Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station [The New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute]

Other Water Resource Publications

 

 

NJ DEP has assessed New Jersey's ‘natural capital’ at $20 billion/year overall. This includes both ecosystem services and ecosystem goods. Water resources comprise a major portion of this value. For example, the report cites wetlands as providing over 90% of the value of ecosystems services, primarily from freshwater but also saltwater wetlands (about $9.4 billion/year for freshwater and $1.2 billion/year for saltwater).
This book provides a review of the complex mechanisms that treat and cleanse polluted waters before their return to our environment. Published in March 2006 through the Integrated Environmental Technology Series. ISBN: 1843390205
Download individual chapters or the entire 121-page Annual State of the Environment Report. Diverse chapters on topics such as freshwater pollution, groundwater, water supply, marine pollution, sea level and ocean temperature change. Some chapters have been updated in 2006 and 2007.
US EPA Case Studies Report on local watershed capacities. A study of Spruce Run Resevoir of New Jersey includes issues of drinking water protection, watershed planning and local ordinances.
US EPA Website resources for citizens and local governments to manage local land and water. Compiled links and information for legal, technical, engineering, and informational purposes.
Lake protection and management publications, as well as newsletters, newspapers, and links.
Features user-friendly publications on water quality, fisheries and aquaculture, marine safety, water conservation, and environmental regulations.
The online Physicians' Reference Guide provides educational materials and resources for physicians. Information on how to recognize and treat waterborne disease, and the identification of health effects of acute and chronic exposure to water pollution.

The Report builds on the conclusions of the 1st UN World Water Development Report 'Water for People, Water for Life' published in 2003. It presents a comprehensive picture of freshwater resources in all regions and most countries of the world as it tracks progress towards the water-related targets of the UN Millennium Development Goals and examines a range of key issues including population growth and increasing urbanization, changing ecosystems, food production, health, industry and energy, as well as risk management, valuing and paying for water and increasing knowledge and capacity.

 
A collection of technical papers on topics of water, soils, agriculture, irrigation and drainage from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. Papers focus on sustainable use of land and water resources to meet the agricultural demands of the world.
Order EPA water-resource publications from their website, searching by title, keyword, or audience type.
A Congressional Budget Office analysis of how society uses it's water resources.
This study provides a unique, previously nonexistent perspective on the quality of the self-supplied drinking water resources used by 45 million Americans in the United States.
Research reports cover a broad spectrum of reuse issues, including chemical contaminants, microbiological agents, treatment technologies, salinity management, public perception, and economics. The related WateReuse Association also has publications available for purchase.
A listing of new publications about water provided by the Water and Environmental Research Center (Alaska)
Division of Watershed Management listing of publications.

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