| [Image: aquifermap]Conserve Water: North Louisiana campaign helps stem aquifer depletion “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. |
| 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. |
| [Image: stormwater run-off]Stormwater Stormwater is the water that runs off the land following rains. It is the primary source of most of the water in our rivers and streams. |
| [Image: Pollution Prevention]Pollution Prevention Discusses and demonstrates ways to prevent pollution in water. |
| [Image: Model Plan]Model Plan Demonstrates the construction pollution prevention plan through images, illustrations, and examples. |
| [Image: Inspections and Maintenance]Inspections and Maintenance Discusse the inspections and maintenance associated with handling storm water on small constructon sites. |
| [Image: SWPPP]Elements of the Storm Water Management Plan Discusses the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) pertaining to storm water management on small construction sites. |
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| [Image: bmp's]Construction Best Management Practices Demonstrates construction BMP's through various images and illustrations. |
| [Image: One way to help keep urban stormwater clean]Urban Stormwater Urban areas with their concentrations of people, vehicles, homes, parking lots, streets, small and large business, industry and sewage can create heavy loads of pollutants in their Stormwater runoff. |
| [Image: old]Small Construction Site Stormwater Program On March 10, 2003 the Small Construction Site Stormwater Program went into effect. |
| [Image: A Manual for Understanding and Preventing Water Pollution from Home Sources]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. |
| [Image: Soil Erosion by Water]Soil Erosion By Water Discusses the causes and mitigations of soil erosion by water through a presentation created by the NRCS. |
| [Image: water survey]Home Water Use 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. |
| [Image: conserving water tips]Water-saving 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. |
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| [Image: April Mason, left, and Philip Saksa, graduate students]Forestry BMPs Protect Water Quality in Louisiana’s Streams, Bayous and Lakes 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. |
| [Image: You Can Protect Our Water]You Can Protect Our Waters 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. |
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