- USGS -"Water Availability: The Connection Between Water Use and Quality" (includes discussion of radium in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system) - April 2008
- NJDEP and USGS - "Recovery of Ground-Water Levels from 1988 to 2003 and Analysis of Potential Water-Supply Management Options in Critical Area 1, East-Central New Jersey" - February 2008
- NJDEP and USGS - "Occurrence of Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in the Upper Passaic and Elizabeth Rivers and Their Tributaries in New Jersey, July 2003 to February 2004: Phase II of the New Jersey Toxics Reduction Workplan for New York-New Jersey Harbor" - February 2008
- USGS - "Development of the Hydroecological Integrity Assessment Process for Determining Environmental Flows for New Jersey Streams" - December 2007
- National Research Council - "Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States" - October 2007
- USGS - "The Association of Arsenic with Redox Conditions, Depth, and Ground-Water Age in the Glacial Aquifer System of the Northern United States" - September 2007
- USGS - "Occurance of Uranium and 222Radon in Glacial and Bedrock Aquifers in the Northern United States, 1993-2003" - September 2007
- USGS - "Water Budgets: Foundations for Effective Water-Resources and Environmental Management" - September 2007
- USGS - "New Jersey Tide Telemetry System" - August 2007
- GAO - "Climate Change: Agencies Should Develop Guidance for Addressing the Effects on Federal Land and Water Resources" - August 2007
- EPA - National Estuary Program Coastal Condition Report Factsheet - June 2007
- USGS - "Streamflow of 2006 - Water Year Summary"
- EPA - Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water - September 20, 2006
- Science Magazine: Freshwater Resources - August 25, 2006
- USGS - "Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water & Drinking Supply Wells - A Summary"
- USGS - "Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water & Drinking Supply Wells - What Findings May Mean to Human Health"
- USGS - "Chemical Quality of Self Supplied Domestic Well Water"
- Congressional Budget Office - "How Federal Policies Affect the Allocation of Water"
Science Magazine: Freshwater Resources - August 25, 2006
Freshwater resources are the focus of this issue of Science Magazine.
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Articles
Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources
Crafting the Pieces of the Diversity Jigsaw Puzzle
The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems
Waterborne Infectious Diseases - Could They Be Consigned to History?
Seeking Sustainability: Israel's Evolving Water Management Strategy
Running Out of Water - and Time
Desalination Freshens Up
Why Are There So Many Species of Herbivorous Insects in Tropical Rainforests?
Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources
Taikan Oki and Shinjiro Kanae
In this article, Oki and Kanae discuss how the flow of water should be the focus of water evaluations because water is a “circulating resource that is constantly recharged”.
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The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems
Rene P. Schwarzenbach, Beate I. Escher, Kathrin Fenner, Thomas B. Hofstetter, C. Annette Johnson, Urs von Gunten, Bernard Wehrli
This article explores the subject of micropollutants and their impact on water quality.
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Waterborne Infectious Diseases - Could They Be Consigned to History?
Alan Fenwick
Fenwick discusses waterborne and vector-borne diseases in relation to developing water resources in countries like Africa.
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Seeking Sustainability: Israel's Evolving Water Management Strategy
Alon Tal
Tal discusses water management policies in Israel and how new tactics “have put the country on a more sustainable path for the future.”
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Running Out of Water - and Time
John Bohannon
Bohannon discusses the current water resource planning situation in the Gaza Strip.
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Desalination Freshens Up
Robert F. Service
Service discusses new, cheap advances in the extraction of clean water.
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