Sparta Water Education Program

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Sparta Water Education Program

• Presented to
• Sparta Groundwater Conservation District
• March 6, 2000

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LSU AgCenter Water Education Project Core
Team Team LeadersDebra Davis Michele
Abington-Cooper
Karen Martin (Bienville)
Parish Coordinators
Cynthia Stephens (Ouachita)
Patt Staggs (Jackson)
Kay Lynn Tettleton Matt Stephens (Union)
Ron Adams (Lincoln)
Robin Bridges (Webster)
Dora Ann Hatch (Claiborne)
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Adding Representatives From...
Winn
Bossier
Caldwell
Morehouse
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Sparta Sourcewater Protection Education
ProgramEPA GrantGoal Address the issues of
resource protection through pollution prevention,
water conservation, wellhead protection and
aquifer sustainability in communities in the
Sparta Region.
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National Partners

• Arkansas Extension Service
• Union County (Ark.) Conservation District
• ICMA (International City/County Mgt. Assn.)
• NCSC (National Center for Small Counties)
• NACo (National Association of Counties)
• National FarmASyst
• EPA

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Local Partners

• Local officials
• USGS
• RWA
• DOTD
• DHH
• Non-profit water natural resource conservation
  associations

• Educational institutions and officials
• Private businesses
• Media
• Civic organizations
• Chambers
• Conservation districts

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Key Components

• Media campaign
• Pilot educational materials
• FarmASyst training
• Project WET training

• Wellhead protection program
• Groundwater Guardian program
• Train-the-trainer program

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Beyond the Grant...

• Parish Water Education Teams
• Speakers Bureau
• Parish Water Alliances
• Water camps

• Water themes for fairs festivals
• Library Summer Reading Programs
• Focussed program delivery

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Educational Materials

• Fact sheets pubs.
• Publicity/PSAs/
• Newsarticle series
• Exhibits
• Bookmarks
• Lesson plans for teachers

• Web delivery of materials
• Water games
• Resource manual
• Power Point Presentations

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Other Components

• Database for tracking educational program
  delivery
• Regular reports to Sparta Commission on
  educational activities

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Together...
We can make a difference!