TEX*A*Syst
TEX*A*Syst is a valuable tool for rural residents who rely on ground water to supply their water requirements. This program addresses a wide range of potential contaminants and provides remedies in a comprehensive, easy to understand way. TEX*A*Syst incorporates current regulations and the latest technologies into an applied decision-making format. This program provides rural residents the means to assess how their home site activities are affecting their environmental risks. More importantly, TEX*A*Syst helps rural residents take decisive actions to preserve the quality of their drinking water, prevent water pollution, and protect health.
- Introduction
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Wellhead Management and Conditions
- Is your well more than 40 years old?
- Do you have any abandoned wells that are not properly capped and sealed?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Pesticide Storage and Handling
- Do you fill the sprayer tank directly from a water well?
- Do you apply pesticides without reading the label first?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Fertilizer Storage and Handling
- Do you mix and load fertilizers on your property?
- Do you dispose of or burn fertilizer containers on your property?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Petroleum Product Storage
- Do you store petroleum products below ground on your property?
- Do you have any storage tanks that are no longer in use?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Hazardous Waste Management
- Do you burn household trash?
- Do you dispose of used motor oil or antifreeze in your sewage system on your property?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Household Wastewater Treatment
- Is your septic tank less than 50 feet from a water well?
- Have you noticed wet or smelly areas in your yard?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Livestock Manure Storage and Treatment Facilities
- Do you store livestock waste for longer than 90 days on your property?
- Do you store livestock waste closer than 150 feet from any water wells?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Livestock Holding Pen Management
- Does water run off your livestock facility in an uncontrolled manner?
- Are your livestock holding facilities overstocked?
- Reducing Contamination by Improving Milking Center Wastewater Treatment
- Do you apply dairy wastewater without considering the soil nutrient levels or types of crops to be grown?
- Is your slow dairy wastewater system located on sandy soils?
- Well Closing Slide Set
- How to close a well
