tx H2O Spring 2009
- Message from the acting director
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As the new acting director of Texas Water Resources Institute, I look forward to continuing and expanding the institute’s programs and impacts.
- Can’t have one without the other
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Just as Frank Sinatra once sang about love and marriage, when it comes to water and energy, “You can’t have one without the other.” Water is needed to produce most energy, and energy is needed to develop and use water.
- Alternative energy must consider water needs
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While we don’t yet have jet-powered flying cars like the old TV cartoon The Jetsons, research is producing new ways to fuel our cars and to use “new” water. Even these innovations, however, must consider the energy-water connection.
- Alternative water sources
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Desalination can provide an alternative source of potable water for many communities, and agricultural economists are evaluating the construction and operation costs associated with all components required for an operating plant.
- Engineering water for the world
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Texas A&M University tackles a water crisis
Texas A&M University students and professors are helping shape the world, one pot at a time. - Turning a negative into a positive
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For 30 years, farmers in northwest central Texas have known that high level of nitrates in irrigation water from the Seymour Aquifer is a problem. Now, with research conducted by Texas AgriLife Research scientists, that problem may turn into a benefit.
- TNRIS serves as source for digital geographic information
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Want to know if your home is in the 100-year flood plain or see what your city looked like from the air during the 1920s? Check out the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) Web site for the answers.
- School’s out for summer
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It’s been said there are three good reasons to be a teacher: June, July, and August. But, this summer a group of science teachers aren’t straying from their work in the classroom.
- New program investigates public health and water link
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Thousands of cases of waterborne and water-related diseases worldwide are related to drinking water. A new program in the Texas A&M Health Science Center’s School of Rural Public Health is working to understand this link between diseases and water and educate the public about this connection.
- Smarter cropping
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Along the coastal plains of Texas, farmers and crop managers are using the Internet to make more informed decisions about growing cotton.
- Texas Water Resources Institute briefs
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Harris named TWRI acting director; Wagner named TWRI associate director; TWRI welcomes Hoffpauir; Ride New Waves; Check out water resources training courses; Fort Hood team wins excellence award
