Category: 2021
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TWRI is looking for a research specialist and program specialist
The Texas Water Resources Institute is hiring for two, full-time staff positions at its College Station, Texas office. Applications are being accepted for a research specialist and a program specialist. The research specialist (Research Specialist I) will work as a member of a team providing leadership and support for watershed assessment, planning and management programs.…
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Texas Water Journal publishes 100th article
The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 12, titled Estimating statistical power for detecting long term trends in surface water Escherichia coli concentrations, by Michael Schramm. Water quality monitoring programs commonly use the Mann-Kendall test or linear regression to identify statistically significant monotonic trends in fecal indicator bacteria concentrations. According to the abstract, the statistical power…
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txH2O highlight: Health at the nexus of water insecurity
In anticipation of the fall 2021 issue of txH2O, the past article being highlighted is Health at the nexus of water insecurity. In the article, experts explain how complicated water insecurity can be. This topic is further discussed in the upcoming txH2O. For example, many parts of Texas are impacted by aging water infrastructure and incomplete plumbing…
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Visualizing the aquifers that straddle the U.S.-Mexico border
Article originally written by Jessica Kutz, High Country News Last year, amid widespread drought, a violent protest over water erupted in Chihuahua, Mexico, a state in the northwestern part of the country. Local farmers armed themselves with sticks, rocks and Molotov cocktails and took over the Boquilla Dam, which was holding the water they desperately…
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Allen Berthold discusses managing water for agricultural use
Article originally written by Mark Rosenburg Dr. Allen Berthold spends much of his time thinking about water. Berthold has spent the last 13 years at the Texas Water Resources Institute, where he has worked on a number of projects, including guiding communities through the watershed protection planning process and identifying alternative water sources for agricultural…
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Simulated transboundary negotiation for better understanding
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Political negotiations between countries are tough. They get even harder when the issues under negotiation are contentious, such as limited, shared water resources. A pair of international water groups, with the help of Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) Senior Research Scientist Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., put on a simulated negotiation over transboundary water…
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TWRI Water Team publishes new paper
A new paper, titled Identifying Barriers to Adoption of Irrigation Scheduling Tools in Rio Grande Basin, was recently published in the online journal, Smart Agricultural Technology. The paper was written by Texas Water Resources Institute‘s Allen Berthold, Ph.D., Ali Ajaz, Ph.D., Taylor Olsovsky and Dhruva Kathuria. According to the abstract, scientific irrigation scheduling (SIS) tools allow growers to optimize the water use and…
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TWRI researcher to present at global transboundary aquifer conference
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay Just ahead of the Year of Groundwater, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is hosting the second International Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) Conference. This year’s online conference will focus on transboundary aquifers and will include participation by Texas Water Resources Institute’s own Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D. This year’s ISARM conference will…
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Finding solutions for environmental and water issues
Article originally written by Helen White Beginning in high school, Molly McKinney ’23 knew she wanted to pursue a water management and conservation career. Her participation in several water conservation programs led the junior environmental studies major from San Antonio to the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. In…
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txH2O highlight: Microfilters, major results
To keep up with a growing population, state water planners in Texas are more likely to include alternative water sources to bridge the supply gap. Two increasingly likely water sources include desalination and reuse water, according to the article Microfilters, major results from the fall 2017 issue of txH2O magazine. These treatment methods can be achieved with…
