Author: Sarah Dormire
-
TWRI Releases 2017 Annual Report
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has published its latest annual report, highlighting accomplishments from 2017. For our Water Quality Improvement Program, we focused on the Matagorda Bay watershed along the Texas Gulf Coast, a diverse and rich ecosystem that sustains a robust commercial fishery, abundant wildlife and more than 300 species of birds. Our water team worked with…
-
Educating students on water conservation: Groundwater conservation district takes on the challenge
Did you know that the water pumped from an aquifer may have taken up to 2,000 years to get to your sink? The Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District (BVGCD) presents this and much more information in Brazos Valley school districts as part of its water education and conservation outreach program. Created by the Texas Legislature, the BVGCD…
-
Thomas Marek
“During my junior year in high school, I sat in the front seat of a pickup truck and went through the syllabus curriculum and when I saw ag engineering, I knew what I wanted to be,” he said. “So I enrolled at Texas A&M when I graduated from Bryan High School, and two years later I was in a work…
-
TWRI takes basin approach to dealing with Matagorda Basin impairments
Maintaining water quality is a priority for the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) water team. Research, planning, educational outreach and community implementation go into the creation of a successful watershed protection plan (WPP) designed to restore water quality and monitor impairment levels for years to come. TWRI water team members Dr. Allen Berthold, Michael Schramm and Clare Entwistle are working…
-
TWRI researcher recognized at national conference
Dr. Rosario Sanchez, Texas Water Resources Institute’s research scientist, received a Recognition Award from the Mexican Association of Hydrogeologists during the XI National Congress of Groundwater in Puebla, Mexico. “I was invited to present for the first time on October 11, 2017 about my current research, transboundary aquifers between Texas and Mexico,” Sanchez said. “Not…
