Category: 2020
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txH2O highlight: Getting their feet wet
At the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), a Graduate Student Research Grant Program exists to help Texas university graduate students in water resources and related fields gain experience applying for competitive research grants. The article, Getting their feet wet, from the 2010 issue of txH2O, has more information about the program. Partially funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the W.G. Mills Endowment,…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new program review: Internet of Texas water
The Texas Water Journal has published a new program review in the Volume 11 issue, titled “Internet of Texas Water: Use Cases for Flood, Drought, and Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions,” by Rudolph A. Rosen, Robert E. Mace, Sam Marie Hermitte and Richard Wade. This review is an update to the previously published journal article, An Internet for Water: Connecting…
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Meet a scientist: Virender Sharma
Virender Sharma, Ph.D., wants to solve environmental problems by starting with some of the smallest pieces of the puzzle: molecules. Sharma’s career has been shaped by mentors, hard work and a few lucky breaks. He now works in the Texas A&M School of Public Health as an environmental chemist. He began his education in India, receiving his…
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Arroyo Colorado Watershed Partnership launches re-design of website
The Arroyo Colorado Watershed Partnership has updated its website, arroyocolorado.org. The new site has a modern, easy-to-navigate layout and much of the same information as the old site. The new site also includes a story map with a tour of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. On the redesigned homepage, you will find a map of the…
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New irrigation specialist joins TWRI
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) team has expanded to include a new irrigation program specialist. Ali Ajaz, Ph.D., joined the team at the beginning of September after completing his doctoral degree in biosystems and agricultural engineering from Oklahoma State University earlier this summer. Among other things, his doctoral…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new commentary on Rio Grande water deliveries
The Texas Water Journal invited The Honorable Jayne Harkins, P.E., U.S. Commissioner for the International Boundary and Water Commission, to share her thoughts on water deliveries from Mexico to the Rio Grande in a commentary titled, “Commentary: Fact vs. Fiction on Rio Grande Deliveries.” Water deliveries from Mexico are governed by two treaties, one from 1906 and one from 1944.…
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txH2O highlight: Working wonders with ferrate
Virender Sharma, Ph.D., a professor in the Texas A&M School of Public Health, uses a simple, abundant and environmentally friendly element — iron — to clean water. In the txH2O article, Working wonders with ferrate, Sharma explains the process he has been researching for years. By manipulating the chemical composition of iron, Sharma has produced research…
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Water quality project funding opportunity for Hill Country landowners
Landowners living in the Central Texas Hill Country can apply for financial assistance for on-the-ground stewardship projects. The Hill Country Headwaters Conservation Initiative (HCHCI) is offering a stewardship funding opportunity for ranchers, farmers and wildlife managers within the Blanco, Upper San Marcos, Llano and portions of the middle Colorado basins. Pre-applications are being accepted through…
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Texas A&M, UTEP researchers win grant to study CO2 release on irrigated arid soils
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Texas A&M University and University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) has won a grant to fund research that could help the understanding of climate change and create improved tools for sustainability in agriculture. The roughly $1.2 million National Science Foundation research grant is part…
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Citrus Center releases novel citrus irrigation video
Article originally written by Lucas Gregory The Texas A&M-Kingsville Citrus Center has developed a new video that describes a novel citrus irrigation approach that integrates multiple techniques into a planting and irrigation design ripe with plant health, yield, economic and water conservation benefits for the producer. The new approach can be custom designed to best fit any…
