Author: Sarah Dormire
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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…
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Talking with Ogallala Aquifer region producers about H2O
Much of the water under the Ogallala Aquifer region is declining at a faster rate than it recharges by rainfall. What does the dwindling supply of groundwater mean for the producers in this region? txH2O talked to a few producers about what it is like farming on a declining water resource. Bob Meyer: Canyon, TX We definitely…
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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…
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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…
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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…
