Category: 2016

Two Texas A&M University System-led projects were recently highlighted as part of the White House Water Summit held on March 22 — World Water Day. The university system’s Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Initiative and the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, a collaboration between Texas A&M’s Zachry Department of Civil Engineering and the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), were featured as part of…

National expert on groundwater and sustainable water management Dr. Michael Campana championed the importance of integrated water resources management (IWRM) to the nation’s water supply, stressing that successful IWRM is “a process, not a prescription” during his keynote lecture at the March 29 Water Daze event at Texas A&M University. “In my opinion, Nebraska does the best job at…

The Texas Water Resources Institute’s water team recently finalized several projects concerning the Carters Creek watershed and published technical reports on its findings. The new reports are: 

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) graduate research grants to two students for March 2016 – February 2017. The grant winners are: TWRI administers the program with funds from USGS through the National Institutes for Water Resources. Since 2001, TWRI has awarded more than $657,000 in USGS grants to support 122…

Water challenges and agricultural sustainability in the Ogallala Aquifer region are the focus of a four-year, $10 million grant that will include scientists from the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Colorado State University is the overall lead on the project. Other participating entities include…

National expert on groundwater and sustainable water management Dr. Michael Campana championed the importance of integrated water resources management (IWRM) to the nation’s water supply, stressing that successful IWRM is “a process, not a prescription” during his keynote lecture at the March 29 Water Daze event at Texas A&M University. “In my opinion, Nebraska does the best job at…

Article originally written by Kathy Wythe Two Texas A&M University System-led projects were recently highlighted as part of the White House Water Summit held on March 22 — World Water Day. The university system’s Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Initiative and the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, a collaboration between Texas A&M’s Zachry Department of Civil Engineering and the Texas Water Resources…

The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI)’s Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program is hosting three free workshops in April and May for Texas residents interested in land and water stewardship. “We are able to offer these workshops without cost thanks to program funding provided through a Clean Water Act nonpoint source grant from the Texas State…

The U.S. Forest Service has released a new report, Effects of Drought on Forests and Rangelands in the United States: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis, which provides a national assessment of peer-reviewed scientific research on the impacts of drought on U.S. forests and rangelands. This report will help the Forest Service better manage forests and grasslands impacted…