Greens Bayou water quality training set for July 25 in Houston
Residents will learn how to improve water quality in Greens Bayou watershed
A free Texas Watershed Steward workshop on the Greens Bayou watershed will be held from 1-5 p.m. July 25 in the Michael Talbott Pavilion at the Harris County Flood Control District North Service Center, 7522 Prairie Oak Drive, in Houston.
The event will be presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board in cooperation with the Houston-Galveston Area Council.
Participants must preregister by visiting https://tx.ag/TWSGreensBayou or by calling 979-321-5935. Additional meeting information will be provided after preregistration has been submitted.
Improving Greens Bayou watershed water quality
“This workshop is designed to help watershed residents learn about their water resources and how they may become involved in local watershed protection and management activities,” said Michael Kuitu, AgriLife Extension program specialist and Texas Watershed Steward program coordinator in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
The workshop will include talks on watershed systems and water pollution types and sources. There will be a group discussion on community-driven watershed protection and management as well as an overview of water quality as it relates to watershed management at the local level.
The public is encouraged to attend and learn not only about water quality management, but also about improving and maintaining the water quality through best management practices.
Participants will receive a copy of the Texas Watershed Steward Handbook and are eligible to earn a certificate of completion.
Continuing education opportunities
The Texas Watershed Steward program offers continuing education units for multiple professional disciplines. The quantity of continuing education offered may vary for select disciplines.
Four hours of continuing education units, CEUs, will be available in the following professional disciplines: soil and water management for certified crop advisers, professional engineers, certified teachers, professional geoscientists and certified floodplain managers. American Institute of Certified Planners are eligible for four certification maintenance and one law hours. 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 and landscape irrigators.
Three general CEUs are offered for Texas Department of Agriculture private pesticide applicator license holders, and two credits are offered for nutrient management specialists. Contact Kuitu for questions regarding CEU opportunities.
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.
For more information on the Texas Watershed Steward program, contact Kuitu at 979-321-5935, [email protected] or Stephanie Gray at 713-274-0974, [email protected].
For more information on Greens Bayou, contact Rachel Windham at 713-993-2497, [email protected].
