TRA provides water and wastewater treatment, along with recreation and reservoir facilities within the nearly 18,000-square-mile Trinity River basin.
The Trinity River Authority of Texas was created by state legislature in 1955 and is considered a special-purpose district.The largest wholesale provider of wastewater treatment services in Texas, TRA specializes in development and operation of multi-participant regional facilities.
Mission: The Trinity River Authority’s mission is to promote conservation, reclamation, protection and development of the natural resources of the river basin for the benefit of the public.
Operating as usual
#CeasetheGrease this month by taking your used cooking oil to a nearby grease recycling location. Drop off your used cooking oil at our general office, located at 5300 S Collins, Arlington, TX.
Additional locations are listed at www.DefendYourDrainsNorthTexas.com
#DefendYourDrains #HolidayGreaseRoundup
We recently had the privilege of participating in a Trinity Habitat for Humanity build benefiting the Foster family! Thank you to our employees who answered the call to volunteer and helped to make this home a reality for a deserving family.
November 20, 2020 TRA teams up with Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth, TX.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Trinity River Authority!
Our administrative offices will be closed November 26 and 27 in observance of Thanksgiving!
Disposing of grease properly is easy! Simply open your container, carefully pour used cooking oil into the receptacle, and take your container with you or place in the trash can.
Find a drop-off location near you: https://www.defendyourdrainsnorthtexas.com/holiday-grease-roundup/index.html
Keep Thanksgiving grease out of the drains! Visit our general office, located at 5300 S Collins, Arlington, Texas, to dispose of grease properly.
Congratulations to all of our winning students!
What’s the best way to deal with a clogged sink? Prevent it in the first place! NEVER pour used cooking oil down the drain. Let it cool, collect it in a rigid container with a threaded lid, and bring it to the #HolidayGreaseRoundup.
Check out www.DefendYourDrainsNorthTexas.com
to find out where you can drop off your excess cooking oil for recycling!
#DefendYourDrains #CeaseTheGrease
The 2020 Holiday Grease Roundup is coming up soon! Be sure to start saving up your used cooking oil for recycling!
To find a location nearest you, visit DefendYourDrainsNorthTexas.com!
#DefendYourDrains #CeaseTheGrease
Thank you to those who have served and are currently serving!
TRA, TCEQ and several municipalities including the cities of Cedar Hill, Grand Prairie, Mansfield, and Midlothian are partnering with local governments, business owners, and residents to protect and improve water quality in the Joe Pool Lake Watershed. Public participation is vital to the success of this stakeholder-driven process. We are seeking interested local landowners, businesses, municipalities, and citizen groups to share questions and concerns during public forums, drive the source identification study in a direction that will accurately characterize the watershed, and ultimately provide direct input that will guide the development of Joe Pool Lake Watershed Protection Plan. We need your help!
To learn more and register, visithttp://www.trinityra.org/downloads/WPP%20Kickoff%20Announcement%20Joe%20Pool%20Lake.pdf
Take Care of Texas
Cooler weather is here! Finally here! (It seems like it takes longer and longer to get here each year, doesn’t it?) 🍂 Among all the things we look forward to with the colder weather like scarves, pumpkin spice lattes, and college football, we also have some additional responsibilities if we have an underground sprinkler system. 💧 We’ve got a short, informative video to help you winterize your sprinkler system and protect it from a damaging freeze. 🥶
Enjoy an extra hour of sleep! Daylight saving time ends Nov. 1 at 2 a.m.
Have a safe and spooky Halloween!
REMINDER: The art contest deadline is approaching. Submit your artwork by Friday, Nov. 6 at 5 p.m.
http://www.trinityra.org/downloads/Art%20Contest%20Call%20for%20Entries%202020.pdf
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday, Oct. 24. Check your medicine cabinet for expired and unused medication and find a take-back location near you. Never dispose of medications down the toilet or other household drains. Proper disposal ensures these chemicals do not enter our water system.
https://www.defendyourdrainsnorthtexas.com/med-take-back/index.html
Medicines should not be flushed and can even cause problems if thrown in the trash. Use a medicine take-back location to properly dispose of unused medications.
