Category: 2019
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WRAP manuals published on TWRI website
Updated editions and new manuals for the Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP), a computer modeling system that simulates river and reservoir systems and assesses water availability under specified alternative sets of conditions, were recently added to the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) website. Dr. Ralph Wurbs, senior professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at…
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TWRI awards two USGS graduate research grants
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) graduate research grants to two students for June 2019 – June 2020. 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 $687,000 in USGS grants to support 128…
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Texas A&M-Kingsville receives $5 million from NSF to establish Sustainable Water Use center
Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology for Sustainable Water Use (CREST-SWU). The center will facilitate regional, multidisciplinary research, education and stakeholder collaborations to advance the understanding of sustainable water in the…
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How can you help with water quality?
For Water Quality Month, start adopting these 10 practices to contribute to improved water quality in your community:
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txH2O highlight: Safe water = Secure water
With populations increasing, there is an increased likelihood of the need for intensive water reuse, according to experts. August’s txH2O highlight is Safe water = Secure water, an article about Texas A&M University researchers studying ways to remove more chemicals from water during the treatment process. Ingredients found inside everyday items such as Starbucks coffee, Chanel No. 5…
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New article published in Texas Water Journal, Volume 10
The Texas Water Journal published an article in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “Economically Recoverable Water in Texas: An Underappreciated Water Management Strategy?” by Dr. Timothy T. Loftus. The article discusses the value or “true cost of water” and how the nationwide infrastructure maintenance gap encourages a reconsideration of the value of utility water…
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Researchers study shared groundwater resources between U.S., Mexico
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe Underneath the border of the United States and Mexico lie transboundary aquifers. Little is known about most of these aquifers or how the two countries can mutually manage these waters. Within Texas Water Resources Institute’s (TWRI) Water Sustainability Program, research scientists with TWRI and Texas A&M AgriLife Research are…
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Meet a scientist: Laura Rodriguez Lozada
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze When Laura Rodriguez Lozada was a child, she loved taking things apart. She would distill things down to their basic components and figure out how to piece them back together. “I liked to open up electric toy cars and clocks. After putting them back together, I would go to my father…
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Photo essay: Agricultural BMPs for watershed planning
What could you learn at a training for Agricultural Best Management Practices for Watershed Planning? This event, hosted by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) on April 3, is part of TWRI’s Texas Watershed Planning Program, a program designed for people interested in or responsible for watershed protection and restoration, including employees and volunteers with federal, state, county…
