GEO 350
WATER RESOURCES

INSTRUCTIONAL LINKS

Water data:
- Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company (upper WI River dam owners association)
- USGS water use facts
- US water use maps
- USGS water use information
- Water Use in the United States: Q & A
- US Bureau of Reclamation Water Pages
- California State Water Project
Water issues:
- The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 1968 (excerpts); National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Homepage
- TVA history
  - TVA Act --Preamble-purpose
- HERE is an article from 1889 on John W. Powell campaigning for water laws in the west.
- The Ogallala Aquifer -- Northern Plains Management
- California Water Projects
- California-Colorado water -- agriculture versus cities
- The World Commission on Dams (reports, data, assessments)
- Columbia River assessment from the World Commission on Dams
- The American Experience: Hoover Dam
- The Missouri River's Identity Crisis
- Missouri plan to vary flows meets opposition
- Information on dams from around the world
- Cadillac Desert Homepage
- Western Water Subsidies ( NRDC FAQ)
- Western drought and water rights, 2004
- Western drought
Wetlands:
- 1996 Farm Bill provisions for wetland preservation and restoration:
  - Wetlands Reserve Program, Questions and Answers
  - Wetlands Program, Fact Sheet
- Competing views on the value of wetlands:
  - Wetlands benefits (NWF FAQ)
  - "Takings" Billls and wetland protection (NWF FAQ)
  - Competitive Enterprise Institute's view on wetlands.
River conservation links (compare views on dams):

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