Category: 2024
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TWRI by the numbers in 2023
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) continued to grow and innovate in 2023, providing science-based, community-supported solutions for Texas’ pressing water challenges through internal expertise and external collaborations. TWRI by the numbers in 2023:
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Texas A&M Water Day set for March 27
Article originally written by Madison Pigg Texas A&M Water Day 2024 will bring a research poster competition and water lecture to campus on March 27. Poster displays and judging will be held at the Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center in the 12th Man Hall, 9 a.m. to noon, and the following Water Lecture and…
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Middle Yegua Creek watershed protection meeting set for March 12
The public is invited to attend the third project meeting and join the Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Partnership on March 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lee County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Office, 310 South Grimes Street, in Giddings. This partnership will serve as the forum for public input, which will drive the development of a…
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Meet a scientist: Shankar Chellam
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Shankar Chellam, Ph.D., will admit that education was not the highest on his priority list growing up. Not “a dummy in the field,” as he describes himself at cricket, he attended college on an athletic scholarship. It was there that he found an interest in science that would take…
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Riparian and stream ecosystem workshop set for March 5 in Bandera
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 5 in Bandera for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the Upper Medina River watershed. The morning session will be at the Bandera Electric Cooperative on 3172 Texas State Highway 16. The…
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Middle Yegua Creek watershed protection meeting set for Feb. 13
The public is invited to attend the second project meeting for the Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Partnership on Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lee County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Office, 310 South Grimes Street, in Giddings. Interested stakeholders are invited to join the partnership, which will serve as the forum for the…
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Private water well screening set for Feb. 7 in Hondo
The Texas Well Owner Network is hosting a “Well Educated” water well screening Feb. 7 in Hondo to give area residents the opportunity to have their well water screened. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, College Station, said the TWON program is for Texas residents who depend on household wells for their water…
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Private water well screening set for Feb. 5 in Bellville and Brenham
The Texas Well Owner Network, in conjunction with the Mill Creek Watershed Partnership, is hosting a “Well Educated” water well screening Feb. 5 in Bellville and Brenham to give area residents the opportunity to have their well water screened. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, Bryan-College Station, said the TWON program is for…
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Research roundup: new water research from around Texas
Photo by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications Water-related research and news from universities around Texas Assessing Global Reservoir-Based Hydrological Droughts by Fusing Storage and Evaporation: Led by Texas A&M University scientists, this research developed an integrated reservoir drought index based on reservoir storage and evaporation that can help to identify, detect, and…
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New staff join TWRI team
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Matt Stellbauer, Christine Fernandez and Dean Minchillo. (Photos by Ed Rhodes, TWRI.) The new year has brought some new and returning faces to the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). Christine Fernandez joined TWRI’s business team in late 2023. As a business administrator for the institute, Fernandez manages a range of…
