• Private Drinking Water Bacteriological Testing - DHSS

• Tips for Buying Water Treatment Equipment - Penn State

• Consumer Confidence Reports for Public Water Supplies in MO - DNR

• Drinking Water Interpretation Tool - Penn State

View all drinking water publications

• Measuring Earthquakes - DNR

• Waves Rippling Through Groundwater - USGS The 2011 Japanese earthquake caused water well level fluctuations as far away as Missouri.

• Historic Earthquakes - DNR 1985 Mexico City earthquake dropped water level 15 feet overnight in monitoring wells in city of Lamar, MO.

• All Thing Missouri - CARES

• Why Groundwater Levels Change - DNR

• Groundwater Level Monitoring current conditions by County - USGS

• Watershed Center Resources

• Surf Your Watershed - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• What is a Watershed? - USGS

• Sink Holes in MO - DNR

• Karst, Springs, Losing Streams & Caves in MO - Missouri Dept of Natural Resources (DNR)

• Friction Loss Table for Plastic Pipe - Hutner Industries

Drip irrigation

• Drip (Trickle) Irrigation Systems - Oklahoma State

• Drip Chemigation - University of Georgia

• Maintaining Drip Irrigation Systems - Kansas State

• Drip Irrigation for Vegetables - Kansas State

Gray water

• Graywater: Safe Re-use & Recycling - National Small-Flows Clearninghouse

• Graywater Re-use Guidelines - Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona

For vegetables and fruit

• MO State Fruit Experiment Station - Mtn Grove

• Commercial Horticulture Handbooks - Order from Plant & LIfe Sciences Publishing

• Fertigation Injection Schedule Calculator for Selected Vegetables - Noble Foundation

• Plastic Mulches for Vegetables - Kansas State

• Fertigation of Vegetable Crops - Kansas State

Government sites

• Water Resources Center - MoDNR

• The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting

On-site sewage resources and related links

• On-site Wastewater Treatment
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Owner's Manual (PDF)
• Private Drinking Water Bacteriological Testing
• Hazardous Substances and Sites
• Cleaning Up Former Methamphetamine Labs (PDF)

• Well Water Plugging Registration Report - DNR

• Plugging Abandoned Wells - DNR

• Wellhead Protection FAQ - DNR

• Well Information Management System - DNR

• Casing Depth Request Form - DNR

• Water Well Maintenance & Rehab - Penn State

• Wells & Drillings - DNR

• MO Water Well Construction Code - DNR

• Maintain Your Private Water Well - DNR

• Suggestions for Transaction of Properties with Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

• Environmental Assistance Unit

• Report Illegal Dumping

• Facts on Open Burning under Missouri Regulations

• Scrap Tire Management

• Electronics Scrap Management

• Missouri Pesticide Collection Program

• Hazardous Waste Management

• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

Missouri Pond Handbook

Planning and construction and maintenance

• Ponds - Planning, Design, Construction - USDA
• County Soil & Water Conservation District (they can assist with soils information and topographic maps that show watershed drainage areas)
• Ag Site Assessment Tool
• Topographic Quad Maps (Free) USGS National Geographic
• Web Soil Survey - USDA
• Leaky Pond - MO Dept of Conservation

   Management and weed control

• Farm Pond Safety - Penn State University Extension
• 5 Tips for a Healthy Pond - Penn State University YouTube
• Algae Control - MO Dept of Conservation
• Algal Blooms, Scums & Mats in Ponds - Univ of Arkansas
• Cattail & Water Primrose Control - MO Dept of Conservation
• Clearing Muddy Pond Water - MO Dept of Conservation
• Duckweed & Watermeal Control - MO Dept of Conservation
• Fish Kills - MO Dept of Conservation
• Floating Leaf Plant Control - MO Dept of Conservation
• Ponds: Plant Management - MO Dept of Conservation
• Pond Area Estimator - MO Dept of Conservation
• Pond Turnover - MO Dept of Conservation
• Submerged Plant Control - MO Dept of Conservation
• Grass Carp for Weed Control - MO Dept of Conservation
• Controlling Pond Algae with Barley Straw - Univ of Nebraska
• AquaPlant: A Pond Manager Diagnostics Tool -Texas A&M
• Aquatic Plant Management - Purdue University
• Aquatic Plant Management Guide - Purdue University
• Aquatic Weed Management Herbicides - Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
• SePRO's Aquatic Weed ID Guide - SePRO *Commercial Site

Aquaculture

• Fisheries & Aquaculture Publications
• Missouri Aquaculture Association
• Stocking Fish in Your Pond - MO Dept of Conservation
• Missouri Fish Producers - MO Dept of Conservation

Water/rain gardens

• Water Garden Links - Cornell University
• Rain Gardens - Design & Installation - Univ of New Hampshire
• Build a Rain Garden (video) Univ of New Hampshire
• 12,000 Rain Gardens - Puget Sound
• Vermont Rain Garden Manual - Univ of Vermont

Water testing

• Water Analysis with MU Soil Lab
• Algae Toxicity Testings - KS State Veterinary Diagnostic lab (Select the blue-green algae test under the toxicology section on the back page)

View all pond management publications

• Ag Site Assessment Tool — Learn about the physical, environmental and cultural characteristics of your land

• Cooperative Soil Survey — User-customizable science-based soil system information about soils where you live

• Missouri Onsite Soil Evaluators List — Click on map to find a soil evaluator serving your county

• Missouri Registered Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Installers List — Click on map to find a registered installer serving your county

• Missouri Licensed Onsite System Inspectors/Evaluators List — Click on map to find a licensed inspector or evaluator for property sale purposes

• Center for Agricultural, Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) — Enter the Map Room to get interactive maps of locations of interest in Missouri

• Water Conservation for lawn & landscape

• Home Lawn Watering Guide

• Water Conservation

• Water Conservation - what you can do to help - MoDNR

• Septic Systems - EPA

• MO One Call System (for marking utilities. Call 1-800-DIG-RITE = 1-800-344-7483)

View environmental wastewater management publications

• All Thing Missouri - CARES

• Why Groundwater Levels Change - DNR

• Groundwater Level Monitoring current conditions by County - USGS

• Watershed Center Resources

• Surf Your Watershed - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• What is a Watershed? - USGS

• Sink Holes in MO - DNR

• Karst, Springs, Losing Streams & Caves in MO - Missouri Dept of Natural Resources (DNR)

• Private Drinking Water Bacteriological Testing - DHSS

• Tips for Buying Water Treatment Equipment - Penn State

• Consumer Confidence Reports for Public Water Supplies in MO - DNR

• Drinking Water Interpretation Tool - Penn State

View water quality publications

• Well Water Plugging Registration Report - DNR

• Plugging Abandoned Wells - DNR

• Wellhead Protection FAQ - DNR

• Well Information Management System - DNR

• Casing Depth Request Form - DNR

• Water Well Maintenance & Rehab - Penn State

• Wells & Drillings - DNR

• MO Water Well Construction Code - DNR

• Maintain Your Private Water Well - DNR

• Well Owner's Manual - Water Systems Council

• Local Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)

• Missouri Department of Natural Resouces (DNR)

• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — USDA government agency that works with people to conserve natural resources on private lands in Missouri

• Local Public Heatlth Agencies in Missouri - DHSS

• Natural Resources Conservation Service — USDA government agency that works with people to conserve natural resources on private lands in Missouri