There are currently a number of projects underway in the North Bosque Watershed aimed at improving the water quality of the river and its tributaries. The following links are to fact sheets that provide a short description of the project, the agencies involved, funding sources, and current project status. More projects will be added as they are identified.

On-Farm Nutrient Management and Reduction Projects

• Dairy Waste Management - Phosphorous Reduction Demonstration Project
  
• REVISED, Includes Progress Reports
  Improving Water Quality by Developing, Implementing, and Field Testing Innovative Methods
  
• North Bosque Watershed Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Program
  
• Nonpoint Source Water Quality Management Plan
  
• Demonstrating New Programs for Resolving Agricultural Runoff Problems
  
• Demonstrating APCO
  
• Bioremediation and Runoff Containment of Dairy Manure-P Saturated Soils within the Bosque River Drainage
  
• Using the Black Soldier Fly to Reduce Dairy Manure
  
• Uptake of Phosphorous by Corn Silage
  
• Amino Acid Requirements of Growing Milk-Fed Calves (Reducing animal nutrient excretion through dietary manipulation)
  

  Dairy Compost Related Projects

• Compost Analysis Laboratory
  
• Compost Manure Incentive Project
  
• Dairy Manure Export Support Project
  
• Compost Effectiveness Monitoring in the North Bosque and Leon River Watersheds
  
• Dairy Manure Compost P & N Recycling through a Coastal Hay Production System
  
• REVISED
  Dairy Manure Compost P Recycling through Consecutive Corn Silage Crops
  
• COMPLETED
  Summer Legume / Crabgrass Mixtures for Dairy Manure Compost Sequestration
  
• Summer Legume / Switchgrass Mixtures for Dairy Manure Compost Sequestration
  
• Year-round Pastures Based on Switchgrass Over-seeded with Annual Winter Legumes for Dairy Manure Compost Sequestration
  
• Dairy Compost Nutrient Release as it Relates to Application Date
  
• Dairy Compost for Recreational Turf
  

  General Water Quality Improvement Projects

• Dragonfly Nymphs as Indicators of Water Quality in Texas Ponds
  
• Bacterial Source Tracking - Lake Waco and Lake Belton
  
• Establishment of a Watershed Coordinator for the North Bosque River Watershed
  
• REVISED Lake Waco Wetlands
  
• Insecticide Baits for Suppressing House Flies on Dairies
  
• Parasitoids Common to Dairies in Central Texas
  
• Biological Control of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts
  
• Middle Brazos Feasibility Study
  

  Computer Modeling and Water Quality Data Related Projects

• Water Quality Data Coordination
  
• Refinement and Application of the North Bosque River TMDL Modeling System
  
• REVISED Texas Phosphorous Index
  
• REVISED Field truthing of USDA SSURGO Soils Data in Erath County
  

     Several proposed projects are in the planning stages but have not yet been implemented. The following links are to Project Development Sheets that identify potential funding sources and partners with a short description and current status of the proposed project.

• Wet Ponds
  
• Dairy Nutrient Recovery and Biomass Management Technology

New Additions

• Tightening the phosphorus cycles on dairies of the Bosque and Leon River drainages.
  
• Alternative forage srops for phytoremediation of soils containing high levels of dairy manure phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N)
  
• Field Validation of the Texas Phosphorus Index in the Poultry Areas of Texas