This is an index of all the success stories featured on this website. Success Stories are grouped into the following categories:
National Publications with emphasis on Success Stories
Success Stories sorted by National Theme
Success Stories from Regional Water Program Websites
Success Stories from Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Projects
Success Stories from Extension Education Projects
CSREES Science and Education Impacts
Section 319 Project Success Stories with Land Grant Partners


National Publications with emphasis on Success Stories

* National Water Program Poster
* National Water Program Impact Report 2000-2004 (or click here for the higher resolution 3.0 MB pdf)
* National Water Program Impact Report 2004-2005
* Building a National Network of Excellence: A publication of the Regional Liaison Standing Leadership Team
* New! National Water Program Impact Report 2005-2006 (1.4MB)

 

Success Stories sorted by National Theme

Animal Waste Management

* The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship Curriculum
* National Center for Manure & Animal Waste Management
* Essential elements and critical components to animal agriculture programs identified in Regional Liaison Standing Leadership Team's publication: Building a National Network of Excellence.

Drinking Water and Human Health
* Educating Real Estate Professionals: Changing Development Practices and Individual Behaviors
* Ultraviolet Light Disinfection of Drinking Water: An Alternative to Chlorination
* Private Well Water Initiative – New England Regional Water Quality Program Partners with EPA New England
* Tex*A*Syst Mobile Lab Program - Screening Drinking Water Wells and Educating Citizens
* Essential elements and critical components to programs geared toward on-site systems identified in Regional Liaison Standing Leadership Team's publication: Building a National Network of Excellence.

Nutrient and Pesticide Management

Integrated Agricultural Management Systems in Kansas
Neuse Education Team (NET)
Nitrogen Processing in Tile-Drained Agricultural Landscapes (coming soon)
Tallapoosa Watershed Project (TWP)
E-learning Resource for the Nursery and Greenhouse Industry

Pollution Assessment and Prevention

* Colville Reservation Gets W.E.T.!

Watershed Management

* National NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) Network
* National Facilitation of CSREES Volunteer Monitoring Efforts Project
* University of Maine Cooperative Extension's Watershed Stewards Program
* Priority Water Issues in the Pacific Northwest
Experimental Manipulation of Entire Watersheds through Best Management Practices (SUNY at Brockport)
* Enhancing Phosphorus Strategies in the Kalamazoo River Basin
* Paired Watershed Studies for Nutrient Reductions in the Minnesota River Basin


Success Stories From Regional Water Program Websites

* New England Regional Water Program Success Stories external link
* New York - New Jersey - Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands Regional Water Program Publications external link
* Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Program Impacts external link
* Southern Regional Water Program Success Stories external link
* Great Lakes Regional Water Program Fact Sheets external link
* Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative Reports external link
* Northern Plains and Mountains Regional Water Program Fact Sheets external link
* Southwest States and Pacific Islands Regional Water Program Success Stories external link
* Pacific Northwest Regional Water Program Downloadable Publications external link


Success Stories from Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Projects

* Experimental Manipulation of Entire Watersheds through Best Management Practices (SUNY at Brockport)
* Enhancing Phosphorus Strategies in the Kalamazoo River Basin
* Paired Watershed Studies for Nutrient Reductions in the Minnesota River Basin
* Integrated Agricultural Management Systems in Kansas
* Tallapoosa Watershed Project (TWP)

Success Stories from Extension Education Projects

* E-learning Resource for the Nursery and Greenhouse Industry

CSREES Science and Education Impacts external link

The CSREES/Land-Grant Institution (LGI) partnership continually impacts the lives of Americans across the country. Each year, CSREES works with its LGI partners to identify a few hundred of the most notable impacts of that partnership and bring them together in a Science and Education Impact report. The impacts or success stories list land-grant research, education, and extension activities in the realm of water quality and quantity. The following were adapted from the CSREES website to contain active links to key programs.
* 2004 CSREES Science and Education Impacts: Water Wonderful World -- Safeguarding and enhancing the nation's water resources
* 2002 Science and Education Impacts: Wet Ones -- Protecting our nation's water quality
* 2001 Science and Education Impacts: Water Works -- Conserving, protecting and reclaiming a key natural resource.

Section 319 Projects with Land Grant Partners

* Agricultural Management Strategy Reduces Instream Nutrients external link; North Carolina: Tar-Pamlico Basin; Partners include: North Carolina Cooperative Extension and North Carolina State University
* Farmers Improve Qualilty of Water in Watershed external link; West Virginia: North Fork Potomac Watershed; Partners include: West Virginia University College of Agriculture and Forestry; and West Virginia University Extension Service
*Basin-wide Cleanup Effort Reduces Instream Nitrogen external link; North Carolina: Neuse River Basin; Partners include: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
* Changes in Irrigation Practices Reduce Turbidity external link; Washington: Lower Yakima River; Partners include: Washington State University Cooperative Extension Research Station