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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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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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Water conservation is something we do not always think about in that a drip here and a drip there does not seem like much, but in a city that can add up to potentially millions of gallons annually. In urban areas where the water comes from a water treatment plant, that means more water coming…
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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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Do you have a trashcan next to or near the commode? If so, today we are discussing to use the trashcan for everything expect the 3 Ps — toilet Paper, Poop, and Pee Pee. Gary Hawkins provides us today with a look at things that should be done and things not to put in the…