General
Water Publications
 The Clean Water Act Owner's Manual 2nd Edition
A plain-English guide to the Clean Water Act -- focuses on public involvement opportunities. Available for $40 from River Network, www.rivernetwork.org
For more info on the manual, visit WREN's drinking water website, www.drinkingwaterwise.org
Watersheds: Processes, Assessment, and Management
author Paul DeBarry covers aspects of watershed physical processes such as assessing, classifying, and evaluating a watershed; using GIS models for watershed assessment; and effectively planning for future use and demands.
More information can be found at:
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471264237.html
North American Power Plant Emissions
(North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2005,
93 pp) presents specific air pollutant information from 2002 for individual
fossil fuel-fired power plants across North America. PA is reported
as the leading polluter in North America. Available at: http://www.cec.org/
Manure’s Impact on Rivers, Streams, and the Chesapeake
Bay (Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 27 pp, 2004) details the impacts
of and outlines a series of actions to stop the damage from this pollution.
Available on-line at www.cbf.org, search
by title.
Cycle of Harm: Mercury’s Pathway from Rain to Fish in
the Environment
(Nat'l Wildlife Federation, 2003, 28pp)
analyzes mercury in precipitation at 35 monitoring sites, including
7 in PA, and discusses causes and impacts. Available on-line at: http://www.nwf.org/nwfwebadmin/
binaryVault/CycleofHarm111.pdf
Water is Life
(PA Dept. of Environmental Protection, 2001, 20 pp)
A collection of essays on water topics. Available online at
www.dep.state.pa.us (directLINK "Water Resources")
The Effects of Acidic Deposition on Aquatic Ecosystems in Pennsylvania
http://www.environment.erri.psu.edu/publications.html
has an on-line pdf version of this ERRI's publications. There is also
a link to an order form to order the book The Effects of Acidic Deposition
on Pennsylvania's Forests.
Clean Water Report Card (Environmental Working Group, 2000)
examines 6700 major facilities with National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) permits to determine whether they were operating with
expired permits and ranks states according to percentage of expired
permits. Eleven percent of major facilities in PA are operating with
expired permits. The report makes recommendations to EPA on ways to
correct the problem. Available from EWG at 202-667-6982 or on-line at
http://www.ewg.org
Occurrance of Organochlorine Compounds in Whole Fish Tissue from
Streams of Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland,
1992. U. S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report
99-4065, 1999, 17 pp. Report of the National Water-Quality Assessment
Program. Available from: John Nantz, 215 Limekiln Road, New Cumberland,
PA 17070, 717-730-6916
http://pa.water.usgs.gov/pa_pubs.html
Poisoning Our Water: How the Government Permits Pollution (U.S.
Public nterest Research Group) river-by-river ranking of waterways
with the most discharges of toxics. Available from PIRG, 218 D St.,
SE, Washington, DC 20003; 202-546-9707; http://www.pirg.org
Safe Drinking Water Act: Progress and Future Challenges in Implementing
the 1996 Amendments. (The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO),
1999, GAO/RCED-99-31) Available from GAO, PO Box 37050, Washington,
DC 20013, 202-512-6000 or on the GAO website: http://www.gao.gov
The Value of Water. National Water Research Institute, 1999,
12 pp. "The real value of water is not necessarily associated with
its price or cost, but what it does to enhance the environment, economy,
and the quality of life..." Available from NWRI, 724-387-3278 or
email: NWRI-1@worldnet.att.net
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