tx H2O Fall 2008
- Saving for dry days
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Aquifer storage and recovery may help
With reoccurring droughts and growing population, Texas will always be looking for better ways to save or use water. Some water suppliers in Texas are turning to aquifer storage and recovery.
During the dry summer of 2008, the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) had enough assets in its “bank” (of water) [...] - Research needs to address ASR challenges
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For all its benefits, aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) does have some potential challenges that warrant further research and planning, according to scientists and others involved in ASR.
In 2005, the National Research Council (NRC) convened a Committee on Sustainable Underground Storage of Recoverable Water to evaluate past experiences with ASR, or what the committee called [...] - Understanding what lies beneath
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Groundwater critical to Texas water
Groundwater is a critical element in the mix for supplying the state and nation with enough water. A major source of water in Texas, used for domestic, municipal, industrial and agricultural purposes, groundwater makes up almost 60 percent of the approximately 17 million acre-feet of water used annually. About 80 percent [...] - Transboundary aquifers
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Southwestern states assess
Researchers from three universities in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona and from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are partnering on a new project to evaluate aquifers that span the United States and Mexico borders. The federally funded project, known as United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment, will provide a scientific foundation for state and [...] - Rio Grande project partnerships
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Water quality and quantity issues in the Rio Grande are nothing new for the Rio Grande Basin. However, the continued activities and projects by several universities and local, state, and federal agencies to help solve these problems are not widely known or understood.
Irrigated agriculture in the basin consumes more than 85 percent of the region’s [...] - Combating soil erosion
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AgriLife scientists discovering what works for Fort Hood
When most people think of Fort Hood, they think of the military readying troops for combat. When a group of Texas AgriLife Research scientists think of Fort Hood, it’s combating soil erosion.
Fort Hood is one of the largest military installations in the United States. It has more than [...] - Blackland’s flood warning system protects soldiers
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A flood warning system resulting from a Texas AgriLife Research water quality monitoring project at Fort Hood is potentially saving lives and property.
The Flood Alert System via Telemetry or FAST uses stream level sensors attached to cell phones to notify Fort Hood Range Control of flooding at six low water crossings. The sensors are part [...]
