Environmental Protection Agency-Student Center
http://www.epa.gov/students/
This is EPA's main site for students. Check out the rest of the articles and links for WATER.

Water Librarians’ Home Page
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html
This is a huge Meta site on water resources. For example under Water Databases is a link to American Society of Civil Engineering where one can search all the journals that they publish for information on desalination or purification.

Hydrologic/Water Cycle
http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/eng/fkarner/pages/cycle.htm
This site is part of Earthscape from the University of North Dakota. The Water Cycle is divided into five parts and each section is described.

Clean Water Initiative
http://www.cleanwater.gov/
This government site on clean water has links to federal, state, university and other environmental sites including USGS Water Resources Information and The Home Page for Nature Conservancy.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Online Homepage
http://www.nrdc.org/water/default.asp
Search the Natural Resources Defense Council’s website for information.

Water Science for Schools
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/index.html
This is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site. The 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. Under special topics is information on saline water and water basics. There are also links to other water resources.

Water Technology Online
http://waternet.com/
This is the online journal for water treatment. Search the article archives of Water Technology. Communicate with experienced industry professionals through the WT Email Forum and the WT Online Bulletin Board. And under Key Topics is information on Reverse Osmosis. There are also links to Advertisers, Associations and Groups, Government and Private Environmental sites and Engineering Related Sites.

Hydrology Web
http://etd.pnl.gov:2080/hydroweb.html
Hydrology and Related Internet Resources is maintained at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Environmental Technology Division (ETD), a government site. This site contains many links to water resources.

Desalination of Water [top]

Desalination of Water
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0851566.html
Fact Monster.com’s article on desalination of water and the principal methods used to do this.

Desalination by Distillation
http://www.oas.org/usde/publications/Unit/oea59e/ch21.htm
This page has information on desalination by distillation provided by Organization of American States (OAS).

Desalination: Archived Articles
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nabil/archivar.htm
This site is a collection of archived articles on desalination from University Water Information Network, the Water Online Resources, NASA and others. The site is maintained by a professor from the University of Hawaii. There is also a link to subscribe to Desalination-L listserv, electronic forum the discussion of issues, current developments, new products and technologies, and government funding/legislation relating to desalination worldwide.

Desalination On Line Home Page
http://www.desline.com/
This is the homepage for the Desalination Journal. The cumulative index covers 45,000 pages over 30 years and may be searched by keyword or title.

Water Purification [top]

OA Guide to Water Purification
http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/water.shtml
This material is taken from Chapter 4 - Hygiene & Water Purification from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis

Distillation for Home Water Treatment
http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/factsheets/mk_nl1.asc
This is a fact sheet on water distillation put out by the MSU Cooperative Extension is part of the EXtension TOXicology NETwork site from the University of California at Davis, Environmental Toxicology Department.

Companies [top]

Filtration Concepts Inc.
http://www.filtrationconcepts.com/frames/NewWelcome.htm
This company manufactures reverse osmosis water makers for compact recreational yachting systems. The company also makes water makers using softeners, ozone, carbon and ultraviolet methods. Tell Us Your Water Making Needs links you to information on machines that make drinking water from saltwater and machines that product fresh water by reverse osmosis. At this link one can also contact the company and ask questions about the equipment and look at all the types of water making equipment produced.

Global Water Technology
http://www.globalwater.com/
This company makes water purification equipment especially for troops, refugees and to assist in disaster relief activities. The SP-2 system with solar array all fit neatly into a military backpack and weights only 60 pounds. A lighter version, without solar array, is available. How the LSC System Works links has information on the water purification process used by GWT’s equipment.

Pura Ultraviolet
http://www.hydrotechwater.com/
PURA's patented water treatment systems provide safe drinking water through the combination of Ultra Violet technology and carbon filtration.

The Sea Recovery® Website
http://www.searecovery.com/
Sea Recovery makes R.O watermakers. Sea Recovery desalinators have been engineered with state-of-the-art marine technology and successfully tested at sea for over sixteen years.

Oral Presentations [top]

The Virtual Presentation Assistant
http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa.htm
is an online tutorial for improving your public speaking skills. Topics include selecting and researching your topic, analyzing your audience, supporting your points, using visual aids, public speaking Web links, and more.

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