EARTHKIND ® WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM EAST REGION

 Greg Church  Logan Lair  Rick Maxwell  Dotty Woodson  Clint Wolfe  Jeff Ripley  Susan Ballabina  Ron Woolley East Region Water Work Group

 To demonstrate recommended water saving, best management practices in residential landscapes, lawns and home.  The program is designed to collect actual and/or estimated water savings utilizing result demonstrations. Purpose

To decrease water consumption by 20% through recommended conservation practices in Goal

 Earth-Kind® Water Conservation in the Landscape  Irrigation for Water Conservation (Irrigation Evaluation and Drip Irrigation)  Water Conservation in the Home (40 Gallon Challenge)  Calculating and Reporting Water Savings Training Topics

Each county will recruit and train at least five volunteers i.e. Master Gardeners to serve as demonstrators. Method

 Implement practices and record actual or estimated water savings in gallons or percentage reduction in usage (compared to previous practice).  A demonstration protocol and a volunteer training packet will be provided to agents on April 29th via Lync. Role of Demonstrators

 Adopt recommended practices  Calculate water savings  Monitor actual data from meter or use estimated savings for various practices  Serve as a demonstration site  Report savings to agent via Qualtrics  Assist in conducting educational programs Demonstrator Responsibilities

 Select and train volunteers (demonstrators)  Follow protocol and assist with demonstrations  Monitor demonstrations  Aggregate individual site data and submit to region via Qualtrics  Utilize demonstration results in appropriate educational programs (tours, meetings, mass media) Agent Responsibilities

 Survey participants of educational programs and document results (Utilize Qualtrics Survey when possible to measure adoption of BMPs)  Incorporate results in interpretation efforts NOTE: Potential for over 100 Aggregated Demonstration Results Agent Responsibilities (Continued):

District 5: Angelina Cherokee Harrison Henderson Jasper Smith District 8: Bell Ellis Hood Johnson Milam McLennan Navarro Williamson District 4: Collin Dallas Denton Hunt Kaufman Rockwall Tarrant Selected Counties

Monday April 29, :45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Who should participate?  All Agents in Selected Counties  Potential Demonstrators (optional) Next Lync Call

 Dr. Dotty Woodson  Dr. Mengmeng Gu  Dr. Diane Boellstorff  Dr. Greg Church  Dr. Jeff Ripley  Dr. Susan Ballabina  Ronald Woolley Training Team