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Water Well Education Resources: What is available and how to get them GETTING DEEP: WATER WELLS

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Water Well Education Resources: What is available and how to get them

GETTING DEEP: WATER WELLS

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Agenda• Water Well Education

Resources• Water Well Basics• Common Well Causes, &

Solutions• Lunch • Equipment Displays • Water Quality and

Treatment• Abandoned Wells

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Two Program Types – “Well Educated” • All day, 4 - 6 hour training

program• Water sample screening• 8 chapter topics

TWON EDUCATIONAL TRAININGS

– “Well Informed” • 1 hour educational program• Water sample campaign• Screening result interpretation • Wellhead protection

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“Well Educated”

Aquifer 101Aquifers of Texas

1

Water Treatment Options

7

Onsite Wastewater Treatment

4

Water Quantity 5

Watersheds and Aquifers

2

Private Water Well Basics

3

Water Quality and Testing

6

Protecting Your Water Supply

8

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2-phase evaluation approach:1. Pre-test/post-test2. 6 mo. delayed questionnaire

To evaluate:– Knowledge gained– Satisfaction with program– “Intentions to change”– What actions have they adopted

PROGRAM EVALUATIONS

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Who is our audience? Primary Place of Residence

Domestic

69%

Livestock21%

Ir-rigation

8%

Other2%

Primary Water Use

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• > 80% of participants have never tested their water or have only tested it once

• Private water well samples have been screened for fecal coliform, nitrate-nitrogen and salinity since 2010.

• Overall, primary (health risk) or secondary (for aesthetics only; minimal health risk) water quality standards were exceeded in about 51% of samples.

• ~ 10 % had E. coli present, 30% - 40% Total Coliform

RESULT HIGHLIGHTS

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6 MONTH FOLLOW-UP RESULTS• 90% of those needing to clean out hazards

from their well house had done so.• 74% of participants with wells near

contamination sources had moved or removed the sources.

• 38% of participants who needed to, plugged their unused/deteriorated wells.– an additional 38% planning to pump soon

• 54% of those with septic tanks needing pumping had pumped their tanks, and– additional 30% planning to pump soon.

• 76% had shared TWON resources/ materials with others not at the programN= 272

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES OFFERED BY TWON

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RESOURCES: Abandoned Wells

http://abandonedwell.tamu.edu/

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RESOURCES: Abandoned Wells

http://ossf.tamu.edu/

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Online Courses

http://privatewellclass.org/

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Online Courses

http://wellowner.org/

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Social Media and Email Contacts

Past issues

• Collect Emails• Re-use

TWON’s • Re-use

TAGD’s

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Social Media and Email Contacts

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Questions?

TEXAS WELL OWNER NETWORK