New Waves February 2009

Texas Water Resources Institute’s E-Newsletter
Breaking news about water resources research and education at Texas universities

Harris named acting director

Dr. B.L. Harris has been named acting director of the Texas Water Resources Institute.

Texas AgriLife Research Interim Director Dr. William A. Dugas and Texas AgriLife Extension Service Director Dr. Ed Smith announced the appointment, effective Feb. 1.

Harris replaces former director Dr. C. Allan Jones, who took a faculty position at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Urban Solutions Center at Dallas.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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Wagner named associate director of TWRI

Kevin Wagner has been named associate director of Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) by Dr. B. L. Harris, acting TWRI director.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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Winemiller honored with Regents, Bush awards

Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller was honored with the 2008 Regents Professor Award at the Texas A&M AgriLife conference, held in College Station in January. He is also the recipient of the Bush Excellence Award for Faculty in International Teaching.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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A&M students receive environmental grant

Saving the planet starts at home, at least for one group of Texas A&M students who recently received an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant and with it plan to improve hydrologic sustainability for the A&M campus in College Station.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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Irrigation Training Program successful

More than 500 participants attended 6 training events over the last 12 months as part of the Irrigation Training Program, a multi-agency project designed to help farmers and others learn about efficient tools and techniques of irrigation management to enhance water conservation.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009), Training Programs
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TWRI grant recipient studies the aquatic hazard of ionizable compounds

Theodore Valenti, now earning his Ph.D. from Baylor University’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Program in Ecological, Earth, and Environmental Science, recently worked with his advising professor Dr. Bryan Brooks to determine how variability among water quality parameters of the Brazos River basin influence aquatic risk of ionizable compounds.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009), USGS Research Grants
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TWRI completes New Technologies for Animal Waste Pollution Control project

Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has recently completed the New Technologies for Animal Waste Pollution Control project, which identified, evaluated, and field-tested technologies for reducing nutrient levels in wastes from concentrated animal feeding operations and other sources.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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Texas AgriLife helps district evaluate water conservation

The North Plains Groundwater Conservation District is facing some critical water supply issues and has asked Texas AgriLife Extension Service to aid in a study about potential water conservation policies for the district.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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Managing water resources in a changing climate

In a report last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provided estimates of how climate may change in the coming decades and how changes in temperature and precipitation may change hydrologic conditions.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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Texas Water Development Board selects Deputy Executive Administrator

Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Executive Administrator Kevin Ward announced that Dr. Robert Mace has assumed the roll of deputy executive administrator for Water Science and Conservation, a TWDB program that includes surface water resources, groundwater resources, conservation, and innovative technologies.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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McFarland receives Regents Fellow Service Award

Dr. Mark Lee McFarland of the Department of Soil and Crops Sciences was recognized as a 2008 Regents Fellow Service Award for his work as state soil fertility specialist and state water quality coordinator.

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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New Publications/Papers

Field Demonstration of the Performance of an Electrocoagulation System to Reduce Phosphorus and Other Substances from Dairy Lagoon Effluent, Field Demonstration of the Performance of a Geotube® Dewatering System to Reduce Phosphorus and Other Substances from Dairy Lagoon Effluent, Field Demonstration of the Performance of the L4DB® Microbial Treatment System to Reduce Phosphorus and Other Substances from Dairy Lagoon Effluent, Cycling of Geotube® Solids from Dairy Lagoons Through Turfgrass Sod, Field Demonstration of the Performance of Wastewater Treatment Solution (WTS®) to Reduce Phosphorus and other Substances from Dairy Lagoon Effluent, Measuring Seepage Losses from Canals Using the Ponding Test Method

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in New Waves (February 2009)
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