General Water Issues
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Managing water is a unique thing, in really wet times we have to figure out how to best capture what we need and then release the rest while trying to figure out how to keep too much water from resulting in floods. in really dry times, how do we manage the lack or water or…
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One of the sessions this week at the Georgia Environmental Conference was titled “Golf Course BMPs”. The speakers were Chris Steigelman, President of the GA Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) at the Landings Club, Scott Griffith at the UGA Golf Course, Gary L. Hawkins, UGA Crop and Soil Sciences with…
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Using Green Infrastructure to help solve problems with stormwater and CSOs is one of the tools available for cities around the US. In the Municipal Sewer and Water Magazine, August 2021 issue, there is an article explaining how the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati is using stormwater management to aid in reducing stress on…
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The team from UGA in the Water Resources tent at the 2021 Athens Water Festival
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Water is everywhere. It is used by us, plants, animals and as we have learned moves in a cycle. The Georgia 4-H Program looked at water in one of their Zoom into Science programs and I wanted to share it with you here. Zoom into Science – All about Water The Southwest District 4H2O Team…
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Today we look at something a little than septic systems and that is Well Water with Gary Hawkins and how to Keep it Clean!
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Today Rust Royston representing the Soil Science Society of Georgia provides us some information on the pipes and septic system distribution in our yards. See Rusty’s video showing us how to Shield Your Field! Tomorrow we will discuss Keeping it Clean! See you tomorrow.
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Today Laurel Loftin with the Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities Department provides us some ways to protect your septic system by conserving water. Laurel provides some good information to help us so we Don’t Strain the Drain! Tomorrow we will discuss Shielding the Field! See you then.
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Your septic tank collects all of the things that is flushed down the commode and put down the drain. Some of the material that is flushed can be and is degraded by the microbes in the septic tank. However, some things do not and over time builds up in the septic tank. Gary Hawkins provides…
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Water is one of those things that gets recycled and recycled and recycled and I could go on and on. Have you ever heard that the water we are drinking today was also drank by the dinosaurs? Image from https://www.redbubble.com/i/coasters/Boba-drinking-dinosaur-by-Ginge297/54007707.E5I3N As such finding ways to recycle water is and has been part of what some…
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As I was looking through the April 5, 2023 online issue of the Treatment Plant Operator magazine, I saw a story that combined wastewater treatment and safeguarding a trout fishery in Arkansas. The story talks about how the design engineers blended the E.A. Aerotor Plant into the local landscape. Another story about the plant is…
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If you are interested in protecting rivers and waterbodies in the State of Georgia, one way to do that is to find and join a Rivers Alive Group or start your own. Rivers Alive is a program administered out of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division Outreach Program. There are many different…
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This past week (30-31 March) we held the 2023 Georgia Water Resources Conference . The conference is a bi-annual conference that brings water professionals, students, consultants, and citizens together to discuss water resource issues. This years conference covered topics from Regional Water Plans, the Infrastructure Bill, Stormwater management, and wastewater monitoring to name a few.…
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I would like to share a Quote from the January 2023 Municipal Water and Sewer magazine: “Young people need to be involved with water because this is our future, our planet. What inspires me is the fact that people are becoming more and more aware of water issues.” As an Extension Water Resource Specialist here…
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In the July 2022 issue of Municipal Sewer and Water magazine, the article On the Green presents information of how the Clear Lake City Water Authority converted a golf course that was up for sale into a community stormwater management system with additions of community green space. The Authority used the existing water hazards for…
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