Pacific Northwest educators and Extension personnel are frequently called upon to answer questions or concerns regarding drinking water. In an effort to meet the needs of our districts and to assist Extension personnel in the ease of finding information, the Pacific Northwest Region, Extension Water Quality Coordination 406 Grant has produced Domestic Water Use: A Resource Guide for Extension. This resource will enable Extension offices across the Pacific Northwest region to effectively answer public inquiries about drinking water quality and water systems using state-of-the-art information. The Domestic Water Use Resource Guide contains over 70 current publications and will be housed in all county and regional Extension offices. The guide will be updated on a regular basis. The University of Alaska spearheaded the development of this product. The publications contained in the guide have been produced by land grant universities, state and local health departments, and state and federal agencies with drinking water missions. Many of the publications are available on web sites. A complete list of web sites that were utilized to gather the information found in this guide are provided. The Domestic Water Use Resource Guide will assist in providing answers to drinking water questions, and in the production of media, press releases, teaching materials, and presentations. The fourteen chapters of information contained in this resource guide are: 1. General Information 8.Aesthetics-Turbidity, Color, Odor and Taste 2. Drinking Water Standards 9. Water Treatments 3. Health Concerns/Hazards 10.Treatment Supplies 4. Home Water Quality Problems 11.Emergency Water 5. Water Testing and Interpretation 12.Water Conservation 6. Chemicals 13.Miscellaneous: Bottled Water, Cisterns, Septic Systems, and Water Systems 7. Microbials 14.Resources and References The next stage of development is a CD version of the Domestic Water Use Resource Guide. We anticipate completing this project in fall of 2003. Copies of the Domestic Water Use Resource Guide are available at production cost ($50.00). Inquiries should be made to Terri Lomax at TLomax@uaa.alaska.edu.

Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Coordination Project Partners Land Grant Universities Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Contact Fred Sorensen: 907-786-6311 http://www.uaf.edu/ces/water/index.html University Publications: http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/ces/publications/ Idaho University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System Contact Bob Mahler: 208-885-7025 http://www.uidaho.edu/wq/wqhome.html University Publications: http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/Catalog/catalog.html Oregon Oregon State University Extension Service Contact Mike Gamroth: 541-737-3316 http://extension.oregonstate.edu/ University Publications: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/ Washington Washington State University WSU Extension Contact Bob Simmons: 360-427-9670 ext. 690 http://wawater.wsu.edu/ University Publications: http://pubs.wsu.edu/ Northwest Indian College Contact Michael Cochrane: 360-392-4299 mcochrane@nwic.edu or http://www.nwic.edu/ Water Resource Research Institutes Water and Environmental Research Center (Alaska) http://www.uaf.edu/water/ Idaho Water Resources Research Institute http://www.boise.uidaho.edu/ Institute for Water and Watersheds (Oregon) http://water.oregonstate.edu/ State of Washington Water Research Center http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/ Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Region 10 The Pacific Northwest http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/ Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Laboratory http://www.epa.gov/wed/ For more information contact Jan Seago at 206-553-0038 or seago.jan@epa.gov
	The Project Land Grant Universities, Water Research Institutes and EPA Region 10 have formed a partnership to provide research and education to communities about protecting or restoring the quality of water resources. This partnership is being supported in part by the USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System (CSREES). Our Goal and Approach The goal of this Project is to provide leadership for water resources research, education and outreach to help people, industry and governments to prevent and solve current and emerging water quality and quantity problems. The approach to achieving this goal is for the Partners to develop a coordinated regional water quality effort based on, and strengthening, individual state programs. Our Strengths The Project promotes regional collaboration by acknowledging existing programs and successful efforts; assessing program gaps; identifying potential issues for cross-agency and private sector collaboration; and developing a clearinghouse of expertise and programs. In addition, the Project establishes or enhances partnerships with federal, state and local environmental and water resource management agencies, such as by placing a University Liaison within the offices of EPA Region 10.
	Special thanks to the Johnson family for the above image taken at Eklutna Lake, AK.
	National Water Quality Program Areas The four land grant universities in the Pacific Northwest have aligned our water resource extension and research efforts with eight themes of the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System. 1. Animal Waste Management 2. Drinking Water and Human Health 3. Environmental Restoration 4. Nutrient and Pesticide Management 5. Pollution Assessment and Prevention 6. Watershed Management 7. Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Management 8. Water Policy and Economics
	CSREES is the Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension Service, a sub-agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, and is the federal partner in this water quality program.

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