Tag: water quality monitoring
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From the field: Middle Yegua Creek monitoring
Follow along with our water team as they monitor Middle Yegua Creek.
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Get a closer look: Early Spring brings idyllic water quality monitoring conditions
Early spring in Texas means chilly mornings, budding trees, emerging wildflowers and warm afternoons — and some of Texas’ most idyllic conditions for fieldwork. Recently the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) water quality monitoring team headed to East Texas to conduct routine water quality monitoring at Town Creek. The team included Research Specialist Shalynne Postma, Student…
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Meet a scientist: Pao Tai Lin
Pao Tai Lin, Ph.D., began his academic journey pursuing dual undergraduate studies in chemistry and electrical engineering, before discovering his true calling in using optical sciences for water quality monitoring. After earning his master’s degrees in chemistry and optics, Lin went to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, to pursue his Ph.D. in materials science. During his…
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Davidson Creek water quality training set for Nov. 7 in Caldwell
A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on the Davidson Creek watershed will be on Nov. 7 in Caldwell. The free event will be at the AgriLife Extension office for Burleson County, 1516 Farm-to-Market Road 166, from 8 a.m. to noon. It is open to anyone interested in improving the region’s water quality. A free lunch will be available…
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Q&A: How does flooding impact water quality monitoring?
Texans are no strangers to severe weather events. Each year brings its challenges of potential droughts, fires, hurricanes, flash floods and more. A heavy rain season brings additional challenges to the water team at the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and their monthly routine water quality sampling visits to water bodies around Texas. We talked…
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Behind the scenes: water quality monitoring at Town Creek
This week the Texas Water Resources Institute’s water team was out at Town Creek, one of our newest project sites, conducting regularly scheduled water quality monitoring. Research specialists Shaylynn Postma and Amanda Tague, along with student technician Janelle Wright, measured flow rate, pH, velocity and other instream conditions, and collected samples from the three sites for E.coli. Over time, monthly water…
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Water quality monitoring during an eclipse
TWRI Research Associate Amanda Tague at Deer Creek during the total eclipse. (Photo by Cameron Castilaw, TWRI) Texas experienced a total solar eclipse for the first time in decades on April 8. A few members of the Texas Water Resources Institute water team got a unique view of the event while conducting regular water quality…
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A day with TWRI’s water quality monitoring team
What goes on when our water quality monitoring team goes out to conduct regular monitoring? Michael Miller of Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications tagged along with one of our teams on a warm June day to photograph how it’s done. At various locations along Carters Creek, this team performed regular water quality monitoring, observed…
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Several private water well screenings, trainings set for mid-June
The Texas Well Owner Network is hosting several “Well Informed” water well screenings and “Well Educated” trainings in mid-June for residents in Wise, Jack, Montague, Parker, Hill, Ellis, Johnson and Somervell counties. These events will give area residents the opportunity to have their well water screened and learn more about keeping their wells in good working condition.…
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Texas water quality and septic systems
Article originally written by Kerry Halladay August is water quality month and Texans with septic systems can help improve local water quality by making sure it is working properly. Septic systems — known as on-site sewage facilities, or OSSFs — work like mini wastewater treatment facilities for rural or suburban Texans who live too far…