The modern sewer system was one of the greatest advancements in public health. Without investment, water and wastewater systems will continue to deteriorate, leading to serious consequences for public health and the economy. #ValueWater
Not all Americans have to imagine a day without water. More than 2,000,000 Americans live without basic access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Invest in water. #ValueWater
Safe, reliable water promotes public health but 1.4 million people in the United States lack access to indoor plumbing—including hot and cold running water, a sink, a shower/bath, or a flush toilet. Invest in water. #ValueWater
Today, we Imagine a Day Without Water. It’s a day to pause and notice the way that water systems impact our lives and communities, and commit to ensuring a sustainable water future for generations to come. #ValueWater
Waking up to find water is not flowing from your tap is not how any of us would want to start the week. Save the date and plan to join us in celebrating Imagine a Day Without Water by telling us what water means to you.
The campaign aims to raise awareness about the value of water and the need to invest in aging water and wastewater infrastructure by asking the public to imagine what life would be like without water. #ValueWater
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Second to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in America. Learn about the signs, symptoms and risk factors at https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/resources/features/breastcancerawareness/index.htm
It's art contest time!
Calling 1st through 8th grade students in the Trinity River basin to send in their original, one-of-a-kind artwork showing us how water is there for them when they need it.
We have made a few adjustments to accommodate students who may be learning virtually. In addition to mailing and no-contact delivery, artwork can also be emailed. Additionally, an entry form must accompany each entry.
Visit our website to review the call for entries, entry form and resources for students to use to aid in the production of their artwork.
http://www.trinityra.org/default.asp?contentID=189
Landowners in Anderson, Freestone, Houston, Madison, Trinity and Walker (Wyser Bluff north) counties are being sought to form a working group to assess flooding trends in their respective areas. The virtual meeting will allow participants to join by video or by phone, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 10:30 a.m.
The effort is being led by the Trinity River Authority of Texas, in partnership with the National Weather Service. The working group members, which will come from the Trinity River mid-basin area, will help facilitate discussions and actions using data and research to refine and improve the current National Weather Service flood alert levels. The group also will be involved in developing tools and messages. During the meeting, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will present the results of a joint study with TRA to look at recent flooding in the middle Trinity.
“Organizing this group is a collective step toward hearing directly from those affected and understanding environmental and other factors at play during flooding events,” noted TRA’s General Manager Kevin Ward. “We hope this group can help fill in knowledge gaps and help determine the extent of flooding under various conditions.”
Once it is formed, the Landowners Working Group will help collect and share information about flood events in their respective areas, and they will participate in focused meetings dealing with this important issue. For more information about the meeting, call Heather Firn, watershed scientist III, at 817-493-5209.
To join using video: Sign in to the WebEx: https://trinityra.webex.com/trinityra/onstage/g.php?MTID=ece1fa7f96df48f9ca9f8a1b1d4e45800
To join by phone: Call 1-408-418-9388; use the access code: 146 618 9336, when prompted.
Great, detailed information about what watersheds are and the steps we can take to help protect them!
Check out how the TRWD Environmental Team takes students on a journey to learn about watersheds and the processes that shape them! Using a simulation tool, the Stream Trailer, students can visualize the elements that make up a watershed and the natural forces, like erosion and deposition, which create them.
Attention Educators: We have lesson materials that go along with this video. To request access to them, please email us at: [email protected].
To see more videos like this, check out our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/trwdtv
Thank you to our staff members who got out there this morning to bash trash at the Trinity Trash Bash! Every piece of trash we can keep from entering the river is a win!
Happy World Water Monitoring Day! The education outreach campaign aims to raise awareness and encourage action among citizens. We are all responsible for keeping our waterways clean. Get involved by testing a local water body, sharing your findings and committing to protecting our most valuable resource, water!
For more information or to order a testing kit, visit https://www.monitorwater.org/
Remembering the lives lost and the heroes who worked to save so many. #NeverForget
Have a relaxing Labor Day, you've earned it.
Our administrative offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 7 in observance of Labor Day.
