Resource Pointer # 188
November 25, 1998
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
*Tapping into Watersheds Conference, Marin Headlands
Institute, December 11-12, 1998.* California conference on
how to protect drinking water, public health and the
environment. Find out how to use state and federal tools,
including recent changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act, to
expand public right to know. Learn about sources of water
contamination, ways in which you can protect watersheds from
degradation and expand public health protection. $20 tuition,
including meals, $20 on-site lodging. For more information,
contact Clean Water Action, 944 Market St., Suite 5000, San
Francisco, CA 94102; phone (415) 362-3040; email
youngm@cleanwater.org.
*Sampling for Pesticide Residues in California Well Water:
1997 Update of the Well Water Inventory Database, August
1998.* California Environmental Protection Agency. Compiles
data from well water and ground water sampling taken from
agencies and individuals throughout the state. Samples from
2,508 wells in 48 counties for 165 pesticide active
ingredients and breakdown products. Data does not comprise a
complete survey of ground water quality throughout the state
nor does it represent sampling for all pesticides. 92 pp. For
cost and ordering information, contact California
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of
Pesticide Regulation (DPR), Environmental Monitoring and Pest
Management Branch, 830 K St., Sacramento, CA 95814-3510;
phone (916) 324-4100; web site: www.cdpr.ca.gov.
*Farming Salmon: A Briefing Book, 1997.* Michael L. Weber.
Overview of salmon farming including some of the associated
impacts on the environment such as pesticide and chemical
use, waste, and effects on wildlife. Looks at sustainable
ways to manage aquaculture, more specifically, salmon
farming. Includes appendix with profiles on top salmon
producing nations in the world as well as related internet
resources. 35 pp. For cost and ordering information, contact
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD), P.O. Box
29361, San Francisco, CA 94129; phone (415) 561-6575; email
cbgd@cbgd.org.
*Water: What are our rights to it?, 1998.* Rajut Chaudhuri.
Focuses on water issues in India, examining drinking water
quality, international drinking water rights guidelines and
Indian national laws. Outlines court cases which strengthen
argument for Indians' rights to clean water supply as well as
relevant municipal acts under Indian law. 34 pp. For cost and
ordering information, contact Consumer Trust and Unity
Society/Safety Watch, 3-B Camac St., Calcutta 700 016 India;
phone (91 33) 29 7391; fax (91 33) 29 7665; email
CUTSCAL@CAL.VSNL.NET.IN; web site:
www.cuts.org.
*Occurrence of Nitrates and Pesticides in Ground Water
Beneath Three Agricultural Land-Use Settings in the Eastern
San Joaquin Valley, California, 1993-1995.* Karen Burrow et
al. Presents survey data from 60 domestic wells in vineyard,
almond and a crop grouping of corn, alfalfa and vegetable
land-use settings. Further examines data from National Water
Quality Assessment Program groundwater studies, looking at
nitrates and pesticides from the following groups: amids,
carbamates, chlorophenoxyl herbicides, dinitoanilines,
organochlorines, organophosphates, pyrethroids, triazine
herbicides, uracils and ureas. Examines sources of these
chemicals and contributing factors to their presence in
ground water. 51 pp. US$7.50. To order, contact U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), Information Services, Box 25286,
Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225; phone (303) 202-4200; fax
(303) 202-4693; web site: mapping.usgs.gov/esic/.
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