Category: 2023
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TWRI awards three USGS Graduate Research Grants
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded 2023-24 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Graduate Research Grants to three Texas A&M University students for water-related research projects. The grant recipients are: Since 2001, TWRI has awarded more than $742,000 in USGS grants to support 137 students in water resources-related fields. TWRI administers the program with funds from USGS through the…
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TWRI names two Faculty Fellows, awards federal funding
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has named two Texas A&M University professors 2023-2024 Faculty Fellows, awarding $15,000 in federal funding to each faculty member to support their research: The Faculty Fellows program provides unique funding support for faculty researchers seeking further external funding. Upon completion of the year, each fellow will submit a larger proposal to external…
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Mills Scholarships awarded to six Texas A&M students
Top row (left to right): Anya Allen, Kathleen Costello, Taylor Jordan. Bottom row: Dorothea Mildenberger, Chiranjibi Poudyal, Xiaolei Xu. The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded 2023-24 Mills Scholarships to six graduate students conducting water-related research at Texas A&M University. The scholarship recipients are: TWRI administers the Mills Scholars Program, an annual competitive scholarship program supporting graduate research in water at Texas A&M…
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Texas Water Journal publishes commentary on 88th Texas State Legislature
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 commentary in Volume 14, titled 88th Texas State Legislature: Summaries of Water-Related Legislative Action, by Sarah Kirkle, Leah Martinsson, Sarah Rountree Schlessinger, Alex Ortiz, Perry Fowler, Vanessa Puig-Williams, Todd…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madison Pigg The Blanco River, near Wimberley. (By Chantal Cough-Schulze) Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists Classification of watersheds in the conterminous United States using shape-based time-series clustering and Random Forests: Co-authored by Luna Yang, Texas Water Resources Institute research specialist, this paper proposes a watershed classification method using…
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Private water well screenings set for the Rolling Plains Sept. 25-28
The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, is hosting six upcoming events in the Rolling Plains on Sept. 25-28 to allow residents to have their well water screened. Two “Well Educated” water well screenings will be in Benjamin and Springtown and four “Well Informed” water well screenings will be in Granbury, Henrietta, Montague and Vernon. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M…
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Middle Yegua Creek water quality training set for Sept. 26
A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality related to the Middle Yegua Creek watershed will be held from 1:00-5:00 p.m. on Sept. 26 at the Lee County Junior Livestock Show Exhibit Hall, located at 2591 US 290 in Giddings. The event will be presented by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board in…
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Drought update: August 2023
As an unforgettable August comes to a close, Texas’ groundwater and surface water supplies continue to show the impacts of drought conditions and record-breaking heat. The U.S. Drought Monitor’s Aug. 22 report showed: Drought and extreme heat impact every part of the Texas communities and economies — agricultural production is stressed and requires more water, many municipal…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Center-pivot irrigation in Texas. (Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists Free weather forecast and open-source crop modeling for scientific irrigation scheduling: proof of concept: Co-authored by TWRI Interim Director Allen Berthold, Ph.D., former TWRI…
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A day with TWRI’s water quality monitoring team
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw What goes on when our water quality monitoring team goes out to conduct regular monitoring? Michael Miller of Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications tagged along with one of our teams on a warm June day to photograph how it’s done. At various locations along Carters Creek, this team…
