Double Bayou water quality training set for July 16 in Wallisville
Free event open to anyone interested in improving regional water quality
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, the Houston Advanced Research Center and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board will host a Texas Watershed Steward workshop on July 16 in Wallisville.
The free event will cover the Double Bayou watershed and is open to anyone interested in improving the region’s water quality. It will be held from 1-5 p.m. at White’s Park Community Building, 222 White Memorial Park Road #220.
Registration is required and can be completed online at tx.ag/DoubleBayouWatershed or by calling 979-321-5921. Once registered, additional meeting information will be provided. Attendees will receive a copy of the Texas Watershed Steward Handbook.
“This workshop helps people learn about water resources and efforts to protect local water quality,” said Annalee Epps, AgriLife Extension program specialist and Geronimo and Alligator creeks watershed coordinator, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station. “Participants will be introduced to regional watershed protection and management efforts and will learn how they can get involved.”
For more information on the Texas Watershed Steward program, contact Epps at 979-321-5921, [email protected], or Megan Carter, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent, Chambers County, at 409-267-4570, [email protected].
For more information on the Double Bayou watershed, contact Jennifer Irving, Houston Advanced Research Center research specialist, at 281-364-6051, [email protected].
Helping improve water quality in the Double Bayou watershed
The workshop will cover how watersheds work and sources of pollution. Attendees will take part in a group discussion on community-led efforts to protect and manage local watersheds. The session also includes an overview of water quality as it relates to watershed management at the local level.
Residents are encouraged to attend and learn how they can become involved in improving and maintaining water quality in the Double Bayou watershed through best management practices.
Though the workshop will emphasize local water resources, the information remains applicable to all waters throughout the region.
Continuing education opportunities
The Texas Watershed Steward program offers continuing education units for multiple professional disciplines.
Available continuing education units will include four hours in soil and water management for the following professionals:
- Certified crop advisers.
- Professional engineers.
- Certified teachers.
- Professional geoscientists.
- Certified floodplain managers.
American Institute of Certified Planners are eligible for four certification maintenance hours and one law hour. Four CEUs are also offered for each of the following Texas Commission on Environmental Quality occupational licensees:
- Wastewater system operators.
- Public water system operators.
- On-site sewage facility installers.
- Landscape irrigator.
Three general CEUs will be offered for Texas Department of Agriculture private pesticide applicator license holders, and two credits for nutrient management specialists.
Funding for this effort is provided through a federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant administered by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
