Category: 2018
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Riparian, stream ecosystem workshop set for Sept. 19 in Corsicana
The Texas Water Resources Institute’s Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program will host a free workshop from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 19 in Corsicana for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the Richland-Chambers Reservoir watershed. The morning session will be at the Corsicana Public Library, 100 N. 12th St. The afternoon session will include…
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Water well owner training set for Sept. 25 in Carthage
A Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) training has been scheduled for Sept. 25 in Carthage. The training, which is free and open to the public, will be from 8 a.m.-noon at the Panola County Expo Center, 2 Ballpark Road. A lunch, sponsored by the Panola Soil and Water Conservation District and Panola Groundwater Conservation District, will be provided immediately following…
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Urban Riparian and Stream Restoration Program workshop set for Sept. 27 in Bryan
The Texas Water Resources Institute’s Urban Riparian and Stream Restoration Program will host a workshop from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 27 in Bryan for professionals interested in conducting stream restoration projects around the Bryan-College Station area. The morning session will be at the Brazos Center, Assembly Room 4, 3232 Briarcrest Drive. The afternoon session will be outdoors…
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Texas Water Research Network to meet Sept. 13-14 in Austin
The Texas Water Research Network (TWRN), part of the Environmental Science Institute at the University of Texas, will meet Sept. 13-15 in Austin and the meeting is open to anyone interested. Registration is free. The meeting will cover sessions on Texas Water Markets, A New Era of Flooding – Challenges for Large Municipalities and Water Resilience Challenges in Small Municipalities and…
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New grant will examine desalination, water reuse as path to sustainable urban water security
The Texas Water Resources Institute is part of a new interdisciplinary research project funded by Texas A&M University’s X-Grants program. Only eight total X-Grant proposals were funded across the university. Dr. Wendy Jepson, professor of geography in Texas A&M’s Department of Geography in the College of Geosciences is leading the project, “Pathways to Sustainable Urban Water Security: Desalination and Water…
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It’s Water Quality Month and TWRI’s water team travels to the Texas coast
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe. While August is Water Quality Month, the Texas Water Resources Institute’s water team is always working on water quality, traveling to watersheds throughout Texas. The team is on the road again — this time evaluating water quality near the Texas coast to support local stakeholders in their efforts to…
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FFA students speak about watersheds at the 90th Texas FFA Convention
Three FFA students from different areas in Texas took home the top honors for their speeches about watersheds at the Soil Stewardship Public Speaking Contest in July. The topic of this year’s contest was “Watersheds-Our Water, Our Home,” and the contest took place at the 90th Texas FFA State Convention in Fort Worth July 9-13.…
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Water well owner trainings, screening campaign set for August
The Texas Well Owner Network is conducting two Well Educated trainings in West Texas and a sampling screening campaign in August. The Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) program is for Texas residents who depend on household wells for their water needs, allowing them to learn more about how to improve and protect their community water resources. “The…
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Institute to hold water quality meeting in Victoria
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is hosting a meeting Aug. 16 in Victoria for anyone interested in becoming involved in a partnership to improve and protect water quality in the Garcitas Creek and Arenosa Creek watersheds. The meeting, free and open to the public, will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Victoria Educational Gardens…
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With extreme temperatures, will the summer of 2018 be one of Texas’ hottest?
Everything is bigger in Texas including the temperatures. On July 23, the temperature in Waco peaked at 114 degrees and the temperature in San Angelo was 108, the highest ever recorded for both cities, according to the Office of the Texas State Climatologist (OSC) at Texas A&M University. The office reported that numerous locations across the state…
