Partnerships

Enhancement and protection of water resources can only become a reality through effective partnerships. EPA Region 5 and the citizens in the area served by this EPA Region have many such partnerships. This is a list of some of the organizations outside EPA that play a role in pursuing important issues affecting water quality.

Local/Regional Governmental Partners

• Clermont County Office of Environmental Quality
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
• Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)

State Partners

• Illinois


• Indiana


• Michigan


• Minnesota


• Ohio


• Wisconsin

Tribal Partnerships

Other Federal Agencies

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• USDA Forest Service
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• USDA Rural Utilities Service Water and Environmental Programs
• USDOC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• USDOI Fish and Wildlife Service
• US Geological Survey

Intergovernmental Organizations

• Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
• Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
• Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities
• Environmental Council of States
• Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council
• Midwest Spatial Decision Support System Partnership
• National Water Quality Monitoring Council
• Upper Mississippi River Basin Association
• Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

International Water Partnerships

• Environment Canada


• Great Lakes and Baltic Sea Partnership


• Great Lakes Commission


• Great Lakes Fishery Commission


• Great Lakes Information Network


• International Association for Great Lakes Research


• International Joint Commission


• UN-Sponsored World Day for Water


• Water Information Summit


• Water Web Consortium

Other Nongovernmental Environmental Partnership Organizations

• American Rivers
• Chicago Academy of Sciences
• National Audubon Society
• The Nature Conservancy
• Sierra Club