------------------------------------------------------------ A Guide to Wastewater Resources on the Internet ------------------------------------------------------------ Joyce Deming & Eric Farrington Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Denver, CO, USA US Government Sites and Home Pages: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ Colorado State Government http://www.state.co.us/ Colorado State Legislature http://menu.aclin.org/icat.cfm?catcode=gov http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/stateleg.html Colorado State University - Colorado Water Knowledge http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/CWK/ Lyttelton, NZ Wastewater Plant http://www.w-ww.com/plants/newzealand/lyttelton/ National Center for Environmental Publications and Information http://www.epa.gov/epahome/Publications.html National Drinking Water Clearinghouse http://www.estd.wvu.edu/ndwc/ National Environmental Information Service http://www.neis.com/neis.html Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/ National Small Flows Clearinghouse http://estd.wvu.edu/nsfc/ State and Local Government on the Net http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html U.S. Geologic Survey - Water Resources http://h2o.usgs.gov/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ EPA, Region VIII http://www.epa.gov/region08/ U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/ U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/ U.S. Legislative Information http://thomas.loc.gov/ Federal Register http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html Organizations: American Public Works Association http://www.pubsworks.org/apwa/ American Water Resources Association http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra/ American Water Works Association (AWWA) http://www.awwa.org Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) http://www.amsa-cleanwater.org European Water Pollution Control Association http://www.atv.de/ewpca/EWPCA.HTM Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.org/ Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/~usa Green Bay, WI Sewerage District http://www.gbmsd.org/ Institute for Inland Water Management & Wastewater Treatment (The Netherlands) http://www.minvenw.nl/rws/riza/org.htm Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) http://www.nrdc.org/ National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities http://www.estd.wvu.edu/netc/netcsc_homepage.html National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.org/ Ontario Water & Wastewater Association http://www.oww.org U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service http://www.usda.gov/rus/home/home.htm Water Environment Federation http://www.wef.org Water Quality Association http://wqa.org Western Coalition of Arid States http://westcas.org/ Wisconsin Wastewater Operator's Association http://www.win.bright.net/~wwoa/index.html Sites with Good Links to Wastewater Resources: EnviroInfo - Environmental Information Sources http://www.deb.uminho.pt/fontes/enviroinfo/ Links to water, wastewater and hydrology resources. Other topics include air pollution, ecology, environmental biotechnology, environmental chemistry, environmental laws, groundwater, impact assessment, pollution & sustainable development, soil & hazardous wastes, solids wastes, and toxicology. Sewage World http://www.sewage.net/ A nice collection of links to wastewater treatment plant home pages. The Wide World of Activated Sludge http://www.bendigo.com/au/~sti/wwater/waterlnk.html A great site! Contains numerous links to a variety of wastewater resources, not just activated sludge. Wastewater Engineering Virtual Library http://www.halcyon.com/cleanh2o/ww/welcome.html Another good collection of wastewater links. Water-Wastewater Web http://www.w-ww.com/plants/index.html Promoting communication, education, and information exchange Environmental Link Pages The Environmental Professional's Home Page http://www.clay.net/ A great no-nonsense gateway to dozens of valuable resources. Environmental Resources for Environmental Scientists http://www.imt.net/~dcouncil/env.html The quintessential web page. ES&H Internet Resources Directory http://tis.eh.doe.gov/ Environmental Resources on the Internet http://earthsystems.org/Environment.shtml Pretreatment/Pollution Prevention Sites: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment http://www.sni.net/light/p3/ Provides general P2 information, case studies, list of publications, and links to the Pollution Prevention Partnership. Danish Hydraulic Institute http://www.dhi.dk/ Enviro$en$e Hompage http://es.inel.gov A good repository of pollution prevention information. EPA's Pollution Prevention Division http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/index.html DOE's Pollution Prevention Information Exchange Clearinghouse http://epic.er.doe.gov/epic Georgia Pollution Prevention Assistance Division http://www.georgianet.org/dnr/p2ad/links/ An excellent source of links to other pollution prevention sites. North American Industrial Classification System http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/epcd/www/naics.html A searchable database with both Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the new NAICS codes. Point Source Information Provision and Exchange System (PIPES) http://www.epa.gov/owmitnet/pipes/pipes.htm Pretreatment and other water-related information from EPA. Universitites Water Information Network http://www.uwin.siu.edu/ Household Hazardous Waste Earl Slick's HHW Coloring Book http://www.epa.gov/region07/kids/kidhhw.htm Homemade Cleansers and Pesticides (14-page text file) http://lep.cl.msu.edu/msueimp/htdoc/mod02/01500631.html How to Properly Handle Hazardous Household Products http://www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov/hazmat.html Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection http://www.dpe.state.pa.us/dep/DEPUTATE/AIRWASTE/WM/HHW/Facts/HHW9/1 9/97htm Good links to other HHW sites. Santa Clara County (CA) Consumer Shopping Manual http://el.inel.gov/new/contacts/newsletrs.shopping.html 40 pages of how to be a less toxic consumer. U.S. Environmental Hotline ("Earth's 911") http://www.1800cleanup.org/text/hhwaste/hhwaste.htm Health and Safety: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html American Industrial Hygiene Association http://www.aiha.org/ American Society of Safety Engineers http://www.ASSE.org/ CCOHS Safety Related Internet Resources http://www.ccohs.ca/Resources/hshome.