Utah Envirothon

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Study areas:

Following is a list of suggested web sites:

— Utah State Extension Water Quality, links and information about water quality: http://www.extension.usu.edu/waterquality

— Utah Stream Team: Has a complete manual about testing and sampling water quality. Available for downloading: http://extension.usu.edu/waterquality/UST.htm

— Water Quality glossary: http://www.wqa.org/glossary.cfm

— The National Agriculture Library Water Quality Information Center, links to hundreds of pages about various water quality facts: http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/

— Utah Department of Agriculture and food: http://www.ag.utah.gov/

— National Aquatic Monitoring Center, aka The BugLab, USU. Information about biomonitoring and keys to common orders of bugs: http://www.usu.edu/buglab/

— Water Cycle: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/cycle/

— Physical properties of water, University of Northern Iowa: http://www.uni.edu/~iowawet/H2OProperties.html#states
also, Okanagan University College,
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/8a.html
also, USGS,
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/waterproperties.html

— Chemical properties of water, Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water

— Water use management: http://www.water.utah.gov/

— General information about water quality:
http://nrwrt1.nr.state.ut.us/
http://ag.utah.gov/regsvcs/regservices.html
http://www.rules.utah.gov/
http://www.eq.state.ut.us/index.htm

Following is a list of suggested reference materials:

— Principles of Groundwater for Resource Management Systems: Field Level Training Manual, USDA-NRCS

— Water Quality Indicators Guide, Surface Water, USDA-NRCS, SCS TP-161

— Water Quality Field Guide, USDA-NRCS, SCS-TP-160

— The Comprehensive Water Education Book, published by the International Office for Water Education, USU, 8200 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-820