Tag: water management
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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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Texas Water Journal article highlights inequities in Texas water resource management
Inequity persists in Texas water resource management and will worsen if changes are not made, says a recent Texas Water Journal (TWJ) article co-authored by Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) senior research scientist.
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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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Exploration Green shows stormwater management possibilities
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Texas Water Resources Institute held its semi-annual Texas Watershed Coordinator Roundtable in Houston Oct. 9-10. The two-day tour and roundtable is part of the Watershed Planning Short Course program and brings together watershed coordinators and other water resource professionals from across the state. This roundtable’s focus was the Houston area. The…
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Conference to focus on sustainable water management practices for southern US
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is hosting the Southern Region Water Conference, “Improving Adoption of Sustainable Water Management Practices,” July 23-25 at the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center, 177 Joe Routt Blvd. in College Station. Dr. Drew Gholson, AgriLife Extension program specialist, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and conference organizer, said the conference is designed to provide…
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Field days in Texas and Kansas draw individuals interested in water management
Article originally written by Alexandra Hoskins As Labor Day signals the end of summer and beginning of fall, field days across the Ogallala Aquifer region sent attendees off with information about water management and summer crops to carry into next year’s growing season. In Texas, the Summer Crops/OAP (Ogallala Aquifer Program) Center Pivot Irrigation Field Day took…
