Land Grant Colleges and Universities
More than 100 colleges and universities comprise
the nation's Land-Grant
University System .
A Land Grant College or University is an institution that has
been designated by its
state legislature or Congress to receive unique federal support.
Each Land Grant College or University has a Cooperative
Extension Service
. The National Water Program consists of
Land Grant College and University:
- Scientists learning new insights about the natural environment,
- Instructors teaching, engaging, and developing tomorrow’s scientific and professional workforce, and
- Cooperative Extension educators working with our local communities' decision makers, youth, underserved, and the general public.
In partnership with CSREES, we are effectively working to improve the quality of our nation's water resources!
CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
The Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is
an agency within the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
,
part of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Visit
the CSREES
Background webpage
for
more information. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
The CSREES National Integrated Water Quality Program provides funding to the National Water Program
and its Land Grant partners via the CSREES Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants
Program and the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. This program is often referred to as a "406" Program because of its legislative roots in Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (AREERA) (7 U.S.C. 7626)
,
the legislation that authorized the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish this competitive grants program. The roots
of this program are found in the Cooperative Extension Water Quality
Initiative that began circa 1989.
National Water Program
Mission
- Applying Knowledge to Improve Water Quality -
The mission of the National Water Program is to create and disseminate knowledge that insures a safe and reliable source of water of the appropriate quality to meet the needs of:
- Food and fiber production,
- Human health, use, and economic growth, and
- Maintenance and protection of natural environmental systems
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The National Water Program consists of:
- Regional
Programs (based on the ten EPA
regions
),
- National Facilitation Projects,
- Extension Education Projects,
- Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Projects, and
- National Research Initiative (NRI, Water and Watersheds) Projects.
This website features an index
of all projects funded
by the CSREES
Water Quality National Program Office to
date. Funding is directed towards projects that address
one or more topical
themes deemed as priorities by the CSREES National Program
Office for Water Quality.
Detailed contact information for all key participants in this program are available in the national directory.
LISTSERV
The WQ-L list was developed to foster communication and discussion among water quality resource managers. The list is maintained at the University of Rhode Island and is managed by Peter August and Kelly Addy (kaddy@uri.edu). There is no screening or moderation of WQ-L postings. The list is configured so that when you hit the reply button to respond to a posting, your message goes to the sender of the original message and not the whole list. The WQ-L list should NOT be used for unabashed advertising products or services.
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This material is based upon work supported in part by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2008-51130-19504. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.