Drought Information

• Maryland Department of the Environment mde.maryland.gov/programs/water/droughtinformation/Pages/index.aspx
• Maryland Geological Survey www.mgs.md.gov
• National Drought Mitigation Center http://drought.unl.edu
• National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought/
• Paleoclimate Drought Resources www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought.html
• U.S. Geological Survey water.usgs.gov

Water Conservation

• Maryland Department of the Environment http://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Water/WaterConservation/Pages/Programs/WaterPrograms/water_conservation/index.aspx
• American Water Works Association Water Conservation Resource Community www.awwa.org/resources-tools/water-knowledge/water-conservation.aspx 
• Water Saver Home www.h2ouse.org
• Water Use It Wisely www.wateruseitwisely.com
• Washington Council of Governments Wise Water Use Campaign  http://www.mwcog.org/environment/water/watersupply/wisewater.asp

Teachers/Kids

• Earth Science Week http://www.earthsciweek.org
• EPA Kids, Students, and Teachers https://www.epa.gov/watersense
• The Groundwater Foundation www.groundwater.org/kids/
• Resources for Teachers at Project WET www.projectwet.org/teach-and-learn​
• National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/gaw/frwater
• Project Wet Water Education for Teachers www.projectwet.org
• U.S. Geological Service Water Science for Schools http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu
• Water Environment Federation https://www.wef.org/resources/for-the-public/k-12-resources/
• Water on the Web http://waterontheweb.org
• WaterShare, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation https://www.usbr.gov/mp/watershare/resources/
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation www.cbf.org

Volunteer Programs

• Maryland Department of Natural Resources—Become A Volunteer 
  http://dnr.maryland.gov/Pages/volu​nteer.aspx​​ ​
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation www.cbf.org/
• Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/ AND http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/volmon.nsf/VST?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=21#21

Gardening

• Maryland Home and Garden Center extension.umd.edu/hgic
• Natural Resource Conservation Service www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/features/?&cid=nrcs143_023574 

Local Resources

• City of Baltimore Department of Public Works Bureau of Water and Wastewater https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/publicworks/utilities/waterusageconservation.html
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin www.potomacriver.org
• Susquehanna River Basin Commission www.srbc.net
• Washington Council of Governments www.mwcog.org/environment/water/
• Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission https://www.wsscwater.com/home.html

Other Assorted Resources 

• AWWA Drip Calculator at DrinkTap.org https://drinktap.org/Water-Info/Water-Conservation/Drip-Calculator 

For More Information
For more information, contact the Water Supply Program at 410-537-3702 or water.supply@maryland.gov​​