Archive for 2003

Water summit poster competition provides opportunity for graduate students to showcase research

Texas Water Summit: Focusing on Water for Agriculture and Natural Resources will feature a poster competition showcasing water resources research conducted by graduate students throughout Texas.
The summit will be held November 5-6, 2003, in Austin, Texas. This event is sponsored by the Agricultural and Natural Resources Summit Initiative, which is a joint partnership between the [...]

September 8th, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized
Demonstration utilizes grass carp for hydrilla control

They clog canals and pumping stations, they reduce water flow, and they increase water evaporation 4 to 5-fold.
Many irrigation canals and other waterways in the Rio Grande Valley are infested with aquatic weeds—namely hydrilla and water hyacinth. In May, specialists with Texas Cooperative Extension initiated a demonstration in Hidalgo County Irrigation District No.1 that utilizes [...]

August 4th, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized
Irrigation district maps available

Contact: Dr. Guy Fipps, (979) 845-7454, g-fipps@tamu.edu
Rehabilitation for outdated and leaky irrigation canals and ditches in the Lower Rio Grande Valley just got a little easier with the release of maps from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases by Texas Cooperative Extension.
“These are very attractive maps, suitable for framing based on very detailed GIS databases and [...]

July 17th, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized
Conference conveys project outcomes

More than 100 project participants met at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Weslaco, Texas, for the second annual Rio Grande Basin Initiative Conference.
The three-day conference brought irrigation district managers, commodity group leaders and agency representatives together with researchers and specialists from the Texas A&M University System Agriculture Program and the New [...]

June 2nd, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized
TWRI awards 25 Mills Scholarships to graduate students

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) recently awarded 25 scholarships to Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University-Galveston graduate students who are pursuing research related to water resources. These scholarships will assist graduate students in the 2003-04 academic year.
These grants were awarded through TWRI’s Mills Scholars program, which is an endowed fund that supports research [...]

May 28th, 2003 | Posted in Mills Scholarship Program
El Paso AREC releases bi-weekly report on water conditions

Texas A&M University, in collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, has begun Drought Watch, a bi-weekly summation of Rio Grande River water supply conditions. Funding for the report is also provided in part through the Rio Grande Basin Initiative.
The report is being sent by e-mail to the media, irrrigation districts, producers legislators, environmental groups [...]

April 1st, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized
TWRI funds 12 water resources research projects for 2003-04

The Texas Water Resources Institute has announced that it will fund 12 graduate student research projects for 2003–04. The projects will be carried out by graduate students and researchers at Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Texas at El Paso.
According to TWRI Director Allan Jones, this year’s recipients [...]

March 1st, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized