• Healthy Water
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• The National Academies' Water Information Center
  The National Academies
• Water
  World Health Organization
• Water on Tap: What You Need To Know
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Water Pollution
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• Drinking Water Glossary
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Water Quality Terms (PDF, 120 KB)
  UN-Water, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health
• Water Resources Glossaries
  U.S. Geological Survey

• Drinking Water
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Drinking Water and Health: What you need to know
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Drinking Water Basics
  The National Academies
• Finding Local information from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
  • Local Drinking Water Information
  • Regional and State Links
  • Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)
• Source Water Protection Publications Database
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Ground Water and Drinking Water
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• USGS Groundwater Information Pages
  U. S. Geological Survey

• Bottled Water
  U. S. Food and Drug Administration
• Bottled Water and Fluoride
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Bottled Water Basics (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Commercially Bottled Water
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• FDA Regulates the Safety of Bottled Water Beverages Including Flavored Water and Nutrient-Added Water Beverages
  U. S. Food and Drug Administration

Basic Information

• Chemical and Pathogenic Contaminant Exposure by Drinking Water
  U. S. Geological Survey
• Drinking Water Contaminants
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Contaminants of Emerging Concern
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Agricultural Chemicals and Waste

• Agriculture
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Agricultural Chemicals
  U. S. Geological Survey
• Protecting Water Quality from Agricultural Runoff (PDF, 120 KB)
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Water Quality Information Center (WQIC)
  National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture

Arsenic

• Arsenic and Human Health
  Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine

Chloramines

• Chloramines in Drinking Water
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Disinfection or Chlorination Byproducts

• Chemical Information: Disinfection By-Products
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Disinfection Byproducts: A Reference Resource
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Disinfection By-products (DBPs) (PDF, 140 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Disinfection By-Products (Trihalomethanes)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Disinfection By-Products and the Safe Water System (PDF, 30 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hexavalent Chromium

• Hexavalent Chromium and Other Chromium Compounds
  Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine

Lead

• Lead and Human Health
  Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine

Mercury

• Mercury and Human Health
  Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine

Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)

• MTBE (methyl-t-butyl ether) in Drinking Water
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Perchlorate

• Perchlorate
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs)

• Disposal by Flushing of Certain Unused Medicines: What You Should Know
  U. S. Food and Drug Administration
• DisposeMyMeds.org: find a medication disposal program near you
  
• Medicines Recommended for Disposal by Flushing
  U. S. Food and Drug Administration
• Origins and Fate of PPCPs in the Environment (PDF, 268 KB)
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Pharmaceuticals (PPCPs)
  DrinkTap.org, American Waterworks Association
• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs)
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Safe Disposal of Medicines
  U. S. Food and Drug Administration

Volatile Organic Compounds

• Volatile Organic Compounds
  U. S. Geological Survery
• Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking-Water Supply Wells
  Circular 1292, U. S. Geological Survery

Wastewater/Runoff

• Polluted Runoff
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• What's in Our Wastewaters and Where Does it Go?
  U. S. Geological Survey

• Basic Information about Fluoride in Drinking Water
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Community Water Fluoridation
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• EPA and HHS Announce New Scientific Assessments and Actions on Fluoride
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Biomonitoring Data
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• USGS Water Data for the Nation
  U. S. Geological Survey
• Water-related Environmental Tracking
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• WATERS (Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental ResultS)
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Global Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Water Quality for Ecosystem and Human Health (PDF, 9 MB)
  UN-Water, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health
• Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• USGS Water-Quality Information Pages
  U. S. Geological Survey
• Water Quality Outlook (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  UN-Water, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health
• Water Sanitation and Health (WSH)
  World Health Organization
• World Water Day
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Clean Water Act
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Summary of the Clean Water Act
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Part 141--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
  Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
• Safe Drinking Water Act
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues (PDF, 300 KB)
  (RL34201; April 22, 2010) by Mary Tiemann, Congressional Research Service
• Standards and Risk Management
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 6A > SUBCHAPTER XII > Part B > § 300g-1 National drinking water regulations
  Legal Information Institution, Cornell University Law School

• Water for Kids
  U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Water Pollution
  Environmental Health Student Portal, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
• Water Science for School
  U.S. Geological Survey

PubMed - Biomedical journal literature

• Fluoridation
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • Review articles
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products as Pollutants (PPCPs)
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • Review articles
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Water Pollution
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • Review articles
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations

TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections

• Fluoridation
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Perchlorate
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Volatile Organic Compounds
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations
• Water Pollution
  
  • Articles from last 12 months
  • All articles on this topic - May retrieve large number of citations

Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals

• Chloramine
• Fluoride
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
  

ChemIDplus - Chemical identification and structure database

• Chloramine
• Fluoride
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
• Perchlorate
  

Tox Town - Consumer introduction to environmental health and toxic chemicals

• Agricultural Runoff
• Drinking Water
• Stormwater and Sewage
• Urban and Industrial Runoff
• Wastewater Treatment Facility
• Water Pollution

MedlinePlus - Consumer Health Information

• Drinking Water
  
• Water Pollution

NLM Catalog - Access to information about books and other materials in NLM's catalog

• Water Pollution
  
  • Books from last 5 years
  • All books on this topic

• American Water Resources Association
• American Waterworks Association
• GWA- Global International Waters Assessment
• International Water and Sanitation Centre
• International Water Association (IWA)
• Micropollutants Clearinghouse
• National Water Management Center
  United States Department of Agriculture
• National Water Program
  A partnership of the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and Land Grant Colleges and Universities
• UN - Water
  United Nations
• Water Quality Information Center
• Wellowner.org

• El Agua del Grifo - lo que usted debe saber (PDF, 3 MB)
  Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos
• El agua subterránea
  Agencia para Sustancias Tóxicas y el Registro de Enfermedades, Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
• El medio ambiente y su salud: El agua potable
  Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos
• La FDA Regula la Seguridad del Agua Envasada - Incluidas el Agua Saborizada y el Agua con Nutrientes Agregados
  La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos
• MedlinePlus en español
  
  • Agua potable
  • Contaminación del agua
• Tox Town en español
  
  • Agua potable
  • Aguas pluviales / Desagües
  • Escorrentía agrícola
  • Escorrentía urbana e industrial
  • Planta de tratamiento de aguas negras