Author: TWRI
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New staff join TWRI team
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Matt Stellbauer, Christine Fernandez and Dean Minchillo. (Photos by Ed Rhodes, TWRI.) The new year has brought some new and returning faces to the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). Christine Fernandez joined TWRI’s business team in late 2023. As a business administrator for the institute, Fernandez manages a range of…
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Securing Water Globally
As part of the initiative, Jepson is studying household water security in the urban global south, particularly in Brazil and rural communities in Costa Rica. She spent the 2017 spring semester in Brazil on a Fulbright Fellowship, teaching and conducting research as part of the Urban Water Provision Systems and Household Water Security in Northeast…
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New research quantifies how much ag best practices help protect water quality
Articles originally written by Cameron Castilaw TWRI staff install a water quality sampler station for this research project in 2017. (Photo courtesy of Lucas Gregory, TWRI.) Do best management practices actually work? Sure, they sound nice, but can small land management changes really improve waterways for everyone? Yes, says recently published research co-authored by the Texas Water…
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Little Bay water quality public discussion set for Dec. 12 in Rockport
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, is hosting a meeting on Dec. 12 in Rockport for anyone interested in a brief presentation and discussion of ongoing research in the Little Bay watershed involving microbial source tracking and human health risk analysis. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. at the Bay Education Center, 121…
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Exploration Green shows stormwater management possibilities
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Texas Water Resources Institute held its semi-annual Texas Watershed Coordinator Roundtable in Houston Oct. 9-10. The two-day tour and roundtable is part of the Watershed Planning Short Course program and brings together watershed coordinators and other water resource professionals from across the state. This roundtable’s focus was the Houston area. The…
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New research aims to connect a continent
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw For the vast and diverse continent of Africa, communication can be a challenge. Between Africa’s 54 independent countries and over 2,000 unique spoken languages, it is not uncommon for one region or one water body to be known by a plethora of different names depending on who and where…
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Meet a scientist: Jason Gerlich
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw The natural environment one grows up in can heavily influence their interests and path in life. Texas Water Resources Institute Research Specialist Jason Gerlich grew up outdoors, happiest when surrounded by agriculture and nature, and pursuing that love has taken him across the world and back to his home state to…
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Research roundup: new water research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madison Pigg The Canadian River in April 2023. (Photo by Ed Rhodes, TWRI.) Peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists Let’s talk about PFAS: Inconsistent public awareness about PFAS and its sources in the United States: Allen Berthold, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) interim director, Stephanie deVilleneuve,…
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Request for Pre-Proposals: 2021–2022 TWRI Graduate Student Research Programs
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is happy to announce its call for pre-proposals for students conducting water resources research. The TWRI Graduate Student Research Program has funds available for graduate students at Texas universities through two programs, the TWRI Mills Scholarship Program (available to Texas A&M College Station, Galveston and Qatar only) and the U.S. Geological Survey Graduate Research Program (available to…
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Meet a Scientist: Suresh Pillai
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw A former semi-professional badminton player, a DJ and the director of the National Center for Electron Beam Research at Texas A&M University — these are just a few of the many hats that Suresh Pillai, Ph.D., has worn over the years. While he might not have begun his academic path planning to be…
