Drinking Water Well Information
- Taste and Odor of Drinking Water from Santa Clara County Water District
- EPA information on Private Drinking Water Wells
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
Regulatory Agencies
- State of California Division of Drinking Water Programs
- Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
- San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 2)
- North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9, The Pacific Southwest
- EPA Region 9 Superfund Preliminary Remediation Goals
- EPA 40CFR part 455 Pesticide Regulation pdf documents
- United States Army Corps of Engineers, Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Center of Expertise
Test Methods and Regulatory References
- EPA SW-846 Methods
- EPA 40CFR part 136 online (Clean Water Act Approved Methods)
- EPA Water Quality Standards Handbook, Second Edition(1994) pdf
- EPA Topics: Endocrine Disruptors
- EPA Contaminants of Emerging Concern including Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
- EPA Office Of Water
Specific Analytes or Subjects of Interest
Mercury
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) Mercury Research Information
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and EPA: Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish
- Cal-Fed Mercury Project Quality Assurance Oversight (pdf)
Pesticides
- USGS National Water Quality Assessment, Pesticide National Synthesis Project
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)
- Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Surface Water Protocols
Pathogens
Water Quality Related Organizations
- American Water Works Association
- California Water Environment Association
- Northern California Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Groundwater Resources Association of California
Other Sites You Might Enjoy
Pyrethroids Pesticides
The following links are to educational sites related to instrument theory and operation. The sites were found useful for CWEA (California Water Environment Association) voluntary lab analyst certification training we provided.
Atomic Absorbtion Spectrometry
- ACS – A Study of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy Background
- Table of Elements
- Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectra
ICP-MS
Mass Spectrometers
- Summary of the Characteristics of Different Mass Analyzers (pdf)
- How a Mass Spectrometer Works
- Fundamentals of Mass Specs
- ASMS (American Society for Mass Spectrometry) “What is Mass Spectrometry”
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Wiki)