Water Quality Program
The University Extension Water Quality Education Program empowers citizens to conserve, protect and improve ground and surface water by targeting non-point source pollution prevention through a comprehensive approach to watershed management.
The Extension Water Quality Program works with dozens of communities in Missouri to form watershed management groups. In cooperation with the Extension Water Quality team, these groups develop strategies and best management practices for their local water supplies.
Water Quality Faculty and Staff
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Robert Broz Extension Assistant Professor |
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Dan Downing Extension Associate |
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Kristi Perry Administrative Assistant |
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John Tharp Extension Specialist |
Extension Resources
- Business Environmental Risk Management (BERM): An educational tool designed to help crop and livestock producers understand and manage their potential environmental risks.
- Environmental Quality Publications
- The Lakes of Missouri Volunteer Program (LMVP): A volunteer monitoring program that combines local residents and the University of Missouri in gathering and analyzing water quality information on lakes in Missouri.
- Missouri Animal Feeding Operation Site Assessment (AFO Site): An educational tool designed to help agricultural producers understand and manage their potential community and environmental impacts.
- Missouri Watershed Information Network (MoWIN): a web-based source for county and watershed information. MoWIN was established by a multi-agency advisory group to provide basic information and knowledge about watershed issues and contacts for Missouri citizens.
Additional Water Quality Resources
- Abandoned Well-Plugging (PDF)
- Bryant Watershed Atlas
- Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES): Enter the Map Room to get interactive maps of locations of interest in Missouri.
- CSREES National Water Quality Program: 10 Regional Water Quality websites funded through the National Integrated Water Quality Program (NIWQP). Heartland Region includes Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska & Iowa.
- The Groundwater Foundation is dedicated to informing the public about one of our greatest hidden resources, groundwater. They make learning about groundwater fun and understandable for kids and adults.
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Cleaning Up Former Methamphetamine Labs (PDF)
- Missouri Licensed Onsite System Inspectors/Evaluators List: Click on map to find a licensed inspector/evaluator for property sale purposes.
- Missouri Onsite Soil Evaluators List: Click on map to find a soil evaluator serving your county.
- Missouri Registered Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Installers List: Click on map to find a registered installer serving your county.
- Onsite Sewage Related Links
- Onsite Sewage Resources
- Missouri Rural Water Association
- Missouri Stream Team Volunteer Page: Stream Teams are a joint effort by Missouri Departments of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Conservation Federation of Missouri.
- Resource List of Water Quality Web Links (PDF Version also available): links to Web sites and resource materials discussed in the training course.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- USDA
- ARS Water and Agricultural Online Documents Database
- NRCS Conservation
- NRCS Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)
- Missouri Digital Soil Survey: User-customizable science-based soil system information.
- NRCS Study on Nutrient Available from Livestock Manure for Crop Growth
- NRCS Watershed and Water Quality Program
- Rural Utility Service Water and Environmental Programs
- US-EPA
