BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wilcoguide.com//Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1732-20261110T190000Z@wilcoguide.com DTSTAMP:20261023T041826Z DTSTART:20261110T190000Z DTEND:20261110T230000Z SUMMARY:Brushy Creek Water Quality Training LOCATION:Bob Bennett Utilities and Transportation Building\, 3400 Sunrise R oad\, Round Rock\, TX\, 78665 DESCRIPTION:@\n\nA Texas Watershed Steward workshop on the Brushy Creek wat ershed will be held on November 10 in Round Rock\, Texas.\n\nThe free even t will be held at the Round Rock Utilities and Transportation Building\, a t 3400 Sunrise Rd. in Round Rock from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and is open to anyone interested in improving the region’s water quality.\n\nThe event w ill be presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board in cooperation with the Texas Wat er Resources Institute and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.\ n\nParticipants must pre-register by visiting the Texas Watershed Steward website at  https://tws.tamu.edu/workshops/registration/ or by calling 979 -321-5921.\n\n“This workshop helps people learn about water resources and efforts to protect local water quality. Participants will be introduced to regional watershed protection and management efforts and will learn how t hey can get involved\,” said Annalee Epps\, AgriLife Extension program spe cialist and coordinator of the Texas Watershed Steward program.\n\nUpon re gistration\, participants will receive additional meeting information.\n\n Helping improve water quality in the Brushy Creek watershed\n\nThe worksho p will include a discussion on watershed systems\, along with types and so urces of water pollution. There will also be a group discussion on communi ty-driven watershed protection and management and an overview of water qua lity as it relates to watershed management at the local level.\n\nThe publ ic is encouraged to attend and learn not only about water quality manageme nt\, but also how they may become involved in improving and maintaining th e water quality of the Brushy Creek watershed through best management prac tices. Though the workshop will provide an emphasis on local water resourc es\, the information remains applicable to all waters throughout the regio n.\n\nLight refreshments will be provided. Attendees will receive a copy o f the Texas Watershed Steward Handbook and are eligible to earn a certific ate of completion.\n\nContinuing education opportunities\n\nThe Texas Wate rshed Steward program offers continuing education units\, CEUs\, for multi ple professional disciplines. However\, the quantity of continuing educati on offered may vary for select disciplines.\n\nCEUs will include four hour s in the following professional disciplines: soil and water management for certified crop advisers\, professional engineers\, certified teachers\, p rofessional geoscientists\, and certified floodplain managers. American In stitute of Certified Planners are eligible for four certification maintena nce and one law hours. Four CEUs are also offered for each of the followin g Texas Commission on Environmental Quality occupational licensees: design ated representatives\, wastewater system operators\, public water system o perators\, on-site sewage facility installers and landscape irrigators.\n\ nIn addition\, three general CEUs are offered for Texas Department of Agri culture private pesticide applicator license holders\, and two credits are offered for nutrient management specialists. For questions regarding prof essional continuing education afforded to attendees\, contact Epps.\n\nFun ding for this effort is provided through a federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant administered by the Texas State Soil and Wat er Conservation Board from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\n\nFo r more information on the Texas Watershed Steward program\, contact Annale e Epps at 979-321-5921\, annalee.epps@ag.tamu.edu\, or Shelley Franklin at 512-943-3300\, Shelley.Franklin@ag.tamu.edu.\n\nFor more information on t he local watershed projects\, contact Sarah Stannard at 979-314-3441 or sa rah.stannard@ag.tamu.edu.\n\nTexas Watershed Steward website: https://tws. tamu.edu/\n\nContacts: Annalee Epps\, 979-321-5921\, annalee.epps@ag.tamu. edu\; Shelley Franklin\, 512-943-3300\, Shelley.Franklin@ag.tamu.edu\; Sar ah Stannard\, 979-314-3441\, sarah.stannard@ag.tamu.edu.\n\nAdd to calenda r \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \ n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live\n\nDetails: https://wilcoguide.c om/events/round-rock/brushy-creek-water-quality-training-2026-11-10-c019db 51 URL:https://wilcoguide.com/events/round-rock/brushy-creek-water-quality-tra ining-2026-11-10-c019db51 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR