Technical Resources on Nutrient Pollution

Webcasts

• EPA’s Watershed Academy Webcasts
• EPA Nutrient Reduction Strategy Webinars - Region 5

Training Opportunities

• EPA Watershed Academy
• EPA Water Quality Standards Academy
• USDA-CSREES National Water Program Knowledge Center Learning Modules
• Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPDES) Curriculum (pdf) (1.14 MB)

Additional Topics Relevant to Nutrient Pollution

Harmful Algal Blooms

• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Water Bodies

Agriculture

• Nonpoint Source Pollution
  • Nonpoint Source: Agriculture
• Animal Feeding Operations
• EPA's Agriculture Website
• USDA-NRCS Water Quality
• Cornell Nutrient Analysis Laboratory
• Cooperative Extension Offices
• Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Practice Standards
• 2018 Farm Bill Provisions (from Natural Resources Conservation Service)
• EPA's National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center
• Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library
• Conservation Technology Information Center
• North Carolina State University Water Quality Group
• Natural Resources Conservation Service Photo Gallery
• Cooperative Research and Extension Services
• USDA-NRCS Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative

Hypoxia

• Ecological Society of America: Hypoxia Fact Sheet
• US Geological Survey: Hypoxia Information
• The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force
• Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: An Update by the EPA Science Advisory Board (EPA SAB-08-003-2006-2007)
• Hypoxia Taskforce Action Plans
• Hypoxia Taskforce Annual Operating Plans
• Additional Hypoxia Resources

Wastewater Treatment

• Water Environment Research Foundation's Nutrients Knowledge Area
• Municipal Nutrient Removal Technologies Reference Document (pdf) (13.72 MB, September 2008, EPA 832-R-08-006)
• Nutrient Control Design Manual (pdf) (9.12 MB, August 2010, EPA 600-R-10-100)
• Nutrient Control Design Manual: State of Technology Review Report (pdf) (1.14 MB, January 2009, EPA 600-R-09-012)
• Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Webinar Series: Treatment Technologies, System Design, and Management Strategies

Research on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution

• Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
• Large Lakes and Rivers Forecasting Research Branch
• US Geological Survey, Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Nutrients
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Ocean Center: Hypoxia
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program (wet deposition)
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program
• Nitrogen Pollution: From the Sources to the Sea (pdf)