Tag: international
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Texas A&M AgriLife and National Autonomous University of Mexico sign agreement
Researchers from the Texas Water Resources Institute, UNAM and Texas A&M AgriLife formalized a partnership for future collaborations.
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TWRI and Texas A&M experts spotlight water solutions at World Water Congress
TWRI, Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas A&M Engineering researchers join international discussions and presentations in Morocco.
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Texas A&M AgriLife and Italian universities sign memorandums of understanding
Texas A&M AgriLife Research administrators and leaders from two Italian universities recently joined in signing formal memorandums of understanding that marked the beginning of official cooperation among the three entities and the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). The Rector of the Polytechnic University of Bari (POLIBA) Francesco Cupertino, Ph.D., and Professors of the University of…
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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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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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Texas A&M AgriLife scientist publishes complete U.S.-Mexico borderlands aquifer map
As surface water supplies along the border are increasingly strained, groundwater resources could receive more legal and governmental attention. Pictured: Santa Elena Canyon in the Chisos Mountains at Big Bend National Park in December 2022. Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife. Worldwide, natural resource agencies and officials have counted the number of shared groundwater…
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TWRI’s Sanchez coauthors new white paper about U.S.-Mexico border water management
Texas Water Resources Institute Senior Research Scientist Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., recently coauthored a new white paper about U.S.-Mexico border water management. In the paper, the authors lay out proposals to strengthen the ability of the United States International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) to respond to border water management challenges. According to the authors, the paper is…
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Researchers study shared groundwater resources between U.S., Mexico
Underneath the border of the United States and Mexico lie transboundary aquifers. Little is known about most of these groundwater aquifers or how the two countries can mutually manage these waters. Within Texas Water Resources Institute’s (TWRI) Water Sustainability Program, research scientists with TWRI and Texas A&M AgriLife Research are studying these shared groundwater resources…
