Category: 2024
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Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw In 1993, TGPC saw the 73rd Texas State Legislature amend the Texas Water Code to extend committee membership to the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (now Texas A&M AgriLife Research) and the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin (the Bureau). The legislature set TGPC’s duties…
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The Challenge of Groundwater Data
Article originally written by Madison Pigg “The better the data, the better the science; the better the science, the better the planning,” said Heather Dodson, data team lead in TWDB’s groundwater technical assistance department. That is what TWDB strives for, and collecting this data, even when difficult, is worthwhile for the health of the state’s…
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Aquifers Along the Border
A complete count or map of the aquifers along the U.S.-Mexico border did not exist until 2023. Thanks to the leadership of Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) senior research scientist and TAAP lead, that map of all 72 shared borderland aquifers is now publicly available. (See map below.) Of those shared aquifers, 32 are…
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Private water well screenings set for Waller County Aug. 13-14
The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, is hosting well water screenings Aug. 13-14 in Hempstead for residents of Waller County. Water sample drop-off is from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Aug. 13 at the Waller County AgriLife Extension office, 846 6th Street, Hempstead. The follow-up meeting to explain the results of the screenings will be from noon – 1 p.m. Aug. 14…
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Research roundup: new water research from around Texas
Roy Creek, in Hays County, Texas, a pristine spring-fed stream within Roy Creek Canyon, features a thriving and biodiverse riparian corridor containing numerous native riparian species including ancient cypress trees and habitat supportive of endemic aquatic salamanders. Photo by Alexander Neal, TWRI. Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists A meta-analysis of the impacts…
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Mills Scholarship recipient studies harmful algae blooms
Article originally written by Madison Pigg Crista Kieley, a graduate student in the Department of Marine Biology at Texas A&M University, researches the complex forces driving cyanobacterial blooms in warm monomictic lakes, which overturn only once a year. She focused her graduate research on these harmful blooms, a growing area of study, in the south-central…
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Septic system clinics set for Aug. 13 in Alice, Aug. 14 in Riviera
Residents of the Baffin Bay watershed are invited to attend educational workshops on septic system maintenance Aug. 13 and 14. The workshops are free, will cover identical information, and will be held: Landowners and residents in Jim Wells, Duval, Nueces and Kleberg counties who depend on septic systems are encouraged to attend. The workshops will…
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Loren Henley joins TWRI
Loren Henley is the newest team member at the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). Joining TWRI’s business team as a grant administrator this month, Henley assists and provides support for pre- and post-award processes and grant proposal submission. She reviews proposals, agreements, budgets and various proposal and project documents and serves as a liaison with Texas…
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Rainwater harvesting and turf management training set for July 24
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program will host a residential rainwater harvesting and turf management training July 24 in Williamson County. The free event will be held 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Training Room at the City of Round Rock Utilities and Transportation Department Office, 3400 Sunrise Road, in Round…
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Thompsons Creek watershed protection meeting set for July 31 in Bryan
The public is invited to attend the Thompsons Creek Watershed Partnership meeting on July 31 in Bryan. The meeting will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive. This partnership will serve as the forum for public input, which will drive the development of a voluntary, stakeholder-driven watershed protection plan, or WPP. “Anyone…
