MISCELLANEOUS
Stormwater
News
Provides a source of information regarding stormwater pollution, treatment
methodologies, and related issues.
Compliance
Assistance Centers
Sponsored by EPA in association with industry, academic institutions,
environmental groups, and other agencies, this website gives sector-specific
environmental regulation information.
Local
Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN)
The Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN) is a "first-stop
shop" providing environmental management, planning, funding, and
regulatory information for local government elected and appointed officials,
managers and staff.
Center for Watershed Protection
Center for Watershed Protection provides local governments, activists,
and watershed organizations around the country with the technical tools
for protecting the nation’s waters.
Galveston
Bay Estuary Program
This website gives bibliography for resources and model storm water management
plan for Phase II municipalities.
Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
This website gives regulatory information and permit updates from the
State of Texas environmental regulatory agency.
Texas General
Land Office
GLO gives information regarding Coastal Coordination Council, Coastal
Management Program, and events and programs.
Houston-Galveston
Area Council
H-GAC provides Community Planning Services, Water Quality Management Planning,
and technical assistance.
EPA
Nonpoint Source
EPA NPS is a great resource for Capacity Building Resources, Forming and
Planning an Organization, Getting Local Interest and Support, Legal Resources,
and Grant Writing.
Texas
Water Resources Institute
TWRI serves as a focal point for water related research at Texas universities,
often encouraging discussion of statewide issues through meetings and
conferences and stimulating multi-university studies. Its educational
programs synthesize the latest information on critical program areas and
bring an academic viewpoint to policy makers. A publications
catalog is also available listing technical reports, newsletters,
and conference porceedings.
Nonpoint
Education for Municipal Officials
NEMO is an educational program for local land-use officials that addresses
the relationship of land use to natural resource protection.
National
Sea Grant College Program
Sea Grant encourages the wise stewardship of our marine resources through
research, education, outreach and technology transfer. Sea Grant is a
partnership between the nation's universities and National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that began in 1966, when the U.S. Congress
passed the National Sea Grant College Program Act.
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