Tag: TWON
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Screening of private water wells helps ensure water quality, human health after flooding
Results from Texas well water screenings in areas affected by flooding over the past few years show the importance of those screenings in helping ensure water quality and human health, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service personnel supporting the agency’s Texas Well Owner Network (TWON). “Private water well owners whose wells have been flooded should assume their well water…
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Has your private water well flooded? What now?
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe Twitter and Facebook were active with tweets and posts after the recent boil water notices issued in Austin and other cities as well as the expansive flooding in Texas, particularly in Central Texas. If you have your own private water well, do the boil water notices in your area…
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Water well owner training set for Oct. 18 in Beeville
A Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) Well Educated training has been scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Bee County Expo Center, 214 S. Farm to Market 351 in Beeville. The training is free and open to the public. Dr. Drew Gholson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, said the program is…
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Water well owner training set for Sept. 25 in Carthage
A Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) training has been scheduled for Sept. 25 in Carthage. The training, which is free and open to the public, will be from 8 a.m.-noon at the Panola County Expo Center, 2 Ballpark Road. A lunch, sponsored by the Panola Soil and Water Conservation District and Panola Groundwater Conservation District, will be provided immediately following…
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Water well owner trainings, screening campaign set for August
The Texas Well Owner Network is conducting two Well Educated trainings in West Texas and a sampling screening campaign in August. The Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) program is for Texas residents who depend on household wells for their water needs, allowing them to learn more about how to improve and protect their community water resources. “The…
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TWON water well owner training, screenings set for July 26 in Bellville, Panhandle
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) program has scheduled several trainings and screenings in July. Dr. Drew Gholson, AgriLife Extension program specialist, said TWON was developed for Texas residents who depend on household wells for their water needs, allowing them to learn more about how to improve and protect their community water…
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Water well trainings and screenings set for July in the Panhandle
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer several Texas Well Owner Network trainings and screenings in July, said program coordinators. The Texas Water Resources Institute is partnering with AgriLife Extension and the Texas Well Owner Network on these programs. The events are in collaboration with the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, North Plains Groundwater Conservation District and…
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Texas Well Owner Network wins 2018 Texas Environmental Excellence Award in education
The Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) has received the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s 2018 Texas Environmental Excellence Award in the category of education. The Texas Environmental Excellence Award is the state’s highest environmental honor and acknowledges achievements in environmental preservation and protection in diverse categories. Award winners will be celebrated at the commission’s Environmental Trade Fair…
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Water well owner training set for April 24 in Stephenville
A free Texas Well Owner Network training has been scheduled for April 24 in Stephenville. The training is set for 1-5 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1229 N. U.S. Highway 281. It is being offered to area private water well owners through collaboration with the Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. “The Texas Well…
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TWON hosting screenings Sept. 18 in Leming, San Antonio
The Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) is hosting water well screenings Sept. 18 in Leming and San Antonio to give area residents the opportunity to have their well water screened. The Leming screening will be from 8:30–10 a.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Atascosa County, 25 E. 5th St. A meeting explaining screening results…
