2004-05 Deliverables
Principal Investigator(s): District 6 (Ensor/Sanders)
Each of the activities below will include a follow-up to determine adoption and to estimate actual water savings.
- Conduct water conservation and water quality-related programs. (Hudspeth County)
- Conduct water conservation programs using LCD projector, P.A. system and screen. (Hudspeth County)
- Purchase and distribute Water conservation Kits to households. (Terrell County)
- Hold urban landscape water conservation meetings. (Terrell County)
- Conduct turf variety selection and management on demonstration plots. (Terrell County)
- Establish rainwater harvesting demonstration. (Brewster/Jeff Davis Counties)
- Conduct well water testing. (Brewster/Jeff Davis Counties)
- Continue studies on riparian buffer strips focused on water conservation purposes. (Brewster/Jeff Davis Counties)
- Conduct Power Point equipment needed for educational presentations. (Brewster/Jeff Davis Counties)
- Conduct D-6 Youth Water Camp materials. (Reeves-Loving Counties)
- Implement youth education utilizing Enviroscape water quality model. (Reeves-Loving Counties)
- Conduct educational programs in water conserving methods and principles. (Reeves-Loving Counties)
- Working with area dairy and irrigators to promote water conservation and improved water quality. (Reeves-Loving Counties)
- Conduct household water conservation programs. (Crane County)
- Target reduction of water use and expenditures for senior citizens and limited income households with educational presentations. (Crane County)
- Water education programming in schools. (Crane County)
- Support D-6 Water Camp activities and programming. (Crane County)
- Reduction of urban irrigation use, improved athletic safety and turf with Sports Athletic Field Education (SAFE). (El Paso County)
- Increase pecan yields by at least 20% through the use of alternative fertilization program and reduction of salinity in soil and water. (El Paso County)
- Increase knowledge and skills related to Xeriscape design, xeric plant material and home irrigation landscape design for 100 urban homeowners. (El Paso County)
- Introduction of new commercial alfalfa varieties resistant to saline irrigation water and soil stresses. (El Paso County)