Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental ResultS

• WATERS Factsheets
  
  
• Reach Address Database Documentation
  
  
• Waters Auxiliary Datasets Documentation
  
  
• Indexing Best Practices
  
  
• 2004 WATERS Forum
  
  
• NHD References
  
  
• EPA Reach File References
  
  

Additional guidance and policy documents that reference the National Hydrography Dataset as a common spatial framework for georeferencing and managing information on these waters.

• Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans
  
  
• 2006 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report Guidance
  
  
• CSO/SSO Report to Congress
  
  
• 2003 Elements of a State Water Monitoring and Assessment Program
  
  
• GAO Report - The Government Accounting Office (GAO) reports on OW's efforts to manage polluted waters.
  
  
• NAS Report - The National Academy of Science (NAS) reports on OW's efforts to manage polluted waters.
  
  

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