Links of Interest

The following collection of internet links is provided for general interest. The collection provides access to a variety organizations and agencies who conduct and promote watershed science and provide data and analysis tools provincially, nationally, and globally.
Note: By following the links on this page you are navigating to websites that are external for the Institute for Watershed Science website.

Canadian Academic Institutions

• James McLean Oliver Ecological Centre
• Sir Sandford Fleming College
  • Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment
  • Geomatics Institute at Fleming
• University of Ottawa
  • St. Lawrence River Institute
  • Watershed and Environmental Resource Assessment Project
• University of New Brunswick
  • Canadian Rivers Institute

Canadian Non-Government Organizations

• Conservation Ontario
• Canadian Water Network
• Pollution Probe
• Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
• Canadian Environmental Law Association

Canadian Federal Government

• Natural Resources Canada
  • Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• Environment Canada
  • Freshwater
  • ResEau
  • National Climate Data and Information Archive (Free Data)
  • Water Survey of Canada
  • HYDAT (Free Data)
  • Climate Change
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Land Management
• GeoConnections
• GeoGratis (Free Data)
• GeoBase (Free Data)

Ontario Provincial Government

• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
  • Water Resources
  • Publications
  • Land Information Ontario
  • Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research
  • Ontario Forestry Research Institute
  • Natural Heritage Information Centre
  • Crownland Use Atlas
• Ontario Ministry of the Environment
  • Water Resources
  • Drinking Water
  • Clean Water Act
  • Publications
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

First Nations

• Trent University Indigenous Studies Program
• Drinking Water Strategies

International Links

European Union (EU)

• EU Water Initiative
• Water Information System Initiative for Europe

United Nations

• Food and Agricultural Organization
  • Water Development and Management Unit
• United Nations University
  • International Network and Water, Environment and Health

Great Lakes (North America)

• International Joint Commission
• Great Lakes Charter

Great Lakes (International)

• International Association for Great Lakes Research

Countries

Australia

• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
• Catchment Modelling Toolkit

P.R. China

• Ministry of Water Resources

Germany

• Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
• Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• System for Automated Geoscientific Analysis

India

• Ministry of Water Resources

Netherlands

• Integrated Land and Water Information System

New Zealand

• National Centre for Water Resources

United States of America

• Council of Great Lakes Governors
• United States Geologic Survey
  • Water Resources Applications Software
  • Water Resources Data
  • Centre for Earth Resources Observation & Science
  • Global Visualization Viewer
• United States Department of Agriculture
  • Agricultural Research Services - Software
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • Models, Methods and Databases
  • Water Quality Models and Tools
• United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • Hydrologic Engineering Center - Software Applications
  • Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
• National Oceans and Atmosphere Administration
  • Satellites, Information and Data
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• The Earth Science Data and Information System
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Centre

United Kingdom

• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
• Terrain Analysis System