Category: 2025
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Get a closer look: Early spring brings idyllic water quality monitoring conditions
Article originally written by Sadie Kammlah Early spring in Texas means chilly mornings, budding trees, emerging wildflowers and warm afternoons — and some of Texas’ most idyllic conditions for fieldwork. Recently the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) water quality monitoring team headed to East Texas to conduct routine water quality monitoring at Town Creek. The…
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TWRI researcher analyzes multiple-use water services in low- and middle-income nations
Article originally written by Sadie Kammlah As a result of limited resources in low-and middle-income countries, most communities use the same water source for both domestic and productive uses. These uses include drinking water, irrigation and watering livestock. Matt Stellbauer, a Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University and research specialist at the Texas Water Resources…
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Private water well screenings set for Hays County April 7-8
The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, is hosting a water screening April 7-8 in Hays County for residents and well owners. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist, College Station, said the Texas Well Owner Network program is for Texas residents who depend on household wells for their water needs. “The TWON program was established to…
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New article published in Texas Water Journal Volume 16
Originally written by Sarah Richardson Texas Water Journal, Volume 16, Number 1 cover photo: Guadalupe River Nature Trail at Canyon Lake Dam. ©2023 Erich Ross Schlegel. The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 16 titled Microplastics and Microfibers in River Sediments: A Review of Current Literature and New Data from Texas Rivers, by Rebecca A.…
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Building collaborations in Italy
TWRI leadership visits with leadership and researchers at the University of Bari. Did you know that Texas and Italy face many of the same water challenges? Saltwater intrusion into groundwater resources, sustainable water use for agricultural production, and municipal water security for large urban populations — water leaders in both Italy and Texas are tackling…
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2025 Texas Watershed Planning Short Course equips water professionals
The 14th iteration of the Texas Water Resources Institute’s Texas Watershed Planning Short Course training took place Jan. 27-30 at the Mayan Ranch in Bandera. Part of the Texas Watershed Planning project, the 4-day course brought together 35 water professionals from across the United States to learn the ins and outs of watershed protection plans and best…
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EPA accepts Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Plan, stakeholders invited to March 31 meeting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reviewed and accepted the Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Protection Plan (WPP). Acceptance is a major accomplishment for the coalition of local stakeholders and state officials who collaboratively created the science-based plan, led by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). The WPP outlines a strategy to implement management measures that will…
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TWRI in 2024: By the numbers
The Guadalupe River. (Photo: Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) continued to lead and innovate in 2024, and welcomed new TWRI Director Giovanni Piccinni, Ph.D., to the institute. TWRI provides science-based, community-supported solutions for Texas’ pressing water challenges through internal expertise and external collaborations. TWRI in 2024, by the numbers:
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Meet a scientist: Kung-Hui Chu
Although many come to find their passions early in childhood, Kung-Hui “Bella” Chu, Ph.D. found her career path in environmental studies during her undergraduate studies. Now a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, Chu is an accomplished researcher studying biodegradation of environmental contaminants. The path to discovery As a student at…
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Research roundup: water research around Texas
Sandy Creek at Mill Creek Road. (Amanda Tague, TWRI.) Peer-reviewed publications by Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas A&M University System scientists Using electromagnetic induction to inform precision turfgrass management strategies in sand-capped golf course fairways: Dallas Williams, former TWRI Mills Scholarship recipient, and coauthors from Texas A&M’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences found electrical conductivity…
