Water

This section of the Envirothon guide covers numerous topics pertaining to water including:
water chemistry, hydrological cycle, waters worldwide, water table, aquifers, porosity,
movement of groundwater, wells, watersheds, streams & rivers, flow, discharge, alterations
to a watershed, eutrophication, wetlands, lakes & ponds, lake turnover & stratification, estuaries,
oceans, water pollution, movement of contaminants in water, remediation and water
quality management.

USEFUL RESOURCES


Aquatic PowerPoint

NEW
Fun Macroinvertebrate Quiz
http://tinyurl.com/2q9v4r

Dictionary Of Ecology and Environmental Science
Art, Henry New York 1994

Hands on Save Our Streams
Firehock, Karen Izaak Walton League of America, Inc; Gaithersburg, MD 1995

Basic Ground-water Hydrology
Heath, Ralph. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2220, 1998

Environmental Geology
Murck, Barbara & Skinner, Brian & Porter, Stephen C., John Wiley and Sons, Inc :New York 1996

Oceanography
Pinet, Paul R., West Publishing Company: St. Paul, MN 1992

In Situ Bioremediation of Contaminants in Unsaturated Subsurface Soils
Sims, J. & Sims, R., Dupond, R., Matthews, J., Russell, H., EPA 540/S-93/501 1993

Modern Biology
Towel, Albert. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc. Orlando, FL 1991

Ground Water and Surface Water: A Single Resource
Winter, Thomas & Harvey, Judson W., & Franke, O. Lehn & Alley, William M.
U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1139: Denver, Colorado, 1998.

For more information contact:
Jim Lafley
Jim Lagacy
Michelle Robinson
Or visit the Lakes and Ponds Website
Or view the Lake Guide