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Water

The Nation’s freshwater supply, shaped by rainfall, snowmelt, runoff and infiltration, is distributed unevenly across the landscape, throughout the seasons, and from year to year. In many areas, concerns are growing about the adequacy of the available ground and surface water supply and the quality of the water to support intended uses.

As the leading Federal agency for assisting in restoring watershed health on private land, NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to producers who implement conservation practices and management strategies, including the restoration and protection of wetlands, that benefit water quality and improve water management. The science behind the implementation of these conservation practices and management strategies is developed and supported by the NRCS Science and Technology Divisions, National Technical Support Centers, the Water and Climate Center, and the Wetlands Team, who are continually developing new tools to, among other things, improve snowmelt prediction capabilities, improve current conservation practice technology, improve models to track nutrients, and improve irrigation efficiency so that agricultural producers can more efficiently use water, increase water storage, and protect water quality by minimizing the potential loss of sediment and nutrients from their operations by applying science based conservation practices.

For more information visit the Web links below.

Emergency Watershed Program

  • NRCS National Web Site
  • NRCS Indiana Web Site

Hypoxia

  • Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008 (EPA)
  • Hypoxia 101 (EPA)
  • Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico Studies (USGS)
  • Hypoxia NAWQA SPARROW Model Nutrient Yields (USGS)
  • Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (EPA)

Impaired Waters and TMDL

  • 303(d) List of Impaired Waters (IDEM)
  • Impaired Waters and TMDLs (EPA)
  • TMDL Program (IDEM)

Nutrient and Pest Management

  • Nutrient and Pest Management (NRCS)
  • Nutrient & Pesticide Management (Purdue)
  • Phosphorus - SERA 17 (Organization to Minimize Phosphorus Losses from Agriculture)

Water Monitoring

  • Catalog of Monitoring Protocols Used by Indiana Agencies
  • Indiana Water Monitoring Council:  serves as a broad-based, state-wide body maximizing resources through improved communication, coordination, data sharing and collaboration of professionals, organizations, and individuals involved in water monitoring within Indiana.  This website also includes a reference page for: Data, Water Quality Standards, Sampling & Monitoring Guidance and References & Resources.
  • Indiana Water Monitoring Inventory

Water Quality

  • Agronomy Water Quality Research Facilities (Purdue)
  • Animal Waste Management (Purdue)
  • Drinking Water & Human Health (Purdue)
  • National Water Quality Assessment Program (USGS)
  • Office of the Indiana State Chemist
  • Water Policy & Economics (Purdue)
  • Water Quality 401 Permitting (IDEM)
  • Water Quality Monitoring (IDEM)
  • Water Quality Program (Purdue Extension homepage)

Other Resources

  • Indiana Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water
  • Indiana Water Science Center (USGS)
  • Nationwide Permits (US Army Corps of Engineers)
  • State Climate Office
  • Water Resources of the U.S. (USGS)
  • Water Science (EPA)

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