Tag: salinity
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Land use and climate changes are throwing estuaries off balance
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, it dumped so much rain on the Houston metropolitan area that the National Weather Service had to add two new colors to its precipitation maps, for 20 to 30 inches and greater than 30 inches of rain. Much of…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article
The Texas Water Journal published a new article in the Volume 11 issue titled “Hydrodynamic Modeling Results Showing the Effects of the Luce Bayou Interbasin Transfer on Salinity in Lake Houston, TX” by Erik A. Smith and Sachin Shah. An overreliance on groundwater resources in the Houston (Texas) metropolitan area has led to aquifer drawdowns and land subsidence.…
