Key Organizations - Civil Society Organizations
US Organizations
American River's overview of hot water issues and topics:Â (Army Corps of Engineers, community river fronts, dam removal, fish & wildlife, flood plans, wetlands, land use and sprawl, water quality, water & instream flow)
Environmental Defense's Scorecard Overview of watershed issues in the US and Oceans page with links.
Friends of the Earth's Clean Water Report Card & State Performance Summary. Publication: Clean Water Action Guide to Protecting Groundwater from Pesticides
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Watershed Organizing Website includes links to the following watershed directories:Â
National Watershed Network, a project of Know Your Watershed, an interactive database that lists watershed initiatives around the country.
Mississippi River Basin Alliance- a large-scale coalition of 90+ member organizations that unites environmental justice organizations and traditional conservation groups around issues impacting the Mississippi River (sustainable agriculture, wetlands restoration, water quality and toxics, and navigation)
Marine Stewardship Council's Sea Web Oceans Information
National Center for Watershed Protection
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) addressing the impacts of population on water resources
The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security's water and sustainability program.Â
Publications:Â "The Human Right to Water" and Water:Â Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the Water Resources of the U.S. (prepared jointly with the Department of the Interior as part of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Change).Â
The World's Water a site (managed by Pacific Institute) dedicated to providing water information, data, and web connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide range of global freshwater problems and solutions
River Network's "Watershed Events and Training Calendar"
Sierra Club's information pages on clean water, factory farms, wetlands, and water quality
US PIRG's state by state listing of Clean Water Act noncompliance and levels of toxic pollution.
Worldwatch Institute's Water Pages inform and address issues of scarcity, efficient and equitable use of water resources, including protection of groundwater.
World Wildlife Fund's Living Waters Campaign & Introduction to Freshwater
World Resources Institute's Water resources and freshwater ecosystems projects summary and Profiles of North and Central America Watersheds
Northeast Midwest Institute has a Water Systems Project, as well as a number of regional programs found on the Fresh Water Regional Organizations page.
International Organizations
A list of international organizations related to fresh water can be found on the SDIN Fresh Water organizations page. (Several CitNet Fresh Water Working Group members help coordinate and update the content on the SDIN website's Fresh Water section.)
