Author: Cameron Castilaw
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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…
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2025 Texas Watershed Planning Short Course equips water professionals
The 14th iteration of the Texas Water Resources Institute’s Texas Watershed Planning Short Course training took place Jan. 27-30 at the Mayan Ranch in Bandera. Part of the Texas Watershed Planning project, the 4-day course brought together 35 water professionals from across the United States to learn the ins and outs of watershed protection plans and best…
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Meet TWRI’s newest water team members
Anna Eismont (left) and Sarah Stannard (right). Photos by Cameron Castilaw, TWRI. As 2024 comes to an end, the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has added two new water team staff members. Anna Eismont joined the team in October as a program specialist. In this role, she works to address water quality and quantity concerns through…
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Turfgrass Field Day showcases field advancements
Ambika Chandra, Ph.D., at the 2024 Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day Research and experiments are exciting to read about, but even more fun to see up close and personal. Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists working in turfgrass recently gave people that chance at their Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day. Hosted this year…
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Q&A: How does flooding impact water quality monitoring?
Texans are no strangers to severe weather events. Each year brings its challenges of potential droughts, fires, hurricanes, flash floods and more. A heavy rain season brings additional challenges to the water team at the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and their monthly routine water quality sampling visits to water bodies around Texas. We talked…
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Behind the scenes: water quality monitoring at Town Creek
This week the Texas Water Resources Institute’s water team was out at Town Creek, one of our newest project sites, conducting regularly scheduled water quality monitoring. Research specialists Shaylynn Postma and Amanda Tague, along with student technician Janelle Wright, measured flow rate, pH, velocity and other instream conditions, and collected samples from the three sites for E.coli. Over time, monthly water…
