EARTHKIND® WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM

EAST REGION

Greg Church

Logan Lair

Rick Maxwell

Dotty Woodson

Clint Wolfe

Jeff Ripley

Susan Ballabina

Ron Woolley

East Region Water Work Group

To demonstrate recommended water saving, best

management practices in residential landscapes,

lawns and home.

The program is designed to collect actual and/or

estimated water savings utilizing result

demonstrations.

Purpose

To decrease water consumption by 20% through

recommended conservation practices in 2013-14.

Goal

Earth-Kind® Water Conservation in the Landscape

Irrigation for Water Conservation (Irrigation Evaluation

and Drip Irrigation)

Water Conservation in the Home (40 Gallon Challenge)

Calculating and Reporting Water Savings

Training Topics

Each county will recruit and train at least five

volunteers i.e. Master Gardeners to serve as

demonstrators.

Method

Implement practices and record actual or

estimated water savings in gallons or percentage

reduction in usage (compared to previous practice).

A demonstration protocol and a volunteer training

packet will be provided to agents on April 29th via

Lync.

Role of Demonstrators

Adopt recommended practices

Calculate water savings

Monitor actual data from meter or use estimated

savings for various practices

Serve as a demonstration site

Report savings to agent via Qualtrics

Assist in conducting educational programs

Demonstrator Responsibilities

Select and train volunteers (demonstrators)

Follow protocol and assist with demonstrations

Monitor demonstrations

Aggregate individual site data and submit to region via

Qualtrics

Utilize demonstration results in appropriate educational

programs (tours, meetings, mass media)

Agent Responsibilities

Survey participants of educational programs and document

results (Utilize Qualtrics Survey when possible to measure

adoption of BMPs)

Incorporate results in interpretation efforts

NOTE: Potential for over 100 Aggregated Demonstration

Results

Agent Responsibilities (Continued):

District 5:

Angelina

Cherokee

Harrison

Henderson

Jasper

Smith

District 8:

Bell

Ellis

Hood

Johnson

Milam

McLennan

Navarro

Williamson

District 4:

Collin

Dallas

Denton

Hunt

Kaufman

Rockwall

Tarrant

Selected Counties

Monday April 29, 2013

8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Who should participate?

All Agents in Selected Counties

Potential Demonstrators (optional)

Next Lync Call

Dr. Dotty Woodson

Dr. Mengmeng Gu

Dr. Diane Boellstorff

Dr. Greg Church

Dr. Jeff Ripley

Dr. Susan Ballabina

Ronald Woolley

Training Team