Author: Cameron Castilaw
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Photo essay: Mill Creek monitoring
The Texas Water Resources Institute’s water team was in action at Mill Creek this month collecting water quality measurements.
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Gregory named 2025-26 UCOWR board president
Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) Associate Director Lucas Gregory, Ph.D., was elected the 2025-2026 board president of The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR).
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Monitoring Upper Keechi Creek
Monitoring efforts are now underway as the Texas Water Resources Institute begins working on its latest project, Upper Keechi Creek.
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Stakeholders receive EPA acceptance of Medina River Watershed Protection Plan
The EPA recently accepted the WPP for the Medina River below Medina Diversion Lake.
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New faces at the institute
The Texas Water Resources Institute’s (TWRI) water team has gained three new team members this summer. The newest face at the institute is Umar Javed, who joined the team in August. As a postdoctoral research associate at TWRI, Javed conducts research on watershed-based protection planning, water quality assessment and the integration of modeling tools with…
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North Wetlands Scale-Up Innovative Water Use
Two North Texas water districts utilize wetlands to help meet growing water demand. Both water districts use the Trinity River as their wetlands’ source. “TRWD captures the water that hits these watersheds and pumps that water back upstream, uphill into the metroplex and it gets used.” Andrews explained, “It gets sent to a wastewater treatment…
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Cleaning Produced Water
Creating new possibilities for water reuse, this Texas A&M professor’s lab is perfecting techniques for treating water byproduct from oil and gas production. Solving an underground problem What exactly is produced water? “Produced water is the wastewater that comes out of oil exploration and production activities,” Chellam said. “A long time ago, there used to…
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Empowering the Next Generation
Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors Program helps high school students learn about water issues and careers. New challenges, new solutions The concept started with Dirk Aaron, a former Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent now serving as general manager for Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District. David Smith leads the program and has been involved since the…
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Short Course, Long Impact
TWRI’s Texas Watershed Planning Short Course teaches water professionals how to develop effective watershed protection plans. Nikki Dictson, a former TWRI specialist, and TWRI Associate Director Lucas Gregory, Ph.D., helped Wagner develop the program, with cooperation from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, which fund the program…
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Danielle Kalisek honored for 20 years of service at TWRI
Texas Water Resources Institute Assistant Director Danielle Kalisek is a constant presence at TWRI. Leading all operational teams at the institute – communications, business and grant administration, she provides the institute with indispensable daily guidance and support. For TWRI’s daily work, she is a go-to person for solving problems and helping staff, but that hardly scratches the…