Do your part in preventing poor water quality. Simple tasks such as making sure your trash gets into the trash can so it doesn't make its way to the nearest body of water or properly disposing of wipes and fats, oil and grease (FOG) can make a difference. In addition to following prevention measures, consider participating in volunteer efforts in your community, such as a lake/river cleanup or a local water monitoring program. #NationalWaterQualityMonth #WhyWaterQualityMatters
To learn more about what you can do, visit https://takecareoftexas.org/conservati…/keep-our-water-clean
TRWD Sprinkler Evaluation Program
Most of the time we run our sprinklers when we’re asleep. And we just assume they’re working like they should. But, in many instances that’s not the case. To...
Clean, reliable water is a basic necessity for life. Polluted waterways affect the health of all living things. Some common contaminants found in water bodies include bacteria, heavy metals, chemicals, trash and oil. #NationalWaterQualityMonth #WhyWaterQualityMatters
Turn Idle Hours into Your New Water Game Plan
The past few months have forced many of us to spend more time at home than usual. Though it’s great to be surrounded by family, the isolation can also drive people a bit stir-crazy after a while. You may have even spent some time staring at the lawn. Well, Arlington Water Utilities is here to help...
There is nothing quite like a Texas summer. That said, protect you and your loved ones in times of extreme heat.
Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/features/extremeheat/index.html
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What a great week celebrating #EarthDay!
Did you know the #trinityriver is home to the American alligator?
Earth Day Texas is underway! Come learn about what you can do to prevent pollution and conserve our water resources. You can find us in the Centennial Building in booths 5312 and 5313! We will be here from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today through Sunday. #EarthX
In collaboration with TPWD, #OfficialTRA participated in an annual fish procurement on April 10 held at the #LivingstonDam. Watch to learn more.
And that's a wrap! We had a great group of students for this year's Vital Link program with Fort Worth ISD. The students visited with several departments at #OfficialTRA, toured a wastewater treatment plant and built a watershed. #vitallink2017 #communitylearning #makingconnections
Check out this video produced by TRA’s Planning and Environmental Services department using data from NOAA and a host of other agencies. It shows the relationship between Pacific sea temperatures and droughts in Texas. As surface temperatures decrease, so too does precipitation in the Southwestern United States. After a lag of one to several months during which soil moisture is exhausted, drought conditions can set-in. This is exactly what happened during the recent drought of 2011-2014. Watch towards the end of the video as the ocean temperatures rise and the drought in Texas breaks.
@fortworthisd students toured #OfficialTRA's Denton Creek Regional Wastewater System today! #vitallink
Flushing non-dispersibles overwhelms collection systems causing clogs and sewer overflows. #OfficialTRA's pretreatment program is working to collect more extensive data. Check out the video below to learn more. #NoWipesinthePipes
#OfficialTRA Environmental Scientist, Angela Kilpatrick, is educating @fwisd 4th grade students on preventing water pollution in our lakes and rivers. #waterama2017 Fort Worth ISD Fort Worth Water
Excited to participate in @dfwairport annual #EarthDay Celebration for the first time.
A friendly reminder to keep wipes out of your pipes and ours. #NoWipesinthePipes #OfficialTRA FOX 4 News
#Watershed 101
No water? No morning coffee! #NationalCoffeeDay #OfficialTRA #ValueWater
The Great Texas Alligator Roundup at #gatorfest. The largest gator so far measures more than 12'.
Airboat ride fun at #gatorfest
Not only would you suffer without water, so would plants and animals. No water for your plants? You would have to improvise. #ValueWater #OfficialTRA #plants #water
What if you went to make coffee this morning to find there was no water? Can you imagine? Join us in recognizing Imagine a Day Without Water! The campaign aims to raise awareness about the importance of our water supply and investing in our aging water infrastructure. Safe, reliable and affordable water is vital to each and every individual and community. Organized by the Value of Water Coalition, hundreds of organizations across the country will partake in events today. Participate by spreading the message! #ValueWater #OfficialTRA
Let the games begin! #TRAUnitedWayCampaign
#TBT to this video sent in by Grapevine Faith 2nd graders who entered our 60th Anniversary Poster Contest last year! We are looking forward to receiving this year's posters. #OfficialTRA #ArtContest
#OfficialTRA's Planning and Environmental Services department spends a lot of their time in the heat out on the river collecting data and assessing the #water quality of the #TrinityRiver.
Straight river channel demonstration.
The Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystems Workshop is underway.
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