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- New Waves E-letter - September 29, 2008
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Articles: Michelsen elected president-elect of AWRA, Texas Tech University student strives to conserve water in the West Texas region, USGS publishes groundwater availability report, Irrigation training program set for Rio Grande Valley, News from TWRI Water Resources Training Program, Irrigation specialist retires after 40 years with AgriLife Extension, AgriLife Research breeder develops drought-tolerant corn, USGS Texas Water Science Center publishes reports
- Michelsen elected president-elect of AWRA
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Dr. Ari Michelsen, director of Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at El Paso, was recently elected to serve as president-elect of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), beginning Jan. 1, 2009 and then as president of AWRA for one year, beginning Jan. 1, 2010. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of AWRA.
- USGS publishes groundwater availability report
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A new report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) examines the nation’s groundwater availability and outlines a strategy for future national and regional studies to help state and local agencies make informed water availability decisions, according to a USGS news release.
- Texas Tech University student strives to conserve water in the West Texas region
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Texas Tech University doctorate student Steve Oswalt and advisors Drs. Dick Auld and Thomas Thompson, professors in Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science department, have been working to determine the optimum irrigation of oilseed crops in the Texas High Plains.
- Irrigation training program set for Rio Grande Valley
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The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is co-sponsoring the 7th Rio Grande Valley Irrigation Conference and Trade Show set for Wednesday, Oct. 29 in Mercedes.
- SWAT and APEX Training Courses set
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The Texas Water Resources Institute will host Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Training Courses and an Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) Course on Nov. 3-7 at the Centeq Research Plaza on the Texas A&M University campus.
- Floodplain Delineation Short Course set
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The Texas Water Resources Institute will host the Floodplain Delineation using GIS Course on Dec. 3-5 at the Centeq Research Plaza on the Texas A&M University campus.
- TWRI awards Mills Scholarships to graduate students
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Texas A&M AgriLife’s Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) recently awarded Mills Scholarships to 13 Texas A&M University graduate students for the 2008-09 academic year to pursue water-related research.
- New Waves E-letter - August 1, 2008
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Articles: TWRI awards Mills Scholarship to graduate students, Jensen leaves TWRI for South Dakota, TWRI grant recipient develops algorithm, Maintaining Watershed Condition, WRAP Short Course set, Irrigation training event planned Aug. 19, 53rd annual New Mexico water conference set for Oct. 20-22, Ninth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium planned for Jan. 12-14, Watershed planning short course set for Jan. 12-16
- TWRI grant recipient develops algorithm
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Texas A&M University student Narendra N. Das and his advising professor Dr. Binayak Mohanty of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering have developed an algorithm for downscaling soil moisture measurements from satellite sensors. This algorithm potentially can be used to create a repository of soil moisture and evapotranspiration maps for the state of Texas, Das said.