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Sanchez is a senior research scientist for the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). She is also the director of the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters and leads the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act program for Texas. Laura Rodriguez, a Ph.D. candidate in Texas A&M University’s Water Management and Hydrological Sciences graduate program, co-authored the research and worked as its resident geologist. Filling in the…

All these changes result in stormwater flowing into waterways faster — causing less predictable floods, new infrastructure needs, property damage, expensive challenges for communities and new water quality impairments. “Stormwater runoff from rain events in urban areas, or in locations with large amounts of impervious surfaces, flows directly into water bodies, taking with it any…

“The primary industry is agriculture and depending on where you’re at, could be rice, could be aquaculture, could be turfgrass, and then obviously row crops,” said Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) Interim Director Allen Berthold, Ph.D. “Another one is beef cattle. There’s a lot of wildlife, so it’s a popular hunting area as well as other…

Perkin and others with similar research focuses recognize the value of fish as ecological indicators. Scientists use these fish to understand the long-term consequences of short-term decisions humans make about water. “As researchers, we think of fish as providers of goods and services to humans on multiple fronts,” he said. “Whether we realize it or…

Her research team of graduate students and post-doctoral scholars is using cutting-edge technologies in their research, including state-of-the-art instrumentation for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions, modeling, and remote sensing. Rajan obtained her bachelor’s degree in agricultural sciences from Kerala Agricultural University, master’s in soil science and agricultural chemistry from A.N.G.R. Agricultural University in Hyderabad, India, and Ph.D. in agronomy…

Water Daze participants and other graduate students studying water at universities around the state recently met with txH2O to talk mentorship, career goals and advice for students following in their footsteps. Q : What accomplishments are you most proud of from your academic career so far?A : My greatest accomplishment is becoming the first one in my family to…

(iStock photo by Meindert van der Haven.) The summer 2023 issue of txH2O magazine, a publication by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), will be available soon. This issue’s theme is new problems facing Texas water and the scientists developing practical solutions. The articles will spotlight technologies to remove PFAS chemicals from water; cities adjusting stormwater infrastructure…

Shaping water insecurity in the colonias The development of the colonias in the mid-20th century was “driven by a need for low-cost labor,” said Amber Wutich, Ph.D. Wutich is the director of the Center for Global Health at Arizona State University (ASU) and a President’s Professor of anthropology in the ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change. That “low-cost labor”…

A 2016 report by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) estimated that 15-22 million people in the United States are served by about 5.5-7.1 million water service lines — the pipes that deliver water from the municipal main or transmission line into individual homes — that are made of or contain lead. The group projected that replacing just…