Category: 2018
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21st Century Irrigation
Using smart, precise technology to irrigate The Dashboard for Irrigation Efficiency Management (DIEM) is a software tool that helps producers schedule field-specific irrigation that optimizes yield and water-use efficiency based on rainfall and irrigation availability. While other irrigation scheduling tools are available, the DIEM is unique because it looks at the available water and plans for the…
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Q&A with Dr. Dave Brauer and Dr. Meagan Schipanski
However, water table levels in some parts of the aquifer are declining and, particularly in the southern half of the aquifer, recharge is small compared to depletion. With the decline of the aquifer, many fear the decline of the sustainability and continued success of the region. The Ogallala Aquifer Program (OAP) and the Ogallala Water Coordinated Agricultural Project (Ogallala…
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TWON hosting screenings Sept. 18 in Leming, San Antonio
The Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) is hosting water well screenings Sept. 18 in Leming and San Antonio to give area residents the opportunity to have their well water screened. The Leming screening will be from 8:30–10 a.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Atascosa County, 25 E. 5th St. A meeting explaining screening results…
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Brazos Valley water conservation program targets outdoor water use
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe. Some 5,500 College Station single-family residences have reduced outdoor water use by an estimated 320 million gallons from 2010 to 2016, through participating in water conservation research and educational programs conducted by a team of Texas A&M University and city of College Station staff. “That amount of water reduction…
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Meet a scientist: Dana Porter
Being a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist is more than just providing information. The specialist has to deliver the information in a way that all audiences can understand. Dr. Dana Porter, AgriLife Extension agricultural engineering specialist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, strives to take research and make it applicable…
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Mohanty and Dessler elected as AAAS Fellows
Two Texas A&M University professors — Dr. Binayak Mohanty and Dr. Andrew Dessler — were recently elected as Fellows by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science within the section on atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences. According to the association’s website, the fellows were elected by their peers and are recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or…
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Karthikeyan replaces Kaiser as Water Management and Hydrological Science program chair
Dr. R. Karthikeyan, associate professor in the Texas A&M University Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, was recently appointed as the program chair for the Texas A&M’s Water Management and Hydrological Science (WMHS) Program, an interdisciplinary program housed in the College of Geosciences. He replaces former program chair Dr. Ronald Kaiser, professor in the Department of Recreation, Park…
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Engineering professor researches aquifer storage and recovery
Dr. Gretchen Miller, associate professor in Texas A&M University’s Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, researches a topic that is getting attention in the Texas water news: managed aquifer recharge or aquifer storage and recovery. These methods are used to intentionally refill aquifers, or water sources that live in permeable rock, from which many communities draw…
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USGS 104G Water Resources National Competitive Grant announced
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is continuing to accept pre-proposals for the FY 2018 National Competitive Grant Program by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources. Pre-proposals are requested on the topics of improving and enhancing the nation’s water supply and availability. Any investigator at an institution of higher learning is eligible to…
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Where in the world are they now?
“Nationally, when we get together as directors and organizations, one of our talking points is how this program has created the next generation of water leaders in this country and beyond,” said Dr. John C. Tracy, TWRI director. Tracy said the USGS grant program is important to each state across the nation and is a…
