Archive for January 2006
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- Drought, Alternative Water Sources & Water Conservation in Texas
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Contact: Kathy Wythe, Communications Coordinator
The drought in Texas and the Southwest is continuing in 2006, affecting farmers, ranchers and urban citizens. Lakes and aquifers are lowering rapidly, wildfires are breaking out across the state and cities are implementing water conservation rules earlier in the year.
When the drought will end, no one knows. However, solutions to [...] - Water Resources Faculty, Programs Win Awards at Agriculture Conference
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Several water resources faculty, two water-related teams and a state water agency won awards Jan. 10 at the annual Texas A&M Agriculture Conference.
Dr. Elsa Murano, Texas A&M University System vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences, presented Awards in Excellence to:Dr. Ben Wu, Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, for graduate teaching. Wu [...]
- RGBI Team Receives Partnership Award
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By Danielle Superscinski
The Rio Grande Basin Initiative (RGBI) team received the Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Industry-Agency-University-Association Partnership Jan. 10, at the 2006 Texas A&M Agriculture’s Awards Convocation.
Dr. Elsa Murano, Texas A&M University System vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences, presented the partnership award to the RGBI team for working with [...] - Student researches flow velocity, biodegradation in contaminated groundwater
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By Courtney Swyden
Texas A&M University graduate student Itza Mendoza-Sanchez and advising professors Robin Autenrieth and Jeff Cunningham are researching bioremediation of groundwater, a technology that employs microorganisms to transform toxic chemicals into non-toxic chemicals.
Twenty-six groundwater sites in Texas are contaminated, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web site. Most of these sites include chlorinated [...]