Tag: Texas Water Journal
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Texas Water Journal publishes first paper in Volume 11
The Texas Water Journal published the first paper for the Volume 11, Number 1, 2020 issue: a policy review titled “State Legislature, Voters Move to Eighty-Six Texas’s Flooding Challenges,” by Matthew D. Berg. The paper focuses on Texas’s 86th legislative session with a focus on addressing Texans’ experience with flooding. According to the abstract, 240 of the total bills introduced address…
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Texas Water Journal publishes final article in Volume 10
The Texas Water Journal has published the final article in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “Interjecting Economics into the Surface Water Dialogue” by Maria Vaca, Stefni Richards, Alexa Davis, Kylie Jackson, Nanag Timur, Fahad Manzoor, Said Azam, Robert Feltman and James Griffin. This paper applies the conceptual lens of economic efficiency as a criterion…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article in Volume 10
The Texas Water Journal published an article in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “Transboundary Water Sharing: Risk Perceptions Held by Texas Border Decision Makers” by Lindsay Sansom. A cross-sectional study was conducted along the Texas-Mexico border to better understand what drives cooperative or conflictual behavior among transboundary stakeholders. The author examines the study results…
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Texas Water Journal publishes a commentary on Texas Legislative wrap-up
The Texas Water Journal published a commentary in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “86th Texas State Legislature: Summaries of Water-related Legislative Action” by Ken Kramer, Christopher Mullins, Dean Robbins, Stacey Allison Steinbach, Leah Martinsson, Trent Hightower, and Perry L. Fowler. The article consists of commentary from five organizations that work closely with the Texas Legislature were…
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New article published in Texas Water Journal, Volume 10
The Texas Water Journal published an article in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “Economically Recoverable Water in Texas: An Underappreciated Water Management Strategy?” by Dr. Timothy T. Loftus. The article discusses the value or “true cost of water” and how the nationwide infrastructure maintenance gap encourages a reconsideration of the value of utility water…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article
The Texas Water Journal published an article in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “A Tool for Rapid Assessment of Hydrological Connectivity Patterns in Texas Coastal Wetlands: Linkages between Tidal Creeks and Coastal Ponds” by Todd M. Swannack, Jeffrey R. Wozniak, William E. Grant and Stephen E. Davis III. The article discusses how a matrix…
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Texas Water Journal publishes new article
The Texas Water Journal published an article in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “Floating Solar: An Emerging Opportunity at the Energy-Water Nexus” by Carlos Gamarra and Jennifer J. Ronk. This article summarizes the benefits of Texas using floating solar panels to alleviate some of the pressures on water and electricity supplies due to tremendous…
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Texas Water Journal publishes first program review in Volume 10, Number 1
The Texas Water Journal published the first program review in the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue titled “An Internet for Water: Connecting Texas Water Data” by Dr. Rudolph A. Rosen, Sam Marie Hermitte, Dr. Suzanne Pierce, Sarah Richards, Dr. Susan V. Roberts and includes an editor’s note by Dr. Robert E. Mace. This program review is a…
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Texas Water Journal publishes first article and comentary of Volume 10, Number 1
The Texas Water Journal published the first papers for the Volume 10, Number 1, 2019 issue: an article titled “A Refined Hydrogeologic Framework Model for Gaines, Terry, and Yoakum Counties, Texas” by Jonathan V. Thomas, Andrew P. Teeple, Jason D. Payne, and Scott J. Ikard, and a commentary titled “Water Fuels our Future” by Charles Perry, Senator, Texas Senate; Chairman, Senate…
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TWJ publishes paper on surface water-groundwater interaction issues in Texas
The Texas Water Journal published the final paper for its Volume 9, Number 1, 2018 titled “Surface water-groundwater interaction issues in Texas” by Dr. Steven C. Young, Dr. Robert E. Mace and Carlos Rubinstein. The paper examines the interaction between the management of surface water rights by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and groundwater use permitted by…
