| Federal Programs |
| Organization |
Description |
| Chesapeake Bay Program |
America’s Premiere Watershed Restoration Partnership. |
| Delaware River Basin Commission |
A breakthrough in water resources management occurred in 1961 when President Kennedy and the governors of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York for the first time signed concurrent compact legislation into law creating a regional body with the force of law to oversee a unified approach to managing the Delaware River without regard to political boundaries. |
| Department of Energy |
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Environmental and Water Resources. Leading the way in the development of environmental science and technology. |
| Environmental Protection Agency – EPA |
The history of and information about the Clean Water Act. |
| Environmental Protection Agency – EPA |
Water topics, including aquatic ecosystems, drinking water. Water pollution and pollution control, legal aspects, wastewater, storm water, ground and surface water, and water quality monitoring. |
| National Park Service |
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System – To lend balance to our history of physically altering our waterways, Congress created the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in October of 1968. |
| USDA Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service |
Natural Resources and Environment Programs, including water. |
| USDA Forest Service |
The Stream Systems Technology Center, or "STREAM TEAM " is a national technical center chartered to improve knowledge of stream systems and watershed hydrology, develop operational tools and technology, provide training and technical support, and identify research needs for the purpose of coordinating development of needed technology to secure favorable conditions of water flows. |
| USDA Forest Service |
Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air and Rare Plants. |
| USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Water Resources and Easement Programs. |
