Environmental - Texas Stream Team - Translations

The Texas Stream Team is a network of trained volunteers and supportive partners working together to understand and protect Texas waterways. Texas Stream Team is administered through a cooperative partnership between Texas State University, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hundreds of Texas Stream Team volunteers collect water quality data on waterways throughout Texas. The City of Arlington is a Partner with the Texas Stream Team Program by supporting local volunteers who perform sampling in Arlington.

The only qualification is an interest in protecting Texas’ natural resources! Volunteers complete three phases of training using a test kit that measures physical and chemical parameters in water. Volunteers are asked to monitor their site(s) monthly at the same time of day each month, for a one-year commitment. Monitoring takes approximately one to two hours per month per site.

Visit The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment for more information about Texas Stream Team.

 

Stream Team Translations – Virtual Online (Spanish/ Vietnamese)

Rough Translations (4 hrs. per page) max 300 hrs.

Review Translations (2 hrs. per page) max- None

 

One of the hurdles for diverse community participation of the Texas Stream Team program is the lack of well written manuals and outreach materials. Stream Team Translators work to convert and review current Texas Stream Team communications into needed languages (Spanish/Vietnamese). Volunteer work can be completed virtually or at home.  Additional languages may be added as community request for specific translations and knowledgeable translation volunteers become available.

Requirements:

  • Bilingual or Native Speaker (Spanish or Vietnamese) with strong reading and writing skills in BOTH English and the translation language (Native & Secondary).
  • Complete Document Handling training (contact environmental@arlingtontx.gov)
  • Access to computer and internet
  • Can dedicate a minimum of 4 volunteer hours.