Here is a list of organizations which are involved in groundwater issues. Also listed are relevant publications available from the organizations, and web site addresses for those organizations which are on the Internet.

• American Geological Institute (AGI)
  4220 King Street
  Alexandria, VA 22302
  (703) 379-2480
  
  Publications: "Groundwater: A Primer"
  Web: www.agiweb.org
  
  
• American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
  3416 University Avenue, SE
  Minneapolis, MN 55414
  
  
• American Institute of Professional Geologists
  7828 Vance Drive, Suite 103
  Arvada, CO 80003
  (303) 431-0831
  
  Publications: "Ground Water Issues and Answers"
  
  
• American Water Works Association (AWWA)
  6666 West Quincy Avenue
  Denver, CO 80234
  (303) 794-7711
  
  Publications: "Groundwater: AWWA Manual of Water Supply Practices M21"
  Web: www.awwa.org
  
  Also, American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF)
  Web: www.awwarf.com
  
  
• Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
  910 K Street, Suite 100
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  (916) 441-4545
  
  Web: www.acwanet.com
  
  
• California Department of Water Resources
  1416 Ninth Street
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  (916) 653-5791
  
  Online brochure: "Groundwater: the hidden water supply"
  Online maps: California groundwater basins
  Web: wwwdwr.water.ca.gov/
  
  
• Center for Groundwater Research
  Oregon Graduate Institute
  P.O. Box 91000
  Portland, OR 97291
  (503) 690-1196
  
  Web: cgr.ese.ogi.edu/
  
  
• Ground Water Remediation Technologies Analysis Center
  615 William Pitt Way
  Pittsburgh, PA 15238
  (800) 373-1973
  
  Web: www.gwrtac.org
  
  
• Groundwater Resources Association of California
  915 L Street, Suite 2000
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  (916) 446-3626 voice
  (916) 442-0382 fax
  
  Publications: "California Groundwater Management"
  Web: www.grac.org
  
  
• International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
  P.O. Box 9
  Kenilworth, CV8 1JG, United Kingdom
  
  Web: www.iah.org
  
  
• International Ground Water Modeling Center (IGWMC)
  Colorado School of Mines
  Golden, CO 80401
  
  Web: www.mines.edu/igwmc
  
  
• National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
  601 Dempsey Road
  Westerville, OH 43081
  (800) 551-7579
  
  Publications: "Ground Water"; "Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation"
  Web: www.ngwa.org
  
  
• Stanford Hydrogeology Group
  Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences
  Stanford University
  Stanford, CA 94305
  
  Web: pangaea.stanford.edu/hydro/
  
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  Office of Water
  Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
  Washington, DC 20460
  
  Publications: "Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water Publications"
  Web: www.epa.gov
  
  
• U.S. Geological Survey National Center
  12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
  Reston, VA 20192
  (800) 426-9000
  
  Publications: "Basic Ground-Water Hydrology: USGS Water-Supply Paper 2220"; "A Primer on Water"; "A Primer on Ground Water"
  Web: h2o.usgs.gov
  
  Also, USGS Water Resources of California
  Web: water.wr.usgs.gov
  
  
• Water Education Foundation
  717 K Street, Suite 517
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  (916) 444-6240
  
  Publications: "Layperson's Guide to Ground Water"
  Web: www.water-ed.org
  
  
• Water Science and Technology Board
  National Research Council
  2101 Constitution Av. NW
  Washington, D.C. 20007
  
  Web: www4.nationalacademies.org/cger/wstb.nsf
  
  

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