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Recommended EPA Web pages

  • Marine Ecosystems
    Discusses the health of marine ecosystems and provides links to information about marine biodiversity and programs to protect marine ecosystems.
  • Oceans, Coasts, and Estuaries
    EPA protects coastal environments through a watershed approach and its regulatory and cooperative management programs.
  • Marine / Tidal Bioindicators
    Biological life in marine and estuarine waters can indicate the quality of a waterbody.
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Browse these EPA Aquatic Ecosystems subtopics
Check! Aquatic Ecosystems
Marine Ecosystems, Coral Reefs, Estuaries, Freshwater Ecosystems, Lakes, Oceans, Rivers and Streams, Watersheds, Wetlands

Drinking Water
Drinking Water System, Protection

Ground Water
Discharge, Hydrogeology, Protection, Runoff, Wells

Storm Water
Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs), Industrial Storm Water, Permits, Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs), Wet Weather Programs

Surface Water
Dumping, Marine Debris

Wastewater
Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs), Biosolids, Discharges, Effluent Guidelines, Effluents, Industrial Wastewater, Municipal Wastewater Treatment, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Permits, Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs), Standards, Treatment, Wastewater Systems

Water Infrastructure

Water Pollutants
Arsenic, Contaminated Sediment, Disinfection Byproducts, Dredged Material, Lead, Mercury, Microbial Pathogens

Water Pollution
Community Involvement, Cost Benefit Analysis, Data, Nonpoint Sources, Point Sources, Reporting, Testing, Transboundary Pollution

Water Pollution Control
Pretreatment, Remediation, Trading, Wastewater Treatment

Water Pollution Effects
Economic Effects, Environmental Effects, Health Effects

Water Pollution Legal Aspects
Compliance, Enforcement, Guidance, Legislation, Permits, Public Comment, Regulations, Standards, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

Water Quality Monitoring
Bioassessment, Criteria, Health Advisories, Models, Standards



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