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Hydrogeology Certification Exam Links

CA Board - Exam Blueprint -
Hydrogeology Exam Blueprint
Guidelines for Reports -
Guidelines For Groundwater Investigation Reports
Guidelines For Geophysical Reports for Environmental & Engineering Geology
Guidelines For Preparing Geologic Reports For Regional-Scale Environmental & Resource Management Planning
Suggestions to Authors of Reports of the U.S. Geological Survey
Hydrogeology Links -
Heath - Basic Ground-Water Hydrology: Water Supply Paper 2220
Hem - Study and Interpretation of the Chemical Characteristics of Natural Water: Water Supply Paper 2254
Fetter's website for the Applied Hydrogeology text
Keys - Borehole Geophysics Applied to Ground-Water Investigations: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 2, Chapter E-2
California Hydrogeology Links -
CA DWR Bulletin 118 - California’s Groundwater
California Water Plan Update (2009)
Regulations, Standards and Guidelines -
California Regulations, Standards and Guidelines -
CCR Title 27 - California Code of Regulations - Environmental Protection - Division 2 - Solid Waste
CCR Title 23 - Division 3 - Chapter 15 - California Code of Regulations - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land
CCR Title 23 - Division 3 - Chapter 16 - California Code of Regulations -Underground Tank Regulations
California Water Code
Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act 1998 (changes as of 2009)
California Well Standards

U.S. Regulations, Standards and Guidelines -
EPA - Environmental Laws
U.S. Drinking Water Standards
Well-Head Protection: A Guide for Small Communities (a pdf file)
EPA Septic Systems - Guidance, Manuals and Policies
Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual (2002)
Design Manual: Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems (1980)
Abandoned Mine Site Characterization and Cleanup Handbook (a pdf file)
Plugging and Abandoning Injection Wells
LNAPL Info
DNAPL Info
TEGD Guidelines (a rather large pdf file)
Brownfields Info
General Geology Links -
Topographic Map Symbols
Map Scales
USGS Time Scale
Remote Sensing
Aerial Photographs and Satelite Images
Professional Practice and Ethics Guidelines -
AEG Professional Practice Handbook
AGI Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct
California's Code of Professional Standards
AIPG Code of Ethics