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Webiography
- Water Librarians’ Homepage.
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- California Water Efficiency Partnership.
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- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
- Friends of the LA River.
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- Ocean Arks International.
- USGS Water Resources of the United States.
- T.R.E.E. People.
- Water Education Foundation.
Originally published 4th quarter 2001, in arcCA 01.4, “H2O CA.”
