Author: TWRI
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Private water well screenings set for South Texas May 22-25
The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, is hosting six upcoming events in south Texas May 22-23 to allow residents to have their well water screened: a “Well Educated” water well screening in Benavides and five “Well Informed” water well screenings in Falfurrias, Robstown, Kingsville, Zapata and Cuero. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator,…
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USGS research grant recipient helps Texans understand groundwater recoverability, costs
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards Justin Thompson, Ph.D., strives to help Texas communities understand groundwater recoverability. With support from a 2021-22 Research Grant from the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), his research findings are helping citizens, groundwater districts and government leaders begin to understand who can and cannot afford to produce groundwater…
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Meet a scientist: Garrett McKay
Article originally written by Mackenzie Schneider All it took was one AP environmental science class to get Garrett McKay, Ph.D. hooked on the subject. The high school class gave him his first experiences with air, land and water issues, and he never looked back. After high school, McKay stayed in his home state of California to study…
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TWRI-USGS grant recipient’s research shows no-till reduces runoff and soil erosion
Article written by Mackenzie Schneider Reduced or no-tillage management practices are gaining interest among Texas agricultural producers to manage water and soil resources, and Texas A&M University graduate student Sayantan Samanta has produced new data showing those practices’ positive impacts on runoff and soil erosion in a Texas agricultural watershed. A Texas Water Resources Institute…
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Texas Legislature: water bills outlook
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Every two years the Texas Legislature convenes in Austin for a whirlwind 180-day session full of meetings, hearings and work. Thousands of bills are filled covering just about any topic you can think of. Numerous water and natural resources bills have been filed in the 88th Regular Session of…
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Meet a scientist: Susie Dai
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards As a Texas A&M University professor and researcher who is tackling emerging environmental problems, Susie Dai, Ph.D., advises her students, “Don’t complain, if you can think of something you can do about it.” That drive to solve problems is exactly how Dai found herself back at Texas A&M, researching per-…
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Urban Riparian Symposium spurs collaboration and innovation
Article originally written by Mackenzie Schneider The 2023 Urban Riparian Symposium brought water professionals from across Texas together to learn about completed, ongoing and future urban stream restoration projects. The annual event was held Feb. 8-10 in San Marcos, co-hosted by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and Texas Riparian Association (TRA). On the first day of the…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards (Photo by Ed Rhodes, TWRI.) Read recent peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute scientists: Assessment of the Trust Crisis between Upstream and Downstream States of the Helmand River Basin (1973–2022): A Half-Century of Optimism or Cynicism?: by TWRI’s Najibullah Loodin and Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., this new research assesses the challenges of trust-building…
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Big city solution: Installing green stormwater infrastructure slows down, cleans up runoff
Not only has population growth and aging infrastructure put a strain on existing stormwater drainage systems in Texas, but climate change impacts have also made extreme one-day rainfall events more common. Rapid urbanization’s increased impervious surfaces have sped up how fast extreme rainfall runs off into rising waterways, prompting flooding. How should local governments deal with these compounding challenges? Local…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article
Cover image for Texas Water Journal, Volume 14, Number 1: Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas. (©2022 Rob Doyle, Pluto911 Photography) The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in volume 14, titled The Use of Historical Data and Global Climate Models to Assess Historical and Future Surface Water and Groundwater Availability in the Trinity River Basin…
