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The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 17. The article, “Supplied by the sky: The first rainwater-sourced public water system in Texas, USA,” by Jenna Walker, Christina W. Lopez, Noah Powell, S. Blake Murden, and Madison Mitchell.
To mitigate the impacts of water availability challenges in Texas, the Campsite at Shield Ranch implemented the first public water system in Texas approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to be fully supported by rainwater harvesting.
According to the authors, their methods exemplify integrated water management, or One Water strategies. These strategies offer alternatives to help meet water demands while minimizing the withdrawal of groundwater and surface water. This paper explores the Campsite’s rainwater-harvested public water system, water reduction and conservation strategies, energy generation and permitting processes.
Read the full article to learn more.
The Texas Water Journal
The journal is an online, peer-reviewed journal published by the nonprofit, the Texas Water Journal, in cooperation with the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). TWRI is a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife Research that brings together expertise from across the Texas A&M University System, the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, and the Water and the Environment Research Center in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering at Texas Tech University. It publishes papers as authors complete them.
The journal is devoted to the timely consideration of Texas water resources management, research and policy issues from a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates science, engineering, law, planning and other disciplines. It also provides updates on key state legislation and policy changes by Texas administrative agencies.
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