Category: 2020
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Meet a scientist: Lindsay Sansom
Article originally written by Ava English Lindsay Sansom, Ph.D., fell in love with water growing up in the Texas Hill Country and has spent her entire career helping others connect with their local water sources. Every summer during Sansom’s childhood she would swim in Jacob’s Well, a deep artesian spring that is fed by groundwater,…
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The physics of a water main break
Article originally written by Ava English A busted water main can cause thousands to millions of gallons of water to come gushing out of the ground. It can also put a city’s water supply at risk. A water main refers to the central pipe within a city’s interconnected water system that gets water from the…
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New Texas Water Journal commentary from Texas state Sen. Charles Perry
The Texas Water Journal invited Texas state Sen. Charles Perry, chair of the Senate Committee on Water and Rural Affairs, to share his thoughts on the role of water in the coming 87th legislative session of the Texas Legislature in a commentary titled, “Water: A Preventable Disaster.” In the upcoming legislative session, Sen. Perry said Texas will be navigating…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article on groundwater recoverability
The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in the Volume 11 issue titled “Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas: Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage,” by Justin C. Thompson, Charles W. Kreitler and Michael H. Young. The 2017 Texas state water plan projects total water supply deficits of 4.8 and 8.9 million acre-feet under drought-of-record conditions by the…
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Top 10 TWRI articles from 2020
In the midst of the pandemic and converting in-person events to virtual meetings, the TWRI communications team has covered everything from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to flood planning. Here are the top 10 TWRI articles from 2020: Article favorites from past years had similarly high views, including 10 Challenges of Water Utilities from the summer 2019 txH2O Water Utilities…
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txH2O highlight: Water, but no workers
A popular txH2O article read in 2020 is Water, but no workers, from the summer 2019 Water Utilities Challenges issue. Throughout the U.S., the water and wastewater industries are seeing a decline in the number of workers. To help increase the number of workers in the water field, higher education systems, including Texas A&M University-San Antonio (A&M-San Antonio) and Texas A&M…
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TWRI assistant director spotlight: Lucas Gregory
The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) interviewed Lucas Gregory, Ph.D., a TWRI assistant director and the lead UCOWR delegate at Texas A&M University, for the November 2020 member spotlight. Texas is a state of diverse landscapes and climates where the majority of land is privately owned and the population is increasingly urbanized. This presents challenges when discussing water and…
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Laying the groundwork for transboundary groundwater
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay There are a lot of firsts going on related to water at the U.S.-Mexico border. On October 14-15, the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters hosted its first conference, titled “U.S.-MX Transboundary Groundwater Conference: Innovation and Creativity: Strategies for Unprecedented Challenges.” The virtual event brought together researchers, policymakers, leaders and interested…
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Water insecurity is not limited to the global South
Article originally written by Ava English A review article in WIREs Water published by Wiley in October 2020 written by 23 experts critically examined myths about household water insecurity in high-income countries and provided a new framework to inform future research and policy. The review identified and disputed six myths about water security in the global North…
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Request for Applications: FY2021-22 TWRI Faculty Fellows
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is offering new fellowship opportunities through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 104b program to provide resources in support of the development and submission of proposals for external funding. TWRI is seeking applicants who are engaged in water resources-related research and are looking to: build their research acumen; expand their colleague and…