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ Chemical Emergency Preparedness & Prevention Office (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/ National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/ National Institute for Occupational Safety And Health (NIOSH) http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org National Toxicology Program http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/ Occupational Safety & Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/ Professional Safety Consultants, Inc. http://www.pscsafe.com/ Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health http://rocky.utah.edu Where to find MSDS's on the Internet http://www.chem.uky.edu/resources/msds.html http://www.enviro-net.com/technical/msds/ Personal Web Sites: http://klingon.util.utexas.edu/index.html#ww The home page of the keeper of the Sewer-List listserv, it includes good information on sewer history, septic tanks water reclamation, and even photos of Thomas Crapper. http://www.100folhas.pt/software A page designed to help water resources engineers find useful water-related software. Includes hydraulics, hydrology, water resources and the environment. http://members.aol.com/ronwater1/index.htm A very nice page written by a wastewater plant operator. In addition to a lot of good links, it includes a page for tips and ideas from water/wastewater plant operators. htp://www.ipa.net/~trapper/links.html Good links to composting and vermiculture sites. Http://www.online.de/home/neeff Contains information and a computer simulation program on rainwater percolation and usage. Brush up on your high school German before visiting this site! Commercial Sites: American Sigma http://www.americansigma.com Information about American Sigma's flow metering and sampling products and links to other wastewater sites. Culligan http://www.siouxlan.com/water/ Environmental and Municipal Online http://www.environmentonline.com/ Product, technology and regulatory information for professionals in the water/wastewater, pollution control, public works, and solids wastes industries. Environmental Tradeshow Online http://tradeshows-online.com/environtrade A virtual tradeshow with booths from companies providing a wide range of environmental products, technologies and services. IRC International/InterWater http://www.oneworld.org/ircwater/iwindex.htm Internet gateway to water and sanitation information. LAS International www.lasinternational.com Design and installation of low energy, maintenance and manpower wastewater systems. Pan American Environmental http://www.panamenv.com/ Industrial wastewater treatment systems and equipment. Pro Soft (Professional Softwater for Engineering Applications) http://www.europa.com/~psapps/hdref.htm A nice hydraulic reference page that provides formulas and other details on the design of weirs, other flow channels and orifices. Water Publications Digest http://alpha.wcoil.com/~waterdig/wpd.html Water Technology Magazine http://waternet.com/ Water World http://www.waterworld.com/hiway/fronthi/frontm.html webwater - Water Operations Network http://www.webwater.com/ Links to wastewater plants, searchable suppliers' database, wastewater discussion forum, and online solutions and assistance, including online process calculations. Other Commercial Sites: (from "A Pretreatment Overview of the Information Superhighway," written by Shelly Chamberlain, State of Utah DEQ and Debra Thomas, EPA Region VIII, May, 1997.) Ag-Chem Equipment Co., Inc http://www.trojanuv.com Austgen Biojet http://www.abjwastewater.com Eagle Point Software (sanitary sewer modeling) http://www.eaglepoint.com Franklin Miller (grinder technology) http://www.franlinmiller.com GDT Water Process Corporation (gas diffuser and air stripper) http://www.gdt-h2o.com General Signal Pump Group http://www.gspump.com Great Lakes Aqua Sales & Service http://www.glassi.com Great Lakes Environmental Inc (industrial wastewater pretreatment equipment) http://www.gle.com Hach Chemical http://www.hach.com Hydromantis, Inc. (wastewater modeling) http://www.hydromantis. com Infrared Drying Technologies http://www.infradry.com J&W Scientific Inc http://www.jandw.com Jeffrey Chain http://www.jeffreychain.com Komline-Sanderson (treatment technology) http://www.komline.com Moyno Industrial Products (pumps and valves) http://moyno.com PACO Pumps http://www.paco-pumps.com Pollution Engineering Online http://www.manufacturing.net/magazine/polleng/ RiskWorld (news & views on risk assessment & risk management) http://www.riskworld.com R. F. Weston (treatment technology) http://www.rfweston.com RootX (foaming root control product) http://www.rootx.com Sanitaire Water Pollution Control Corp. http://www.sanitaire.com Seepex (pumps) http://www.seepex.com/shme.htm SensoreX (pH electrodes) http://www.sensorex.com Smith Fiberglas Products, Inc. http://www.aosmith.com/sfp Trojan Technologies http://www.trojanuv.com WACHS Company (valves & vacuums) http://www.wachsco.com Research Tools ACLIN - Access Colorado Library & Information Network www.aclin.org/ Internet Virus Hoaxes http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/ Mapquest www.mapquest.com/ Thomas Register of Manufacturers http://www4.thomasregister.com/index.cgi?balancing Virtual Reference Desk http://www.umd.umich.edu/lib/vrd/ Webster's Dictionary http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster? 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