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Resources Listed by Topic as They Appear in the Webquest

Historian Pages:

Middle East:

• http://whyfiles.org/131fresh_water/images/mideast.gif

• http://www.harvard-magazine.com/lib/05jf/images/map1.gif

• http://www.schoolnetindia.com/NewPortalContent/student/5-7/projects/project resources/river/tigris.pdf

• http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/euphrates.htm

• http://www.ciaonet.org/isa/kaj01/

• http://www.akdeniz.edu.tr/muhfak/publications/gap.html

• http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/aln44/kaya.html

• http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50865&SelectRegion=Middle_East

• http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-45740-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

• http://www.jcpa.org/jl/hit02.htm

Lake Chad:

• http://www.fao.org/docrep/W4347E/w4347e0a.jpg

• http://www.grida.no/climate/vitalafrica/english/graphics/14-lakechad.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad
• http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/27/shrinking.lakechad/index.html
• http://www.uneca.org/panafcon/executive_sum.htm
• http://www.irinnews.org/wwdreport.asp?ReportID=32991&SelectRegion=WWD&SelectCountry=West Africa
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4906692.stm
• http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/lcbc.htm

Southwest Water History:

• http://www.azhumanities.org/movingwaters/images/panelimages/signerslow.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact

• http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/arroyo/101comm.html

Las Vegas Water History:

• http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/FactsStatistics/history.htm

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada
• http://www.lvchamber.com/las_vegas/index.htm
• http://www.library.unlv.edu/water/about.html
• http://www.lvvwd.com/html/about_history.html
• http://www.mindfully.org/Water/2004/Las-Vegas-Thirst7mar04.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley_Water_District

Hydrologist Pages:

Colorado River Basin:

• http://crc.nv.gov/map99.gif
• http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g1000/history.html

• http://www.azhumanities.org/movingwaters/exhibitgallery/exhibit7.html

• http://wrc.iewatershed.com/index.php?pagename=ow_regionalWatersheds_15

• http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsCO_basin.html

Southwest United States Water Usage:

• http://wrc.iewatershed.com/index.php?pagename=ow_regionalWatersheds_15

• http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/hydrology/water_use/

• http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublicationsCO_basin.html

• http://www.yale.edu/environment/publications/bulletin/107pdfs/107Fort.pdf

• http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0399/ijge/gj-06.htm

• http://wrri.nmsu.edu/tbndrc/inland.html

• http://www.doi.gov/issues/colorado.html

Water Usage in Las Vegas:

• http://www.nps.gov/lame/park.html

• http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

• http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Mar-21-Sun-2004/business/23444733.html

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4719473.stm

• http://www.greentreks.org/watershedstv/old_cattails/lasvegas.asp

• http://www.snwa.com/html/index.html

• http://www.lvvwd.com/html/index.html

Analyst Page

• http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/AGEN521/epadir/grndwtr/water_usage.html
• http://www.lenntech.com/water-usage-FAQ.htm
• http://www.ca.uky.edu/enri/pubs/usage.pdf
• http://www.lvvwd.com/html/cust_serv_rates_facts.html
• http://www.wcud.org/water_usage.htm
• http://www.greentreks.org/watershedstv/old_cattails/lasvegas.asp
• http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/rsrce/resguide/vegas.html
• http://www.corda.com/company/resources/case_study/vegas_water.pdf
• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sq3.html
• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/wateruse2000.html
• http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/ww/

Conclusion Page

• http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/waterproj/instructions.shtml
• http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/
• http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids
• http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/water.htm
• http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah
• http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/components/0328-06.html
• http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1456&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Additional Miscellaneous Water Resources

• USGS Water Science for Schools
• How Much Water Does America Use Every Day? (Publication by USGS)
• Water Use in the United States
• Water Use at Home Q&A
• Water on Tap: A Consumer's Guide to the Nation's Drinking Water
• EPA Office of Ground Water & Drinking Water
• EPA Office of Waste Water Management
• EPA Student Center
• EPA Kids' Explorer Club
• EPA's Environmental Education Center
• Surf Your Watershed
• www.watercenter.com
• American Water & Energy Savers
• WaterWiser
• GetWise-another good water conservation page
• Environment Canada: Water Efficiency/Conservation
• U.S. Water News Homepage
• Toiletology 101: The Care and Repair of Toilets
• Water Conservation Products
• Water: Use It Wisely
• UNESCO Water Portal - 2003: International Year of Freshwater

Unit Conversion Calculators 

• Online Conversions - Conversions for just about everything
• Unit Conversion Calculator
• Measure for Measure - Online conversion calculators
• Calculator.com

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Kristin Caputo & Jason Muller
(kcaputo@wyckoffschools.org) (jmuller@ramapo.edu)