Internet Resources

Drought Information

• Maryland Department of the Environment www.mde.state.md.us/water/drought/index.asp
• Maryland Geological Survey www.mgs.md.gov
• National Drought Mitigation Center http://drought.unl.edu
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration www.drought.noaa.gov
• North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought
• U.S. Geological Survey water.usgs.gov

Water Conservation

• Maryland Department of the Environment ww.mde.state.md.us/programs/waterprograms/water_conservation/index.asp
• Maryland Environmental Design Program www.dnr.state.md.us/ed/
• American Water Works Association Consumer Water Center www.awwa.org/advocacy/learn/
• Environmental Protection Agency Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/index.htm
• WaterWiser: The Water Efficiency Clearinghouse www.awwa.org/waterwiser
• Water Saver Home www.h2ouse.org
• Water Use It Wisely www.wateruseitwisely.com
• Washington Council of Governments Wise Water Use Campaign  http://www.mwcog.org/environment/water/watersupply/wisewater.asp

Teachers/Kids

• Earth Science Week http://www.earthsciweek.org
• EPA Kids, Students, and Teachers www.epa.gov/epahome/students.htm
• The Groundwater Foundation www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources-Project WET www.dnr.state.md.us/education/teachers.html
• National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/gaw/frwater
• Project Wet Water Education for Teachers www.projectwet.org
• U.S. Geological Service Water Science for Schools http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu
• Water Environment Federation www.wef.org/LearnAboutWater
• Water on the Web http://waterontheweb.org
• WaterShare, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation www.usbr.gov/mp/watershare/resources.html
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation www.cbf.org

Volunteer Programs

• Maryland Department of Natural Resources www.dnr.state.md.us/volunteer/smar.html
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation www.cbf.org/
• Chesapeake Bay Trust www.chesapeakebaytrust.org/projectsuggestions1.html
• Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/ AND http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/volmon.nsf/VST?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=21#21

Gardening

• Maryland Home and Garden Center www.hgic.umd.edu
• Natural Resource Conservation Service www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/backyard
• Sustainable Building Sourcebook www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/contents.html

Local Resources

• City of Baltimore Department of Public Works Bureau of Water and Wastewater www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/dpw/water.html
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin www.potomacriver.org
• Susquehanna River Basin Commission www.srbc.net
• Washington Council of Governments www.mwcog.org/environment/water/watersupply/
• Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission www.wssc.dst.md.us/info