The following list of links has been prepared especially for students doing research on water.

• Rivers of Life, a full model for contextual learning, including a flood of projects, adventures and resources to help K-12 teachers and students learn about and from their watershed is available at the Center for Global Environmental Education.
• Explore different aspects of water and learn about water ecosystems at the EPA Environmental Education Web site.
• How to get started in volunteer water monitoring, methods manuals and lists of conferences and events for volunteers are available at EPA's volunteer monitoring Web site.
• The EPA Student Center provides access to manuals, software and events concerning water. 
• Kentucky's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program Web site contains links to publications with examples of pollution problems in Kentucky and what is being done to solve them.
• The Wetlands Regulation Center contains information for anyone interested in the laws, policies and regulations concerning activities regulated under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act in waters of the United States, including wetlands.
• Special use waters are rivers, streams and lakes listed in Kentucky Administrative Regulations that are worthy of additional protection.  Find out what Special Use Waters exist in your area.
• Healthy Water, Healthy People is a water quality education program sponsored by Project WET and the Hach Scientific Foundation.  It offers hands-on activity guides, testing kits, training and more.
• The Kentucky Water Watch program can help you find out how you can monitor stream and lake water to be sure it is clean.
• Groundwater is one of Kentucky's vital resources. It is the source of drinking water for over a million Kentuckians, coming from private wells, public wells or springs.  See information on groundwater in Kentucky.
• Louisville Water Company offers information, activities and curriculum about drinking water, including animation drinking water treatment.
• Journey to Save a Crane has a Sample Discovery Activity: Wetland Model with hands-on activity and resources.
• EPA's "surf your watershed" Web site contains a map of the state that will allow you to find out more about your watershed. 
• Simple Things YOU Can Do to Conserve and Protect Water (PDF file) is a booklet with suggestions for things each person can do at home or at work.
• EPA's Software for Environmental Awareness has free software you can download from EPA.
• The Stream Study provides a method to determine the water quality of a stream based on the collection and identification of stream-bottom macroinvertebrates.
• Trends in water quality in Kentucky are reported in Kentucky's Water Quality Reports to Congress.
• The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools Web site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.
• USGS also has a series of six posters on water-resource topics.  Additional information and activities are on the back of each poster. 
• Overview of Kentucky's Water answers a variety of questions, including: (1) Where the water occurs in Kentucky, (2) how much, (3) how the water is used, (4) water pollution control, (5) the number of environmental emergencies reported and (6) how flooding is controlled.
• WaterWiser: The Water-Efficiency Clearinghouse contains water conservation education materials.
• Water Environment Federation - for Educators  has hands-on activities from the Water Sourcebook.