Home > Environment & Natural Resources > Water Issues > Conference on Atchafalaya River announced (Distributed 12/22/07) The LSU AgCenter has announced a conference on the Atchafalaya on Jan. 10-11 at the Embassy Suites hotel in Baton Rouge. A Manual for Understanding and Preventing Water Pollution from Home Sources [Image: A Manual for Understanding and Preventing Water Pollution from Home Sources] 12 topics covered include various practices that can contribute to non-point source pollution emanating from a home. Steps and practices are provided that can prevent non-point pollution from entering storm water runoff. Conserve Water: North Louisiana campaign helps stem aquifer depletion [Image: aquifermap] “Reduce the use.” That’s the mantra of a water conservation campaign spearheaded by the LSU AgCenter in North Louisiana, where people are dependent on the gradually disappearing Sparta Aquifer. Home Water Use Survey [Image: water survey] Total the number of times you do each of these activities throughout a week. Then multiply by the number of gallons of water used. You may be amazed, and dismayed, by how much water you waste.  more articles... Water-saving Tips [Image: conserving water tips] To prevent the depletion of the Sparta Aquifer, it is mandatory that everyone conserve, and not waste, water. These nine tips will help sustain this valuable source of drinking water. Forestry BMPs Protect Water Quality in Louisiana’s Streams, Bayous and Lakes [Image: April Mason, left, and Philip Saksa, graduate students] Louisiana is blessed with an abundance of forests and waterways. Miles of rivers, bayous and lakes provide Louisiana’s citizens with fishing, hunting, boating and recreational opportunities, which contribute to the state’s wealth and economic growth. You Can Protect Our Waters [Image: You Can Protect Our Water] Why be concerned? Too often, we think of ourselves as external to our environment. We ignore the many relationships among people, other living creatures and our surroundings. We ignore these relationships at our own risk. Solutions to environmental problems are far more effective when all life forms are considered part of the ecosystem.