Category: 2024
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Aggies showcase water research and win scholarships at Water Daze 2023
For the first time since 2019, the Water Daze student research poster contest and water seminar returned to Texas A&M University on March 29. Showcasing water-related research from engineering, agriculture and Earth sciences fields, 40 Texas A&M students presented research posters to contest judges, discussed their work with faculty experts and networked with peers. The Texas Water Resources…
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Meet a scientist: Bardia Heidari
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw How can a love for animals lead to a career in water research? For Bardia Heidari, Ph.D., who grew up with dogs, rabbits, turtles and parrots in Tehran, Iran, animals inspired questions about how they interacted with their environment. Now a research scientist for the Texas Water Resources Institute at…
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Research roundup: new water research from around Texas
Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI scientists Distribution of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Rapidly Urbanizing Arroyo Colorado Watershed, Texas: Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and Texas A&M University scientists collaborated on this first study of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water samples collected in the Arroyo Colorado watershed. PFAS levels were measured in water…
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New article published in Texas Water Journal Volume 15
Cover image for Texas Water Journal, Volume 15, Number 1:The Narrows on the Blanco River. ©2020 Erich Ross Schlegel, Texas Water Foundation. The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 15, titled Water Reuse in the Hill Country: Lessons from Existing Reuse Facilities in Texas and Opportunities to Advance Reuse in Comal County, by Rachel N. Hanes.…
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Middle Yegua Creek watershed protection meeting set for July 9
The public is invited to join the Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Partnership and attend a project meeting on July 9. The meeting is the partnership’s sixth and will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Lee County, 310 S. Grimes St., in Giddings. The meeting is a forum for public…
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Giovanni Piccinni named Texas Water Resources Institute director
Giovanni Piccinni, Ph.D., will return to Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Bryan-College Station, with a wealth of expertise to bolster his new role as director of the Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, effective Aug. 1. In addition to 14 years and several roles within Texas A&M AgriLife, Piccinni has served as an industry executive focused on water management and…
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The Next Step: TAMU experts talk about research needs following Hurricane Harvey
Editor’s note: Hurricane Harvey and the resulting flooding brought national attention to the good, the bad and the ugly of what happens when hurricanes and extended rainfall hit the Texas coast. While many articles have highlighted the problems and the human-interest element, the next step is to look at what worked, what needs improving, and…
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Private water well screenings set for Barton Spring Edwards Aquifer Conservation District July 10-11
The Texas Well Owner Network is hosting upcoming events in the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, BSEACD, July 10-11 to allow residents living within the district’s boundaries to have their well water screened. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist, College Station, said the Texas Well Owner Network, or TWON, program is for Texas residents who…
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Meet a scientist: Dr. Lee Fitzgerald
Biodiversity: that’s a word many biologists are well familiar with. But even before the term was coined by E. O. Wilson in his 1992 book “The Diversity of Life,” Dr. Lee Fitzgerald and his research team were cataloging biological diversity within the country of Paraguay. Fitzgerald, professor and curator of Amphibians and Reptiles in Texas…
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Aggies participate in Galveston beach clean up
While most students consider a beach day to be a relaxing vacation, a handful of Texas A&M University students recently turned a coastal visit to an environmental conservation opportunity. Twenty students from Texas A&M’s student chapter of the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), joined hundreds of other volunteers on…
