The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) continued to grow and innovate in 2023, providing science-based, community-supported solutions for Texas’ pressing water challenges through internal expertise and external collaborations.
TWRI by the numbers in 2023:
- $18,057,677 in ongoing project external funding received
- 85 ongoing external projects managed
- 10,941,440 acres of watersheds TWRI helped protect and improve in 2023, including 2,137 miles of streams
- 393 water samples collected
- 18 peer-reviewed journal articles published
- 17 committees served on by TWRI staff
- 11,384 contact hours TWRI staff spent educating professionals and the public at 85 events
- 97 individual collaborators on TWRI projects
- 26 full-time TWRI staff
- 16,165 total newsletter and magazine subscribers
- 10,391 total social media followers
- 26 trainings co-hosted or hosted, with 657 total attendees for 4,651 total contact hours
- 353 students supported with a total of $1,272,342 in funding since 2001
