Author: TWRI
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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 Discrete Streamflow Measurements and Waterborne Self-Potential Logging of a 43-Kilometer-Long Reach of the Elm Fork Trinity River Upstream from Dallas, Texas, by Jonathan V.…
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Meet a scientist: Itza Mendoza-Sanchez
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Growing up in Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world, Itza Mendoza-Sanchez, Ph.D., was always conscious of the city’s water supply problems. This sparked an interest in water infrastructure that has evolved over her years of study and research, eventually bringing her to Texas A&M University and the…
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TWRI co-hosting ARCSA Conference and climate workshop in San Antonio Sept. 26-27
The San Antonio River Walk at night. (Photo by Mick Haupta, Unsplash.) Sept. 26-27 in San Antonio water professionals and practitioners are invited to attend the 2023 American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) Annual Conference and Expo, co-hosted by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). The theme of the conference is “Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities…
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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 Frac Sand Facilities and Their Potential Effects on the Groundwater Resources of the Monahans-Mescalero Sand Ecosystem, Permian Basin, Texas, by Robert E. Mace and…
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Private water well screenings set for Central Texas July 17-18
The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, is hosting two upcoming events in Central Texas July 17-18 for residents to have their well water screened: a “Well Educated” water well screening will be held in Killeen, and another “Well Educated” water well screening will be held in Cameron. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator,…
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Teacher training on citizen science and Junior Master Gardner set for July 12 in Fort Worth
ACCESS Water workshops provide teachers with hands-on learning. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Albus.) Teachers who work with students of all ages are invited to a Junior Master Gardener and Citizen Science Training July 12 in Fort Worth. Onsite check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the training will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at…
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Coming soon: Summer 2023 txH2O
(iStock photo by Meindert van der Haven.) The summer 2023 issue of txH2O magazine, a publication by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), will be available soon. This issue’s theme is new problems facing Texas water and the scientists developing practical solutions. The articles will spotlight technologies to remove PFAS chemicals from water; cities adjusting stormwater infrastructure…
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Student spotlight: Trevor Johnson
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw (Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Funded in 2021 by a $10-million, 5-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Southern Great Plains Regenerative Agriculture project is working to intensify agricultural production in an environmentally sustainable way to enhance agronomic, economic, and community resiliency in the Southern…
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Spring watershed coordinator roundtable tours Baffin Bay, gathers Texas water leaders
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw (Attendees at the watershed coordinator roundtable event in Baffin Bay. Photo by Cameron Castilaw, TWRI.) Watershed coordinators and other water resource professionals convened in Corpus Christi for a two-day watershed tour and roundtable April 18-19. Part of TWRI’s Watershed Planning Short Course program, the semi-annual Texas Watershed Coordinator Roundtable gives attendees…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards (Photo by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Read recent peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists: A planning framework to mitigate localized urban stormwater inlet flooding using distributed Green Stormwater Infrastructure at an urban scale: Case study of Dallas, Texas: In a study…
