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EM-125 Is Your Septic System Failing?
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2019-11)
On-Site Septic Facilities, also known as septic systems, are systems designed to treat and dispose of wastewater effluent on the same property that produces the wastewater, hence the term “on-site.” When septic systems ...
EM-123 Healthy Livestock Practices BMP
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2018-06)
This document includes a list of practices that not only help improve livestock and crop production, but they also help improve the water quality in ponds, streams, and rivers in your area!
EM-127 Urban Stream Processes and Restoration Program Training Booklet
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2019-09)
This document is the training booklet used in the Urban Stream Processes and Restoration Program workshops with slideshow presentations from the course instructors and more.
EM-124 Maintenance Tips for a Longer Lasting Septic System
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2019-03)
Regular maintenance and upkeep of your septic system is crucial to ensure its proper function and longevity. Not maintaining your septic system can result in economic and ecological harm to your local environment and ...
EM-114 Bacteria and Surface Water Quality Standards
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-06)
Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires that each state set
water quality standards to ensure all uses of a water body have the appropriate
water quality. Some of those uses include aquatic life, drinking
water, ...
EM-113 Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Water Quality Parameters of Selected Farms located in the Arroyo Colorado Watershed
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-06-05)
Excess water from various landscape activities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley are drained through the Arroyo Colorado eventually emptying into the lower Laguna Madre. The Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge and several ...
EM-111, Revised 2015, Bacterial Source Tracking: Learn why Bacterial Source Tracking is the foremost tool for identifying sources of fecal pollution
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-04)
There are 273 bacterially impaired water bodies in Texas. Identifying and assessing sources of these bacteria — E. coli, Enterococcus, fecal coliforms — is critical to properly determining risk to water recreation, developing ...
EM-118 Texas Well Owner Network brochure
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014)
Public drinking water supplies are monitored through requirements of the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act, but private well owners are responsible for monitoring the quality of their wells and are frequently at greater risk ...