Water Protection Program
Information and Education
Find a variety of informative articles and features, helpful hints and tips regarding water quality and conservation here.
- Presentation to the 9th Annual Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference
- Department Honors Five Missouri High School Teachers
- Integrated Pest Management Methods of Mosquito Control for Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators
- Put Your Plumbing on a Healthy Diet
- Tips to Conserve and Protect Our Water
- Septic Tank Maintenance Tips
- Water and Wastewater Operator Certification
- Stormwater Information Clearinghouse
2009 Missouri State of the Environment Report -- PUB2286 (3.4MB)
Groundwater: The Hidden Resource -- VID1014
Find out about Missouri's groundwater resources in this online video.
Length 16:35
File size is 33MB View Video
Fact Sheets
- Missouri River, Fact Sheet -- PUB2018
- Upper Mississippi River, Fact Sheet -- PUB2019
- State Revolving Fund Loan Programs, Fact Sheet -- PUB2150
Drinking Water
- Atrazine, Fact Sheet--PUB2011
- Backflow Prevention: Frequently Asked Questions, Fact Sheet -- PUB2158
- Boil Water Orders and Boil Water Advisories, Fact Sheet -- PUB2001
- Cryptosporidium and Drinking Water, Fact Sheet -- PUB2012
- Design Guide for Community Water Systems -- PUB417
- Giardia and Drinking Water, Fact Sheet -- PUB2003
- Sample Boil Notice Door Hanger
Water Quality
- Water Quality Rule Revisions and Use Attainability Analysis -- Frequently Asked Questions, Fact Sheet -- PUB 2172
- Mercury in Missouri Streams and Lakes, Fact Sheet -- PUB2100
- What are TMDLs?, Fact Sheet -- PUB2090
- Water Quality in Missouri's Larger Rivers, Fact Sheet -- PUB2020
Watersheds
- Development in the Current and Eleven Point Watershed, Fact Sheet -- PUB2055
- Peruque Creek's Water Quality, Fact Sheet -- PUB2106
- Watersheds, Fact Sheet -- PUB243
Newsletters
Reports
- 2005 Report to the Governor on Missouri's Capicity Development Strategy
- Census of Missouri Public Water Systems
- Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Reports
- East Locust Creek E. coli Study - Sullivan County, MO
- Hinkson Creek Stream Study Phase I (Table of Contents and Executive Summary)
- Hinkson Creek Stream Study Phase I (Complete document) 2.4 MB
- Hinkson Creek Stream Study Phase II (Executive Summary)
- Hinkson Creek Stream Study Phase II (Full Report) 1 MB
- Missouri Water Quality Report
Water Quality Guidesheets and Biosolids Guides
- WQ100 Water Testing: What to Test For (04/95)
- WQ101 Understanding Your Water Test Report (04/95)
- WQ102 Bacteria in Drinking Water (04/95)
- WQ103 Nitrate in Drinking Water (07/98)
- WQ104 Understanding Home Water Treatment Systems (06/95)
- WQ205 Composting Poultry Carcasses in Missouri (01/93)
- WQ206 Bill Ball Composter (Dead Poultry Composter Project) (01/93)
- WQ207 Tom Swaffer Composter (Dead Poultry Composter Project) (01/94)
- WQ208 Bill Wallace Composter (Dead Poultry Composter Project) (01/93)
- WQ209 David Boyd Composter (Dead Poultry Composter Project) (04/94)
- WQ210 Bill Harvill Composter (Dead Poultry Composter Project) (10/93)
- WQ211 Composting Layer Mortalities (10/93)
- WQ212 Storing Poultry Litter (10/93)
- WQ213 Calibrating Manure Spreaders (05/94)
- WQ214 Measuring Manure Spreader Uniformity (05/94)
- WQ218 Record Keeping for Manure Land Application (05/94)
- WQ224 Selecting and Working with an Engineering Consultant to Design Animal Waste Management Facilities (06/94)
- WQ301 Dairy Waste Management Systems in Missouri (07/95)
- WQ303 Selecting a Dairy Operation Site (10/93)
- WQ304 Lagoons for Storage/Treatment of Dairy Waste (10/93)
- WQ305 Earthen Pits (Basins) for Liquid Dairy Waste (07/93)
- WQ306 Storage Tanks for Liquid Dairy Waste (11/93)
- WQ308 Flushing Systems for Dairies (07/93)
- WQ313 Flush Gutters for Dairies (10/93)
- WQ314 Basic Requirements for Flushing Dairies (10/93)
- WQ315 Tip Tanks for Dairy Flushing (10/93)
- WQ316 Siphon Tanks for Dairy Flushing (12/93)
- WQ317 Pipeline/Valve Systems for Flushing Dairies (11/93)
- WQ318 Vertical Dams and Trapdoor Tanks for Dairy Flushing (04/94)
- WQ323 Mechanical Solid/Liquid Separation for Dairy Waste (12/93)
- WQ351 Composting Dead Swine (08/96)
- WQ420 Index of Publication Titles, Nomenclature and Conversion Factors (04/95)
- WQ422 Land Application of Septage (05/94)
- WQ423 Monitoring Requirements for Biosolids Land Application (04/95)
- WQ424 Biosolids Standards for Pathogens and Vectors (05/94)
- WQ425 Biosolids Standards for Metals and Other Trace Substances (05/94)
- WQ426 Best Management Practices for Biosolids Land Application (08/94)
- WQ427 Safety and Benefits of Biosolids (01/96)
- WQ428 Activity and Movement of Plant Nutrients and Other Trace Substances in Soils (05/95)
- WQ429 Interpretation of Laboratory Analyses of Biosolids Samples (04/95)
- WQ430 Crop/Nutrient Considerations of Biosolids (12/94)
- WQ431 Collection and Storage of Biosolids (08/95)
- WQ432 Equipment of Off-Site Application of Biosolids (08/95)
- WQ433 Equipment of On Site Land Application of Biosolids (08/95)
- WQ434 Operating Considerations for Biosolids Equipment (08/95)
- WQ449 Biosolids Glossary of Terms (08/95)
- WQ660 An Action Program for Safe Drinking Water (10/95)
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