This site has been established to provide natural resource related information specific to Missouri's primary watersheds, especially information pertaining to the wise management of the aquatic resources.
AWWA serves as the voice of the drinking water community. AWWA builds bridges with regulators, legislators, special interest groups, and the general public in its stead as a vital resource to its members, the water profession, and the public.
BWE is a nonprofit organization promoting active learning and place-based education in south central Missouri. Their programs combine educational technology, classroom teaching, and hands-on experience.
KYW is a coordinated national effort to encourage the formation of local, voluntary watershed partnerships and help assure that these partnerships successfully attain their goals.
MICRA is an organization of 28 state natural resource departments organized in 1991 as a partnership to improve interjurisdictional river resource management in the Mississippi River Basin.
Current information regarding watershed management and monitoring, laws, rules, standards, financial assistance opportunities, permits and engineering and compliance and enforcement for all of our Public Drinking Water and Water Pollution Control efforts and more.
Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act requires that each state identify waters that are not meeting water quality standards and for which adequate water pollution controls have not been required. Water quality standards protect such beneficial uses of water as whole body contact (such as swimming), maintaining fish and other aquatic life, and providing drinking water for people, livestock and wildlife. The 303(d) list helps state and federal agencies keep track of waters that are impaired but not addressed by normal water pollution control programs.
Environmental Education on the Internet is a resource designed to support students, teachers and professionals that support K-12 environmental education.
The North Carolina State University (NCSU) Water Quality Group is a multidisciplinary team that analyzes and conducts natural resource management programs with an emphasis on nonpoint source (NPS) pollution policy, assessment, and control technologies.
The mission of St. Charles County Division of Environmental Services is to protect public health by minimizing pollution, providing environmental education, and by conserving our natural resources.
The SMRC is designed specifically for stormwater practitioners, local government officials and others that need technical assistance on stormwater management issues.
A Guidebook intended to be a working tool to enable practitioners in the public and private sector to find the appropriate methods to
pay for environmental protection efforts.
This publication explains the EPA's vision for watershed approaches and builds upon the Office of Water Watershed Protection Approach Framework, endorsed by senior EPA managers in 1991.
A Watershed Protection Approach is a strategy for effectively protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems and protecting human health. This strategy has as its premise that many water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at the watershed level rather than at the individual waterbody or discharger level.
Because watersheds are defined by natural hydrology, they represent the most logical basis for managing water resources. The resource becomes the focal point, and managers are able to gain a more complete understanding of overall conditions in an area and the stressors which affect those conditions.
Federal Duck Stamps are a vital tool for wetland conservation. Ninety-eight cents out of every dollar generated by the sales of Federal Duck Stamps goes directly to purchase or lease wetland habitat for protection in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
The USGS investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of surface and underground waters and disseminates the data to the public.
The Watershed Management Council is a non-profit organization whose members represent a broad range of watershed management interests and disciplines. Membership includes professionals, students, teachers, and individuals whose interest is in promoting proper watershed management.
