Texas Water Resources Institute

Archive for November 2007

New Waves E-letter - November 30, 2007

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 [...]

November 30th, 2007 | Posted in New Waves
Effects of climate change on Texas water resources conference set

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 [...]

November 30th, 2007 | Posted in New Waves
TWRI grant recipient studies effects of urbanization on freshwater inflows

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 [...]

November 30th, 2007 | Posted in New Waves, USGS Research Grants