be/inasep/chap1/index.shtml
Généralités sur l'eau
Technical but basic presentations on water (pollution, sewers, purification, etc.), in the larger site Water and the City made by the INASEP (Intercommunale namuroise de services publics).
- http://www.nwf.org/nwf/water/
Water Quality
Website on water quality, by the National Wildlife Federation.
- http://www.cciw.ca/glimr/data/water-fact-sheets/facta3-f.html
L'eau propre, la vie en dépend !
Documents, facts and data on pollution and water quality. Recommendations are also available.
- http://www.wef.org/
Water Environment Federation
General information: WEF Reporter, Member Networking, Product Locator, Technical Discussions, Regulations & Legislation, Public Information, Conferences, etc.
- http://www.uwin.siu.edu/ucowr/index.html
Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)
UCOWR aims at: (1) facilitate water-related education at all levels; (2) promote meaningful research and technology transfer on contemporary and emerging water resources issues; (3) compile and disseminate information on water problems and solutions; and (4) inform the various publics on water issue with the objective of promoting informed decisions at all levels of society.
- http://www.uwin.siu.edu/
Universities Water Information Network (UWIN)
The Universities Water Information Network disseminates information of interest to the water resources community and all concerned with our water resources.
- http://www.wiz.uni-kassel.de/kww/projekte/irrig/irrig_i.html
The Department of Rural Engineering and Natural Resource Protection presents the WWW Virtual Library on irrigation... and related topics, run by Thomas-M. Stein
- http://www.mef.gouv.qc.ca/en/environn/environn.htm
Environment
General information on environment, by the Ministère québécois de l'environnement et de la faune.
- http://dns.gci.ch/GreenCrossPrograms/waterres/waterresource.html
Water and desertification
Ressources on water and desertifiation issues, by the Green Cross.
- http://www.unicef.org/wwd98/
Groundwater: the invisible and endangered resource
In relation with the World Day for Water, 22 March 1998, focusing on
Groundwater, and aiming ar reversing the quickening degradation of such
water and fostering its management and sustainable use, the UNICEF
presents: Groundwater: the invisible and endangered resource with the
following topics: liquid gold, triple threats, policy and management,
groundwater "battlegrounds", information papers on groundwater.
- http://www.acnatsci.org/erd/ea/reuse_water.html
Reuse Water to Prevent a Water Crisis
"Reuse Water to Prevent a Water Crisis" is a short article by Rob Goldberg,
from the Academy of Natural Sciences, written in February 1994.