combined education panel

Education Panel

TAGD Regular Business Meeting January 27, 2016

Adeline Fox, High Plains Water District No. 1Alan Day, Brazos Valley GCD

Morgen Ayers, Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District

HPWD Education & OutreachADELINE FOX, EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATORHIGH PLAINS WATER DISTRICT

Programming Overview

Mostly agricultural Target multiple audiences

K-12 studentsUrban residentsRural residentsBusinesses and industries

Constantly revaluating

Outreach

H2YOU Water Conservation Campaign Contest

Conservation Connect Magazine

Rainwater Harvesting Tours Newsletter and social media Rural community visits

Contact

Adeline Foxadeline.fox@hpwd.org806.762.0181www.hpwd.org

Bandera County River Authority & Groundwater District

Aquifer Science- ISDs and Schreiner University’s Expanding Your Horizons

Riparian Systems & Land Management

Conservation workshops- Aquaponics, Agriculture H20 Conservation, and Rainwater

Harvesting

Abandoned Well Ed & Plugging Workshop with TWON and

TDLR Abandoned Wells CEU Presentation for drillers

Water Resource Stewardship with Nueces River Authority

Environmental Career Day

Surface Water Sampling Demo

Stewardship Medina River Cleanup and Adopt a Highway Cleanup

Upcoming in 2016Flood Awareness Program

Fix Your Leaking Wallet- Repair your FaucetGrowing a Garden/Raising a Crop with Less Water

For more information:

http://bcragd.org/

https://www.facebook.com/bcragd/

• Water Conservation Education

- 4th / 5th /7th Graders- Farmers/Ranchers- Homeowners- Industry

Br azos Val l ey Gr oundwat er Conser vat ion Dist r ic t

What is Being Done???4th / 5th /7th Graders

• 3500 Major Rivers Water Curriculum distributed annually

• 3200 students across the District taught aquifer science, conservation, and aquifer protection in individual classroom settings

What is Being Done???• 4th – Major Rivers and Model Aquifer• 5th – Model Aquifer on Steriods/Major Rivers where needed• 7th – Model Aquifer shifting to watersheds, point/non-point contamination, inaction between

surface/groundwater, ASR, DPR, reuse

What is Being Done???4th / 5th /7th Graders

• Assisted with AgriLife Extension Pizza Ranch educational activity (1400 students)

• BVGCD Water Conservation Field Day - 10 teaching stations- 250 students- Every 5th grader in Robertson County

What is Being Done???Homeowners

• Booth at the Annual BCS Home Builders Association registering water wells, etc.

• Talks to individual groups (Master Gardeners, Texas Democratic Women, others)

• Booth at the 2015 Earth Day activity registering individuals for the Water Irrigation Network

What is Being Done???Homeowners

• TV infomercials during the growing season stressing water conservation methods

• Directs the viewer to BV WaterSmart website• Annually budget $21,000 toward the effort• Talks to individual groups (Master Gardeners,

Homeowner Associations, etc.)

https://brazosvalleygcd.org/education/video/