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People and Places
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Offers a directory of research personnel working in the areas of ecology, environmental engineering, fishery biology, hydrology, and range conservation.
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Safe Drinking Water Hotline
Environmental Protection Agency.
"Provides the general public, regulators, medical and water professionals, academia, and media, with information about drinking water and ground water programs authorized under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Hotline responds to factual questions in the following program areas:
  • Local drinking water quality
  • Drinking water standards
  • Public drinking water systems
  • Source water protection
  • Large capacity residential septic systems
  • Commercial, and industrial septic systems
  • Injection wells
  • Drainage wells
There is a list of frequently asked questions you can review. You can submit your question via the Web site, by telephone, or mail.
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Experts List
EPA. Region 5.
Experts from the environmental agency's Region 5, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Tribes, answer questions within their region.
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Ask-A-Geologist
DOI. United States Geological Survey.
Answers questions about groundwater, lakes, rivers as well as volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, and maps. See the site for terms of use.
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Earth Sciences Expert Directory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Browsable by research area, last name, state and organization, provides contact information for experts willing to work with the news media.
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Ask-An-Earth-Scientist
University of Hawaii. Department of Geology and Geophysics.
Will answer questions on hydrology and the environment (and other topics). Check the site for terms of use. There's also a list of previously asked questions and answers.
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Montana Water Expertise Directory
Montana State University. Montana Water Center.
Provides contact information for water experts in Montana.
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Faculty Expertise Database
Pennsylvania State University. Institutes of the Environment.
Finds experts in water resoures and other environmental fields.
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Database of Water Conservation Professionals
New Mexico State University. New Mexico Water Conservation Alliance.
A collection of governmental and commercial water experts, mostly from New Mexico. (Dated Jan 2001)
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Purdue Experts for Media
Purdue University.
A database of Purdue University's faculty and staff that provides environmental and agricultural contacts.
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Virginia Water Experts Directory
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Virginia Water Resources Research Center.
Intends to serve as a communication link between researchers and policy makers.
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Water Experts in Minnesota
University of Minnesota. Water Resources Center.
A listing of Water Resources Science faculty, by area of emphasis, at the University of Minnesota.
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Experts Guide, 2007-2008  (PDF|2.7 MB)
Duke University. Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences.
Faculty members with expertise in carbon sequestration, drought, environmental economics, the impact of hurricanes, land use, and wetlands can be contacted directly through information provided in this guide.
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Ask the Bay Experts
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
Provides answers to frequently asked questions about the Chesapeake Bay and a way to submit new requests for information. Questions are answered by "experts in many diverse fields of Bay issues including wetlands, pollution, watershed management, shad restoration, fish passage, fisheries, lawn care for Bay repair, blue crabs, monitoring, SAV and more. They work in a variety of academic institutions, non-profit organizations, federal/state government in the Bay watershed and Bay-related businesses."
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Water Expertise Directory
Arizona Water.
A database of experts in various water fields from Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona.
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AskFAO
UN. Food and Agriculture Organization.
Provides answers to queries related to the Food and Agriculture Organization's areas of expertise.
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Directory of SSC Specialist Groups
IUCN. Species Survival Commission
Contact information for animal and plant conservation experts browsable through extensive, taxa-based directory.
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Ecosystem Services Experts Directory
The World Resources Institute
This directory "enables users to search for country-specific experts in a wide range of ecosystem disciplines. It includes hundreds of expert profiles from environmental organizations around the world, including the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Ecological Society of America, and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment’s Sub-Global Working Groups."
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Media Source Directory of Experts
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.
Provides more than 1,000 profiles of Central and Eastern European environmental experts. (Last update Jan 2000)
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