Master's International Program in Natural Hazards Mitigation

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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

 

User Provided Resources

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Natural Hazards Preparedness

Term Life Insurance web page on Natural Hazards  preparedness including resources on flooding  (Special thanks to Drew)

SPAHUB

Spahub web page on Water resources

Natural Disaster Resource

Real Insurance web page on Natural Disasters including resources on flooding and drought

Water Pollution

Seametrics Guide to Water Pollution