Search results for: “protect your water well during drought”
- PublicationOpen lots and holding pens for feeding or holding livestock contain animal manure and process-generated wastewater, which contain nitrate and bacteria. These materials can contaminate your well water. This publication...
- PublicationHousehold wastewater treatment systems (septic systems) can contaminate groundwater unless they are properly designed, constructed, and maintained. This publication describes various kinds of systems and guides the homeowner in assessing...
- Publication...hazardous materials that can contaminate your well water if not managed properly. It also lists simple management principles to use to protect the quality of your well water. (6 pages)...
- Publication...your drinking water. This publication explains how pesticides entering a water supply can affect the health of people and animals, how to determine whether your well is at risk for...
- PublicationIf not managed properly, animal manure and process-generated wastewater can contaminate groundwater, which is the underground water that replenishes wells and springs. This publication explains the potential risks of storing...
- PublicationStormwater wetlands are one of the best ways to clean up polluted stormwater on the Texas Gulf Coast, while also beautifying our communities. This publication reviews the major issues associated...
- PublicationFreshwater flooding from rivers, overflowing sewage and septic systems and other sources can have a significant effect on soil fertility and the physical and chemical properties of soil, in addition...
- PublicationWell water can become contaminated by the constituents in fertilizers used on agricultural crops and home lawns and gardens. This publication explains how to identify potential risks associated with fertilizers...
- PublicationTo protect our water supplies, pesticides must be used carefully. This publication explains the how to use, store, handle, and dispose of pesticides properly. Trifold brochure. (192, 80, 77)
- PublicationThis publication outlines the steps that ranchers should take to survive a drought. Those steps include developing a plan for each enterprise of the operation, ranking strategic ranch goals, planning...