Category: 2023
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Meet a scientist: Yina Liu
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw People find their path in life in many different ways. For Yina Liu, Ph.D., she thought hers would be taking over the family business in Southern China, and she began her academic career by pursuing a degree in economics at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). That all changed…
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What are PFAS?
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a category of thousands of manufactured chemicals, defined by their bonds between carbon and fluorine molecules, one of the strongest known chemical bonds. While scientists have known of PFAS since the 1940s, there are still many unknowns about PFAS and their long-term…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Carters Creek. (Photo by Leslie Lee, TWRI.) Read recent peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists: Groundwater management in the borderlands of Mexico and Texas: Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., TWRI, and Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University School of Law, examine stakeholders’ perspectives on borderland groundwater through 44 surveys and personal interviews,…
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Rangeland management is key to sustaining the Ogallala Aquifer
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Center pivot irrigation system. (Thomas Marek, Texas A&M AgriLife Research) Spanning from South Dakota to Texas, the Ogallala Aquifer is the largest freshwater aquifer in North America. But despite its size, the Ogallala is drying up. Scientists have reported for years that, if recharge and use continue at current rates,…
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To slow down and clean up runoff, install Green Stormwater Infrastructure
A bioretention area at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas, a bioretention area in Renaissance Park in Oak Cliff and a stormwater conveyance structure in South Lakes Park in Denton. (Photos by Fouad Jaber.) How stormwater can rise into floodwaters has changed in Texas. Not only has population growth and aging infrastructure put…
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New publications from TWRI
Baffin Bay looking West at FM 628. (Photo by Ennis Rios) Throughout the course of projects, the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) water team publishes technical reports to share progress with stakeholders and the public. Read TWRI’s most recently published technical reports and watershed protection plans:
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article
Cover image for Texas Water Journal, Volume 14, Number 1: Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas. (©2022 Rob Doyle, Pluto911 Photography) The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in volume 14, titled Low Flow Trends in Texas Stream Segments Serving Unique Hydrologic Functions, by Kartik Venkataraman, Narayanan Kannan, and Victoria Chraibi. In recognition of the unique…
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Urban riparian and stream restoration workshop set for March 1 in The Woodlands
Workshop participants practicing stream surveying methods on Bear Branch, in The Woodlands, at a 2018 workshop. (Photo by TWRI.) The Texas Water Resources Institute’s Urban Riparian and Stream Restoration Program will host a workshop from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. March 1 in The Woodlands for professionals interested in conducting stream restoration projects around southeast Texas. The…
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Private water well screening set for Feb. 27 in Bastrop
Rural residents in Bastrop County who get their water from wells can participate in the water screening at a Well Educated event on Feb. 27. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft) The Texas Well Owner Network is hosting a “Well Educated” water well screening Feb. 27 in Bastrop to give area residents the opportunity to have…
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Wendy Jepson named 2022 AAAS Fellow
Wendy Jepson, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) associate director, has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most prestigious honors in science. She is among the 506 scientists, engineers and innovators who have been elected 2022 Fellows for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements throughout…
