I certainly did have a blast last week visiting and learning about more detailed information regarding my fellow colleague’s research labs. It was nice to get out of my lab and to receive a glimpse of how hard others are working on their projects. Keep up the good job guys! 2 more weeks! The BRC labs were my favorite, because they were very tidy and quite relative to my teaching field. I also, had a great time visiting the Sugar Land Water Treatment plant. It was quite interesting  that this plant is still fairly new and recently was completed in 2014. This water treatment  plant  provides residents a water blend ratio of 30% surface to 70% groundwater. Majority of the plant utilizes surface water from nearby Oyster Creek, an offshoot of the Brazos River, to produce nine million gallons of potable water per day. The Sugar Land Water Treatment Plant  is the largest capital improvement project ever for the City.It was nice to know that there are  Sugar Lang Groundwater Reduction Programs available, such as the “Learning to be WaterWise” water conservation education program.  The program involves the education of fourth or fifth grade students in the need for water conservation, by providing student and teacher educational materials and a water conservation kit at no cost to the school or student. Finally, it was awesome to see and learn about the different filter sizes/membranes that are used in the process of treating  water.