Private water well screenings set for May 6-7 in Northeast Texas
Bowie, Cass, Morris and Red River residents invited to test well water, attend meeting in New Boston
The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, will host private water well screenings for residents in Bowie, Cass, Morris and Red River counties May 6-7.
The cost of the screening is $15 per sample, and residents may submit as many samples as they would like. Water samples will be screened for contaminants, including total coliform bacteria, E. coli, nitrate-nitrogen and salinity.
The TWON program serves residents who depend on household wells for their water needs, said Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
“The TWON program was established to help well owners become familiar with Texas groundwater resources, septic system maintenance, well maintenance and construction, and water quality and treatment,” Pigg said. “It allows them to learn more about how to improve and protect their community water resources.”
Water sampling and meeting information
Water samples can be dropped off on May 6 at the following locations:
- AgriLife Extension office for Bowie County, 710 James Bowie Drive, New Boston, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
- AgriLife Extension office for Cass County, 1008 N. Louise St., Atlanta, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
- AgriLife Extension office for Red River County, 402 N. Cedar St., Clarksville, 8:30-11 a.m.
- AgriLife Extension office for Morris County, 501 Crockett St., Suite 2, Daingerfield, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
The results and interpretation meeting will be held from 1-3 p.m. on May 7 at the Bowie County Courthouse, Central Jury Room, 710 James Bowie Drive, New Boston.
Sampling instructions
Attendees are asked to follow the water sample instructions available at twon.tamu.edu.
Pigg said it is essential for those submitting samples to attend the follow-up meeting to receive results, learn corrective measures for identified problems and improve their understanding of private well management.
For more information on the screenings, contact Pigg at 979-321-5946 or [email protected].
The screenings are presented by AgriLife Extension and Texas Water Resources Institute, a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife Research that brings together expertise from across The Texas A&M University System..
Funding for TWON is through a Clean Water Act nonpoint source grant provided by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
