Category: 2020
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The surprising success of online water training
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world in many ways, especially when it comes to education. The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has a large offering of educational programs focused on water that have moved to an online format in the past month to keep Texans both safe and informed. As…
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TWRI awards two USGS graduate student research grants
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded two U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) graduate student research grants for March 2020 – February 2021. 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 $688,000 in USGS grants to support 128 students…
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Cattle, cooking and community: TWRI works from home
In March, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) staff shifted to working remotely, sheltering in place with their families and roommates. As TWRI staff members have adjusted to this temporary new normal, they’ve found new ways to work and stay connected. Bedrooms, kitchen counters and patios have become office spaces, using…
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Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 11
The Texas Water Journal published a new article in the Volume 11, Number 1, 2020 issue titled “Runoff Inflow Volumes to the Highland Lakes in Central Texas: Temporal Trends in Volumes and Relations between Volumes and Selected Climatic Indices” by Raymond M. Slade, Jr. The article focuses on the decreased inflow to the Highland Lakes from 1942–2013. According…
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txH2O highlight: Satellites, sensors and soil
Did you know the amount of water retained in soil accounts for about 0.05 percent of the Earth’s freshwater, according to the U.S. Geological Survey? In the summer 2015 issue of txH2O, the article Satellites, sensors and soil explains how NASA, the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University use different monitoring strategies, including satellites…
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The Ecological Integration Symposium has gone digital
In the spirit of never-ending learning, the 21st Ecological Integration Symposium: Ecology in the Anthropocene will be held virtually. Interested attendees are invited to join from the comfort of their own homes via Zoom webinar from April 2-3. This free, two-day event will explore the ecology of the Anthropocene, the Earth’s current epoch. Thursday’s professional…
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Trust the tap in the COVID-19 pandemic
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Stocking up on bottled water is usually a good idea during an emergency, but buying bottled water during the COVID-19 pandemic could actually put you and others at risk according to health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the best way to prevent the illness is to…
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POSTPONED: Ogallala Aquifer Summit to tackle tough ag water questions
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Speakers will include water management leaders from all eight of the Ogallala Aquifer states: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, South Dakota and Wyoming. Water stakeholders from those states are encouraged to attend. “The Ogallala Aquifer is hugely important, not just for Texas, but for an eight-state region,”…
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txH2O highlight: Living life with less water
With Groundwater Awareness Week in March, we are highlighting an article from the Ogallala Aquifer edition of the fall 2018 txH2O, Living life with less water. Farmers and researchers were interviewed about the declining water supply in the Ogallala Aquifer, the largest aquifer in the United States. Many rely on outreach programs such as the Texas Alliance for…
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TWRI’s Winter 2020 txH2O published
We recently published the Winter 2020 issue of our magazine, txH2O, highlighting the connection between water and health, such as pathogens, poverty, PFAS and other water-health issues and developing potential solutions. Check out these articles : TWRI interviewed experts from Texas A&M University’s Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Department of Geography, Department of Electrical…
