Texas Water Resources Institute

Archive for October 2007

New Waves E-letter - October 31, 2007

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 [...]

October 31st, 2007 | Posted in New Waves
TWRI grant recipient studies restoration practices on urban streams

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 [...]

October 31st, 2007 | Posted in New Waves, USGS Research Grants
TWRI grant recipient studies the cultural aspects of water quality in Austin

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) [...]

October 31st, 2007 | Posted in New Waves, USGS Research Grants
USGS-series reports published in FY2007

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 [...]

October 31st, 2007 | Posted in New Waves