Attention CSU Extension Agents

Private Well & Septic System Educational Package

The CSUCE Water Team is releasing a private well and septic system educational “package”. This multi-media package is intended to help field staff conduct programming that instructs rural residents on methods to preserve and protect water resources and water quality. The package is free to all interested parties and includes the following elements:

PowerPoint Presentations – Seven prepared slide shows with notes & resource lists: Well Water Systems Septic Systems Water Treatment Water Quality – Impacts to Landscape and Crops Water Use and Conservation Livestock and Water Quality Protection Irrigating Small Acreages New Bulletin – Protecting Your Private Well XCM-179 Recordkeeping folders/brochures for Wells & Septic Systems Fact sheets – Series of water, well, & water quality fact sheets Website resources – Includes the Water Quality Analysis Interpretation Tool Well/septic presentation booth on loan Video – DVD from American GW Trust on private wells Groundwater models & curriculum on loan

If you are interested in obtaining these materials, contact Matt Neibauer at (970) 491-5124 or neibauer@colostate.edu .

Training Available – Training sessions for these materials will be available if an adequate number of Extension staff show interest in participating.

For more information contact: Matt Neibauer, Research Associate, 491- 5124, neibauer@colostate.edu or Troy Bauder; Extension Specialist; (970) 491-4923; tbaud@lamar.colostate.edu

This funding is made available through the USDA-Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) Water Program (http://www.usawaterquality.org/) and the Colorado Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Program (http://www.ag.state.co.us/CSD/GroundWater/Waterhome.html).