Tag: water conservation
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Cleaning Produced Water
Creating new possibilities for water reuse, this Texas A&M professor’s lab is perfecting techniques for treating water byproduct from oil and gas production. Solving an underground problem What exactly is produced water? “Produced water is the wastewater that comes out of oil exploration and production activities,” Chellam said. “A long time ago, there used to…
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Mission Critical: The State Water Plan, Explained
To prevent water supply shortfalls during future extreme droughts, new water supply strategies must be funded and implemented — and this plan is Texas’ official path forward. But, it’s going to take all hands on deck to prepare for the worst. Planning for worst-case scenarios The state’s demographer and TWDB demographic researchers project that Texas’…
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Can Treated Produced Water Safely Irrigate Crops?
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists study the impacts of using treated water produced by oil and gas operations for irrigating non-consumptive crops. Could reusing produced water that’s been treated help local agricultural economies survive? Step one of answering these questions is, can the water be successfully treated and cleared of all industrial chemical levels that…
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Smart irrigation sensor program helps farmers conserve water
Agricultural producers in Milam and Burleson counties have access to a new tool in their water-conservation toolbelts: low-cost to no-cost smart irrigation and soil-moisture sensors. This new irrigation program is provided by the Post Oak Savannah Conservation District (POSGCD) and implemented by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). The program gives farmers an opportunity to…
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Different States, Different Management Strategies
Texas groundwater management evolves Over 70 years later, Texas groundwater law and management is a patchwork of precedents and local GCDs, which remain the state’s preferred groundwater management tool. GCDs must receive local voter approval to be established and enact rules. Districts can manage groundwater through well spacing and production limitations, and can place requirements…
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Texas’ MOST INFAMOUS Groundwater Lawsuits
“That Ohio Supreme Court ruling was actually based on an 1843 case decided in England, Acton v. Blundell. “So the rule of capture is really a tort law concept and essentially says, ‘you can’t sue your neighbor if your well dries up, or the local spring or something like that.’” There was little scientific understanding of…
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Dallas horticulturist: Save money, time, water with irrigation repairs
A Texas A&M AgriLife Research water conservation horticulturist said home and business owners should repair and maintain sprinkler systems to save money and time while reducing wasted water resources. “A lot of water-saving advice focuses on the indoors, but we know more water, especially in warmer months, can be saved by maintaining irrigation systems outside,”…
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Brazos Valley water conservation program targets outdoor water use
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe. Some 5,500 College Station single-family residences have reduced outdoor water use by an estimated 320 million gallons from 2010 to 2016, through participating in water conservation research and educational programs conducted by a team of Texas A&M University and city of College Station staff. “That amount of water reduction…
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AgriLife Extension experts team up for Earth-Kind turfgrass trials in North Texas
A team of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts has initiated the first research trials on ornamental turfgrass varieties applying Earth-Kind Landscaping principles, which emphasize environmental responsibility through water conservation and limited chemical inputs. The trials will be conducted over a period of several years at Myer’s Park and Event Center, a 158-acre site near McKinney. The…
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New publications from TWRI: water conservation in the Valley, guides for utilities and more
New publications from the Texas Water Resources Institute:
