Archive for 2007
- New Waves E-letter – November 30, 2007
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Breaking news about water resources research and education at Texas universities – November 30, 2007
TWRI, federal agencies will partner in Bosque River project authorized by Congress
The Texas Water Resources Institute, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service were selected to lead the new North Bosque River water quality [...] - Effects of climate change on Texas water resources conference set
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The River Systems Institute is hosting “Forecast: Climate Change – Impacts on Texas Water,” April 28-30, 2008, at the Texas State Capitol Extension in Austin.
The conference will take a comprehensive look at what is known about climate change and what needs to be known to prepare for the local impact on Texas water resources and [...] - TWRI grant recipient studies effects of urbanization on freshwater inflows
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By Kari Miller
Texas A&M University international graduate student Debabrata Sahoo is working with his advising professor Dr. Patricia Smith from Texas A&M University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering to study the effects of urbanization on estuarine environmental flows to the San Antonio Bay/Guadalupe Estuary system.
Sahoo, originally from India and a recipient of a [...] - New Waves E-letter – October 31, 2007
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Breaking news about water resources research and education at Texas universities – October 31, 2007
CIRE meeting initiates irrigation education and research consortium
The initial meeting of the Consortium for Irrigation Research and Education, CIRE, was held October 29-30 in College Station to discuss the concepts, objectives and other possible participants in the newly developed group. CIRE [...] - TWRI grant recipient studies restoration practices on urban streams
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By Kari Miller
Texas A&M graduate student Megan Meier is working with her advising professor Dr. Rick Giardino to analyze the impact of restoration practices on the stability of streams in Austin, Texas.
Meier, a recipient of a $5,000 2006-2007 Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) research grant, said that rapid urban growth in Austin has led [...] - TWRI grant recipient studies the cultural aspects of water quality in Austin
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By Kari Miller
The University of Texas graduate student Andrew Karvonen is working with his advising professor Dr. Steven Moore from the School of Architecture to study the historic and current meaning of water to different social groups in Austin, Texas.
Karvonen, originally from Minnesota and a recipient of a $5,000 2006-2007 Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) [...] - USGS-series reports published in FY2007
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Professional Paper
Asquith, W.H., Roussel, M.C., Cleveland, T.G., Fang, Xing, and Thompson, D.B., 2007, Statistical characteristics of storm interevent time, depth, and duration for eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1725, 299 p.
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Shah, S.D., Kress, W.H., and Land, L.A., 2007, Time-domain electromagnetic soundings to characterize water quality within a freshwater/saline-water [...] - New Waves E-letter – September 27, 2007
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Breaking news about water resources research and education at Texas universities – September 27, 2007
New issue of “txH2O” published
The current issue of Texas Water Resources Institute’s magazine, txH2O, is published and available for interested readers. This issue focuses on “Managing Bacteria Pollution in Texas” and contains several articles related to this topic. [...] - TWRI hires staff, gains project for Arroyo Colorado watershed
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Texas Water Resources Institute recently added three staff members and one project to work with the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Partnership (ACWP) on water quality improvements in this South Texas watershed.
The ACWP was originally organized by Texas Coastal Watershed Program, which is part of Texas Sea Grant and Texas Cooperative Extension, in cooperation with the Texas [...] - Modeling/Groundwater Management short course scheduled
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A two-day course on constraints for combining modeling and management for groundwater, titled “You got chocolate in my peanut butter,” is scheduled for Oct. 15-16, 2007, in Austin. Dr. John Doherty, James Rumbaugh and Dr. Steve Young are featured speakers.
The course, sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences, Texas Water [...] - Managing Bacteria Pollution in Texas Waters
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With 310 water bodies in Texas failing to meet water quality standards because of bacteria, managing bacteria pollution is commanding the attention of water agencies, researchers and stakeholders across Texas.
These water bodies are listed in the 2006 Texas Water Quality Inventory and 303(d) List for failing to meet the standards designed to protect for contact [...] - Showcasing a Project
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Groups work to solve stream’s impairment
Story by Kari Miller
With one phase and three years of monitoring completed, a group of cooperators are beginning the next step in bringing Buck Creek, a small stream in the Red River Basin, to acceptable water quality.
The creek, which runs through three counties in the southeast corner of the Texas [...] - Agencies Approve Bacteria TMDL Task Force Recommendations
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Story by Kathy Wythe
In June 2007 the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) approved the recommendations of the Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Task Force and asked their agencies to update their TMDL guidance documents to reflect these recommendations. They also authorized establishing a [...] - Surfacing Water Quality Standards
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Story by Kathy Wythe
As part of the ongoing program to manage Texas water quality, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is currently reviewing the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards, including the standards for contact recreation use.
Preliminary public comment plus input from the Surface Water Quality Standards Advisory Work Group have provided guidance on options [...] - Mimicking Nature
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Computer model helps manage nation’s, world’s waters
In the 1980s, a group of scientists in a small research building in Temple, Texas, began a journey to mimic how watersheds work. Today, a major product of their efforts—SWAT—is used throughout Texas, the nation and the world.
SWAT, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool, is a sophisticated computer model [...]
