Master's International Program in Natural Hazards Mitigation in Pacific Latin America
This page is under construction and is not intended to be a comprehensive resource but rather a resource for researchers or students currently in the field.
 Resources for Water Hazards |
| Water Quality | |
| LINK |
DESCRIPTION |
| EPA: Water | EPA water web page with links on water pollution |
| EPA: Water Quality |
EPA web page on water
quality |
| EPA: Drinking Water |
EPA web page on drinking
water standards |
| EPA
in Central America |
EPA web page on efforts
for safe drinking
water in Central America |
| IWA |
International Water Association
web page on drinking water quality |
| NGWA | National Ground Water Association web page - the search engine yields many resources |
| UNESCO | Water Links Section of the UNESCO Water Portal |
| UNESCO WWAP | UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme web page on water quality in Latin America |
| UNICEF | UNICEF web page on water,
environment and sanitation (links to other web sites under
resources) |
| USDA | USDA Water Quality Information Center web page |
| USGS: Water |
USGS web page on water
quality |
| USGS:
Ground-water |
USGS web page on ground water
quality |
| USGS:
Urbanization effects |
USGS web page on the effects of
urbanization on water quality |
| WaterAid |
WaterAid list of water
quality data sheets |
| World Bank | World bank web page on water supply and sanitation in Latin America |
| WQA | Water Quality Association web
page - Water Information Library yields many resources |
| Resources on Arsenic in Water | |
| LINK |
DESCRIPTION |
| EPA |
EPA web page providing
information on arsenic in drinking water |
| UN FAO | UN Food and Agriculture Organization web age with information on arsenic contamination |
| USGS | USGS web page on Arsenic in groundwater in the US |
| WaterAid | WaterAid pdf file on
Arsenic in Bangladesh (also found on web page list of water quality
data sheets) |
| WHO | World Health Organization web page providing information on arsenic in drinking water |
| Flood Hazards |
|
| LINK |
DESCRIPTION |
| APFM (WMO GWP) | Associated Programme on Flood Management website (World Meteorological Organization Global Water Partnership) |
| Dartmouth Flood Observatory | World-wide archive of major river flooding from Dartmouth |
| EPA | EPA web page on flood emergencies |
| EPA: Wetlands |
EPA web page with information on
how wetlands provide flood protection |
| FHRC |
Flood Hazard Research Centre
(Middlesex University) |
| Flood Relief |
Website of the European Flood
Relief Project |
| IFNet |
International Flood Network
Website |
| Intute: Flooding | Web resources on flooding compiled
by a network of UK universities |
| USGS | USGS web page on flood natural
hazards |
| WMO |
World Meteorological
Organization
web page on flood management |
| Additional Resources |
|
| LINK |
DESCRIPTION |
| ACICAFOC | Asociacion Coordinadora Indigena
y Campesina de Agroforesteria Comunitaria Centroamericana (English and
Spanish) |
| Congressional
Hazards Caucus |
Congressional Hazards Caucus
resources web page including resources on floods and drought |
| EIRD |
Estrategia Internacional para la
Reduccion de Desastres - UN International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction (English and Spanish) |
| ICHARM | International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management web page |
| NASA NDRD |
NASA Natural Disaster Reference
Database (including flooding and drought) |
| LANIC | Latin American Network
Information Center web page on Environment and Natural Resources |
| Societal Aspects
of Weather |
Societal Aspects of Weather web
site including resources on flooding and emergency management |
| UNCCD | UN Convention to Combat
Desertification web page |
| WWF | WWF web page on climate change
and effects in Latin America (including shrinking glaciers and flooding) |