Tag: groundwater
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Private water well screenings set for Permian Basin April 21-25
Article originally written by Leslie Lee The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, will host water well screenings April 21-25 for residents and well owners in the Permian Basin region Water samples will be screened for contaminants, including total coliform bacteria, E. coli, nitrate-nitrogen, arsenic and salinity. “The TWON program was established to help well owners become…
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Research roundup: recent water research from TWRI and around Texas
Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI and Texas A&M University System scientists Producer Willingness to Accept Incentive Levels for Cover Crop Adoption in the Southern Great Plains: Texas Water Resources Institute scientists and co-authors analyzed agricultural producers’ willingness to adopt regenerative cover crop practices in their operation. This research analyzed survey responses submitted by producers and non-operating landowners…
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Research roundup: recent water research from TWRI and around Texas
Read the latest peer-reviewed research on Texas water by scientists from universities throughout the state and by Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) researchers. Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI and Texas A&M University System scientists Effective transboundary aquifer areas between Mexico and the United States: A border-wide approach: Texas Water Resources Institute scientists identified regions within the…
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TWRI’s newest issue of txH2O spotlights groundwater
The Texas Water Resources Institute recently published the summer 2024 issue of txH2O magazine, focused on the modern challenges facing Texas aquifers. Texas groundwater is legally and hydrologically complicated, and it is in increasingly high demand. In this issue, meet the researchers, local water professionals and educators working to help manage and protect Texas aquifers. From the…
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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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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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Texas’ MOST INFAMOUS Groundwater Lawsuits
“That Ohio Supreme Court ruling was actually based on an 1843 case decided in England, Acton v. Blundell. “So the rule of capture is really a tort law concept and essentially says, ‘you can’t sue your neighbor if your well dries up, or the local spring or something like that.’” There was little scientific understanding of…
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Different States, Different Management Strategies
Texas groundwater management evolves Over 70 years later, Texas groundwater law and management is a patchwork of precedents and local GCDs, which remain the state’s preferred groundwater management tool. GCDs must receive local voter approval to be established and enact rules. Districts can manage groundwater through well spacing and production limitations, and can place requirements…
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Understanding Groundwater Law
There are four general approaches to groundwater ownership that states follow. While some states use a combination of approaches, these are the most helpful to learn when it comes to understanding groundwater law. States tend to follow one of these four types of groundwater law, but as groundwater science has evolved and water demand has…
