The activities associated with this project are organized around education outreach and coalition meetings. Forty-three schools have participated in the computer NPS workshop designed for high school aged people. The computer workshop that has been designed for high school aged members of the public has been very successful. It is a combination of the Desdemona's Splash computer game and the Enviroscape watershed model. The Enviroscape is used to teach basic concepts of nonpoint source pollution to the whole class.
Students enjoy the workshop and seem to learn the concepts well.
There is a continual stream of requests from schools interested in becoming involved with the project. To use the demonstration project as a tool to promote awareness of NPS pollution and further implementation of pollution reduction practices. Home Sewage Systems Historical water quality data was analyzed to determine which water quality segments within this watershed were most heavily impacted by fecal coliform bacteria and nutrients. The two principal goals for the programs are to educate people about proper selection, installation and maintenance of home sewage systems and to evaluate alternative technologies that can be utilized in coastal areas of Louisiana. The Public Health and Nutrient Enrichment Committees of the Gulf of Mexico Program are also working on these issues, providing an opportunity to exchange information on technologies that can be implemented to reduce nonpoint sources of pollution in the Barataria and Terrebonne Basins.