Working to make every drop count
As the new acting director of Texas Water Resources Institute, I look forward to continuing and expanding the institute’s programs and impacts.
All of us at TWRI want to thank Dr. Allan Jones for his leadership and accomplishments during his tenure as director of the institute. It was an honor for me to serve as associate director with Dr. Jones. We had the opportunity to lead the institute during a period of tremendous growth in its programs and its collaborations with federal, state, and local agencies to solve water resources issues in the state and beyond.
TWRI manages a number of projects, involving faculty members from across the state. The institute maintains joint projects with several universities in Texas and some universities from other states. We work with federal, state, and local governmental organizations; consulting engineering firms; commodity groups; and environmental organizations.
I am pleased to announce that I have named Kevin Wagner, a TWRI project manager, as associate director. He will join me in leading the institute’s focus on water resources research and educational programs for Texas AgriLife Research, the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University, and other universities throughout Texas.
As climate change, population growth, water marketing and interbasin transfers, increasing energy needs and drought, and possible reduced funding put additional strain on water resources, finding research-derived, science-based solutions to water quality and quantity issues becomes imperative. We at TWRI plan to continue obtaining funding for research and education programs to help find solutions to these issues.
I am glad I will be a part.
B.L. Harris
