Tag: water quality
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TWRI’s Winter 2020 txH2O published
We recently published the Winter 2020 issue of our magazine, txH2O, highlighting the connection between water and health, such as pathogens, poverty, PFAS and other water-health issues and developing potential solutions. Check out these articles : TWRI interviewed experts from Texas A&M University’s Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Department of Geography, Department of Electrical…
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East Texas watershed efforts to improve water quality seeing positive results
Article originally written by Anna Gitter and Kathy Wythe East Texas stakeholders and a team of university researchers and agency staff are working to improve water quality in the region’s many watersheds and are already seeing positive results in one watershed and making substantial progress in another, according to Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) staff. For…
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Texas Watershed Planning Program reaches watershed coordinators statewide
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe Water quality in Texas begins in its watersheds, and the Texas Water Resource Institute (TWRI) has benefited communities around the state by training regional watershed coordinators and other professionals through its Texas Watershed Planning Program. “Our Texas Watershed Planning Short Course provides needed training and sustainable proactive approaches to managing…
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Institute to hold second water quality meeting in Victoria
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is hosting a meeting Nov. 7 in Victoria for anyone interested in becoming involved in a partnership to improve and protect water quality in the Garcitas and Arenosa Creek watersheds. The meeting, free and open to the public, will be at 1 p.m. at the Victoria County 4-H Activity…
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Water well owner trainings, screening campaign set for August
The Texas Well Owner Network is conducting two Well Educated trainings in West Texas and a sampling screening campaign in August. The Texas Well Owner Network (TWON) program is for Texas residents who depend on household wells for their water needs, allowing them to learn more about how to improve and protect their community water resources. “The…
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Institute to hold water quality meeting in Victoria
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is hosting a meeting Aug. 16 in Victoria for anyone interested in becoming involved in a partnership to improve and protect water quality in the Garcitas Creek and Arenosa Creek watersheds. The meeting, free and open to the public, will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Victoria Educational Gardens…
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Institute invites stakeholders to join partnership to improve Big Elm Creek water quality
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe. The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is hosting a meeting Aug. 23 in Belton for anyone interested in joining a partnership to improve and protect water quality in the Big Elm Creek watershed. The meeting, free and open to the public, will be at 1 p.m. in the meeting…
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Watersheds across Texas benefit from bacterial source tracking research team’s work
For more than a decade, the Texas Bacterial Source Tracking Program has improved the identification process for bacterial pollution sources in watersheds across Texas to help restore water quality and protect human health, according to a Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) official. “Because of the efforts of this joint program with the Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M AgriLife…
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Photo essay: Navasota River water quality monitoring
One morning in March, Conservation Matters joined up with members of the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) water team to get a behind the scenes look at the water quality monitoring process. Check out this photo essay to see what it takes to survey and measure water quality in the Navasota River. Rising in the Hill County roughly 10 miles northeast…
