Getting Deep: Water Well Technical Training

For more information on the water well Technical Training, including the agenda, please visit our Technical Training page on our website.

 Agenda

9:30-10 AM                      Registration opens

10-10:15 AM                    Introductions

10:15 -10:45 AM             Water well education resources

Communicating with well owners on issues and solutions

                                           Resources for well owners and GCD’s via AgriLife

10:45-11:15 AM             Well basics

Well information and construction

Well siting regulations

11:15 - 12 PM                  Common well issues, causes, and solutions

                                           Ask the Well Man! – Paul McAnally, Brien Water Wells

12 – 1 PM                          Lunch

provided

1 -1:15 PM                        Equipment Displays

1:15-2:15 PM                   Water Quality & Treatment

                                           Drinking Water Standards

Common Contaminants

Testing: Why? When? What? Where?

Water treatment options

2:15-3 PM                         Abandoned Wells

Adam Foster, TDLR

Why they are a problem: plugging wells 

3 PM                                  Adjourn