Tag: research roundup
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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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Research roundup: new water research from around Texas
Article originally written by Madison Pigg The Medina River in April 2024. (Photo by Tina Hendon, TWRI.) Peer-reviewed publications by Texas A&M University System scientists Effects of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid on microbial community structure during anaerobic digestion: This new research by Texas A&M AgriLife scientists focuses on the fundamental understanding of biological…
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Research roundup: new water research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madison Pigg The Guadalupe River. (Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI and Texas A&M scientists Crafting Binational Groundwater Agreements Preconditions for Progress Along the Mexico-U.S. Boundary: Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) senior research scientist, and co-authors analyzed the obstacles hindering bilateral…
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Research roundup: new water research from around Texas
Photo by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications Water-related research and news from universities around Texas Assessing Global Reservoir-Based Hydrological Droughts by Fusing Storage and Evaporation: Led by Texas A&M University scientists, this research developed an integrated reservoir drought index based on reservoir storage and evaporation that can help to identify, detect, and…
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Research roundup: new water research from across Texas
Peer-reviewed publications by Texas A&M AgriLife scientists Simulating the Effect of Climate Change Scenarios on Surface Water Quality in the Bosque Watershed, Central Texas, United States: Coauthored by Texas A&M AgriLife’s Vijay P. Singh, Ph.D., this research used robust climate change scenarios and hydrological modeling to simulate the impacts of climate change on the Bosque…
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Research roundup: new water research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madison Pigg The Canadian River in April 2023. (Photo by Ed Rhodes, TWRI.) Peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists Let’s talk about PFAS: Inconsistent public awareness about PFAS and its sources in the United States: Allen Berthold, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) interim director, Stephanie deVilleneuve,…
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Why are riparian areas important?
Article originally written by Madison Pigg A functioning riparian area along a low-lying roadway near Cottonwood Creek, Tehuacana Creek watershed, Freestone County, Texas Most Texans recognize that water bodies provide essential benefits such as drinking water, recreation, irrigation water and ecosystem benefits, but do you know why the areas of land surrounding those water sources…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madison Pigg The Blanco River, near Wimberley. (By Chantal Cough-Schulze) Peer-reviewed publications by TWRI and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists Classification of watersheds in the conterminous United States using shape-based time-series clustering and Random Forests: Co-authored by Luna Yang, Texas Water Resources Institute research specialist, this paper proposes a watershed classification method using…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Center-pivot irrigation in Texas. (Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists Free weather forecast and open-source crop modeling for scientific irrigation scheduling: proof of concept: Co-authored by TWRI Interim Director Allen Berthold, Ph.D., former TWRI…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Mill Creek, by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife. Peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era: This paper proposes a convergence approach to water infrastructure — modular, adaptive, and decentralized (“MAD”) water provision and sanitation.…
