NTAE: Well Water 101 Feature Story

Publication Description

Educators at University of Minnesota Extension have developed an online version of their “Minnesota Well and Septic Owners Class” to teach well owners how to detect and prevent water contamination on their properties. The class has not launched yet, but in this publication, the content developers talk about how they created the course and the best practices they learned along the way.

The publication is excerpted from the New Technologies for Ag Extension 2022-2023 Yearbook, which documents dozens of projects funded through the New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) program. NTAE is a cooperative agreement between USDA NIFA, Oklahoma State University, and the Extension Foundation. The goal of the New Technologies for Ag Extension (NTAE) grant is to incubate, accelerate, and expand promising work that will increase the impact of the Cooperative Extension System (CES) in the communities it serves, and provide models that can be adopted or adapted by Extension teams across the nation.

Land-Grant Institution

University of Minnesota

Author(s) (NAME, EMAIL, INSTITUTION)

Content Contributors:

Anne Nelson, Former Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Extension

Jeff Broberg, Minnesota Well Owners Organization

Jeff Stoner, Minnesota Groundwater Association

Bruce Olsen, Minnesota Groundwater Association

Paul Wotzka, Minnesota Well Owners Organization

Kara Dennis, Minnesota Department of Health

Carrie Raber, Minnesota Department of Health

Kerry Marsolek, University of Minnesota Extension

Dr. Sara Heger, University of Minnesota

Aaron Jensen, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Publication Audience

Cooperative Extension

Publication Type

Informational

Publication Date

October 6th, 2023

Copyright

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We achieve this through our nationally funded programs made possible by member dollars and cooperative agreements with federal agencies, and through partnering on state, regional, and national initiatives with Cooperative Extension and the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP). We serve all Land Grant Universities, regardless of membership status.

The Extension Foundation is a nonprofit established by Extension Directors and Administrators nationwide. Extension Foundation is embedded in the U.S. Cooperative Extension System and serves on Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP).

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

This work is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension grant no. 2020-41595-30123 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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