Category: 2017
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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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Meet a scientist: Joshuah Perkin
Article originally written by Claire Corley. Did you know that studying fish populations helps with understanding water management? Looking at the behaviors and patterns of organisms such as fish can give researchers a better perspective of how to manage water. Dr. Joshuah Perkin, assistant professor in Texas A&M University’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences…
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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…
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Virginia Tech team brings relief to well owners following hurricanes Harvey and Irma
A team of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) professors and students are helping reach Texas well owners with vital information on well-water supply contamination, the likelihood of which increases following hurricanes. A $200,000 National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant is funding on-the-ground distribution of water sampling kits and educational training…
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NSF awards $1.2 million to A&M System researchers to study effects of Hurricane Harvey
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced awards totaling more than $1.2 million to support 13 research projects throughout the Texas A&M University System that aim to understand the effects of natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey. “In the aftermath of Harvey, the Texas A&M System has stepped up to aid in the recovery and rebuilding of our state in…
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Texas A&M collaborates with University of California on grant to fund food, energy, water research
Four Texas A&M University professors are collaborating with University of California-Riverside researchers to study and improve decision-making processes related to food, energy and water resources, or FEW. Dr. Bruce McCarl, Department of Agriculture Economics University Distinguished and Regents professor; Dr. Efstratios Pistikopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Distinguished Research professor; Dr. Rabi Mohtar, Department…
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Lower Rio Grande Valley soil testing campaign runs through January
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in the Lower Rio Grande Valley is offering its annual soil testing campaign through Jan. 31, according to AgriLife Extension personnel. “We’re encouraging all commercial agricultural producers in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy counties to take part in this free soil testing campaign to help with nutrient management and to…
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Meet a scientist: Kent Portney
Article originally written by Claire Corley. When it comes to urban sustainability, the focus has mostly been on air, primarily as it relates to climate change, climate mitigation and climate adaptation. With much less attention on water, Dr. Kent Portney, a Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service professor, recognized this lack of attention and…
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TWRI requests pre-proposals for 2018-2019 graduate student research programs
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) announced its call for pre-proposals for students conducting water resources research. TWRI 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 all Texas universities). TWRI anticipates funding…
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EPA accepts Navasota River watershed protection plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently accepted the Navasota River Below Lake Limestone Watershed Protection Plan, developed by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and the Navasota River Watershed Partnership. The plan was accepted as it met the agency’s national guidelines for watershed-based plans and effectively outlined a strategy to improve the watershed’s water body segments impaired…
