Author: Cameron Castilaw
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North Wetlands Scale-Up Innovative Water Use
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Two North Texas water districts utilize wetlands to help meet growing water demand More Information Want to get txH20 delivered right to your inbox? Click to subscribe. As Texas grows in population, the need for alternate water supply sources grows with it. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has experienced a large increase in…
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Cleaning Produced Water
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes 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 More Information Want to get txH20 delivered right to your inbox? Click to subscribe. Hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction produces water laced with high levels of salt…
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Empowering the Next Generation
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Texas 4-H Water Ambassadors Program helps high school students learn about water issues and careers More Information Want to get txH20 delivered right to your inbox? Click to subscribe. High school can be a time of discovery for many teens as they figure out their interests and decide what career to pursue.…
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Short Course, Long Impact
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes TWRI’s Texas Watershed Planning Short Course teaches water professionals how to develop effective watershed protection plans More Information Want to get txH20 delivered right to your inbox? Click to subscribe. A watershed protection plan can be a daunting task, both to create and implement. With many moving parts and considerations involved in…
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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…
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Monitoring Sandy Creek
Our water team started a new monitoring project this month in East Texas. Sandy Creek, which flows through Jasper, Texas, will have three sites Texas Water Resources Institute monitors, collecting water quality measurements and samples. Follow Research Specialist Shaylynn Postma, Program Specialist Anna Eismont and Water Intern Avery McCreight as they collect flow, pH, temperature,…
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Watershed coordinator roundtable talks microbial source tracking, gathers Texas water professionals
Texas watershed coordinators and water professionals gathered in College Station on May 20 for the semi-annual Texas Watershed Coordinator Roundtable. Part of Texas Water Resources Institute’s Watershed Planning Short Course program, the roundtable gives attendees the opportunity to network and discuss happenings in the watershed planning space. This meeting focused on microbial source tracking (MST), providing an update…
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TWRI water internship program wraps-up first year
The Texas Water Resources Institute’s water internship program, created in partnership with Texas A&M University’s College of Arts and Sciences, aims to provide students with hands-on experiences in the water profession. During the program’s first full year, eight students have benefited from the internship, with more beginning this summer. “We have had the great pleasure…
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From the field: monitoring in the Lavaca River and Port Lavaca
The TWRI water team recently traveled south to collect water measurements and samples for measuring levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, for the project “Assessment of PFAS Concentrations and Loadings in the Lavaca Bay Watershed.” The two-day trip travels from the river in Hallettsville, meandering to the coast in Port Lavaca, and the team collects…
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Texas A&M student Cash Kinsey is first EPA intern from TWRI
Texas A&M University graduate student Cash Kinsey is serving as an intern at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., gaining firsthand experience in the EPA’s Office of Water, thanks to support from the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and its Mills Scholarship program in partnership with the EPA. Kinsey is earning a master’s…
