In this month’s edition of News Stream, find out when our annual chlorine maintenance begins, why it is done and how it protects water quality. Learn wintering water tips that can help your winter landscaping survive the cold temperatures. Watch a video detailing the explosive growth in Collin County.
Learn what this La Nina weather year means for water conservation efforts. It’s also a good reminder that it’s time to start updating the five-year water resource and emergency management plans. Check out all the events and news in this month’s edition of News Stream.
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Events
- Feb. 2: World Wetlands Day
- Feb. 3: Beginner and Advanced Bird Tours (JBS Wetland Center)
- Feb. 3-4: AgriLife’s Be Your Own Landscape Designer Workshop (Dallas)
- Feb. 3: First Lego League Hydro-Dynamics Challenge (Dallas)
- Feb. 8: Webinar: Using Mobile Technology to Communicate with Water Customers
- Feb. 10: Free Trees Event (Plano)
- Feb. 10: Turf Talk: How to Grow a Healthy Lawn (Allen)
- Feb. 14: Lookout Drive Transfer Station Ribbon Cutting (Richardson)
- Feb. 15: Water Treatment Plant Tour (only open for city officials and staff)
- Feb. 15: Green Seminar: Build a Rain Barrel (McKinney)
- Feb. 17: Spring Into Vegetable Gardening
- Feb. 17: Going Beyond Camera Phones Workshop (JBS Wetland Center)
- Feb. 22: Grow Your Own Vegetables (Forney)
- Feb. 22: NTMWD Board of Directors Meeting
- Feb. 24: Made for the Shade: Shade Gardening (Allen)
- Feb. 26 – Mar. 2: National Invasive Species Week
- Feb. 27 – Mar. 1: FEMA Basic Public Information Officer Training (Wylie)
- Mar. 3: Newcomer’s Guide to Gardening in North Texas (McKinney)
- Mar. 19: Water Loss Audit Workshop (Wylie)
Stories
- Annual Chlorine Maintenance Begins Feb. 26 to Protect Water Quality
- WFAA: Winter Watering Tips
- CBS 11: Collin County Experiencing Explosive Growth
- Water Conservation/Water Resource & Emergency Management Plan Updates
- Water Conservation During La Nina
- TWDB Water Loss Audit & Leak Detection Workshop
- EPA Live, Save, Love campaign
- EPA Grant Funding Available
- Texas Water Development Board SWIFT funding
- NTMWD to participate in First Lego League regional championships
- Celebrate National Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24
- Mini-Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST)
- Wetland Ecology Class Available for Teachers
- Newcomer’s Guide to Gardening in North Texas Returns
- Project Pipeline Q4 Issue Now Available
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