Following are water events, meetings, seminars, etc., scheduled for March 2012 according to the Texas Water Development Board: Texas Water Conservation Association 68th Annual Convention March 7-9 Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas, TX Hearing on Appeal of Groundwater Management Area 12 Desired Future Conditions March 7, 10:00 a.m. Milano Civic Center Milano, TX [...]
Wanting a little more info on Texas Water? Check out the Texas Parks and Wildlife‘s 10th annual water issue. The issue’s articles deal with a variety of Texas water challenges. Here are some highlights: The issue opens with a look at the last ten years of Texas water. Concern about the state’s water supply unifies [...]
More Than a Drop Workshop, Feb. 23 The Texas Water Development Board, in partnership with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Brazos River Authority, is hosting a free water conservation workshop. The workshop will give an overview of reporting requirements for water conservation, developing a water conservation plan and completing various reporting requirements. [...]
SAN ANTONIO The 4-H2O for the Alamo program in Bexar County is onee of the educational initiatives featured in a new film about water conservation in Texas being produced by National 4-H Council and funded by Toyota, according to project coordinators. “The film will showcase what 4-H members throughout the state are doing to [...]
Landowner groups host groundwater ownership forum in Lubbock PRESS RELEASE FROM Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association AUSTIN, TEXAS – Texas landowner groups have joined forces in an effort to ensure that groundwater continues to be recognized as a vested, real private property right. The groups will host an educational forum Oct. 28, at the [...]
Been a while since I thought about Earth’s water cycle — seem’s like it was about the fifth grade. Lately, though, I’ve been thinking about water as part of our atmosphere. Did you know that water vapor in the atmosphere is considered a “greenhouse gas?” The U.S. Geological Survey water website has a good educational [...]
The University of Texas law school is conducting a two-day refresher on Texas water law in Austin. With the course description, I would guess this one would be geared more to lawyers and legislators than to the general public/concerned citizen. But, if you’ve got your lawyer’eze language greased up, you might want to fork out [...]
The Texas Watershed Steward (TWS) program, in the words of the official AgrilLife Extension website for the program is a series of statewide one-day educational programs designed to improve the quality of Texas’ water resources by educating and informing local stakeholders about their watershed, potential impairments, and steps that can be taken to help improve [...]
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