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Government Documents on Water
Water is essential for human and animal health and plays an essential role in agriculture, energy generation, and other forms of economic activity. Water pollution remains a key public policy issue and many areas of the world do not have access to clean drinking water. Because of its economic, environmental, political, legal, and even national security implications, government agencies produce numerous information resources on water.
Purdue Libraries have many government documents on water. These documents can be found in the HSSE, EAS, ENGR, LIFE libraries as well as in the Undergraduate Library's HIKS Repository. Examples of Library Catalog subject headings you can use to search for government documents on water include:
Drinking
Water Contamination United States
Federal
aid to Water Resources Development United States
Irrigation
Laws United States
Rivers United States
Water Conservation Law and Legislation United States
Water Pollution Law and Legislation United States
Water Resources Development Law and Legislation United States
The principal index for locating U.S. Government documents is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 and its online counterpart covering 1994-present and the GPO Index on the Purdue Libraries indexes page covering 1976-present. Other useful indexes for U.S. Government documents include the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE RF 328.73005 C76 for congressional publications, the CIS Congressional Serial Set Index 1789-1969 HSSE REF 328.73 C761c and its online version (Purdue users only), CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, and CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996.
Federal and state legal and regulatory water reference publications include:
| Slip Laws | HSSE DOC REF AE 2.110: |
| U.S. Statutes at Large | HSSE REF 345.11 Un3 |
| U.S. Code (Titles 33 & 43) | HSSE REF 345 Un3co |
| U.S. Reports | HSSE DOC JU 6.8: |
| Lexis-Nexis Academic (Purdue users only!) | |
| Federal Register | HSSE REF 353.005 Un34 |
| Code of Federal Regulations | HSSE REF 353.005 C64 |
| Index-Code of Federal Regulations | HSSE REF 353.005 C64 Index |
| Lists of Sections Affected | HSSE REF 353.005 C64 LSA |
| Indiana Code (Titles 13-14) | HSSE REF 348.772 In25c |
| Acts Indiana | HSSE REF 345.91 In2 |
| Indiana Register | HSSE REF 348.772025 In3 |
| Indiana Administrative Code (Titles 311, 327 etc.) | HSSE REF 348.772025 In2i |
Sample federal publications on water include:
| U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations | EAS 628.1605 Un3w & EAS MF I 19.42/4: |
| USGS Water Supply Papers | EAS 557.3 Un31w |
| Water Resources Data for Indiana | LIFE 553.7809773 Un3w & LIFE MF I 19.53/2: |
Congressional committees are
responsible for conducting oversight of federal
agencies water programs and funding these programs. Committees with water
programs responsibilities include:
| House
Agriculture Committee (Reps. Mike Pence (R-IN), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), and Brand Ellsworth (D-IN) ) are members of this committee |
HSSE DOC Y 4.AG 8/1: |
| House
Appropriations Committee (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee) |
HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1: |
| House
Energy & Commerce Committee (Reps. Steve Buyer (R-IN) and Baron Hill (D-IN) are members of this committee) |
HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/8: |
| House
Resources Committee |
HSSE DOC Y 4.R 31/3: (See HSSE DOC Y 4.In 8/14: for this committee's pre-1993 publications) |
| Senate
Agriculture Committee (Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) is a member of this committee.) |
HSSE DOC Y 4.AG 8/3: |
| Senate Appropriations Committee (Appropriations committees are excellent project expenditure information sources.) | HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2: |
| Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee | HSSE DOC Y 4.EN 2: |
| Senate Environment & Public Works Committee | HSSE DOC Y 4.P 96/10: |
| Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy National Council for Science & the Environment & University of North Texas Library) | |
| Government Accountability Office Reports | MEL MF GA 1.13: |
| Congressional Serial Set (Online-Purdue users only HSSE Repository Y 1.1/2: |
Internet Resources
Increasing volumes of government
information appear on the Internet. Numerous
federal agencies with water responsibilities have websites with detailed information
resources. Examples include GPO Access which
provides one-stop access to the
U.S. Government's major legal, legislative, and regulatory resources such as
the
Code of Federal Regulations and congressional bills.
Other relevant agency
websites include:
| Water Science & Technology Board |
| American Indian Water Rights in Arizona (Courtesy University of Arizona Library) |
| Western Waters Digital Library (Courtesy-Great Western Library Alliance) NEW |
State & Local Government Resources
| Environmental Protection Agency Water Resources |
| Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management Water Quality Office |
Foreign & International
Government Organizations
| Australia Parliament House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry |
| Land & Water Australia |
| Environment Australia Inland Water |
| UNEP Global Environmental Watering System |