Reflecting on a productive year, the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) team is sharing our top 10 most-read articles, including content from the summer 2025 issue of txH2O and TWRI News.
Here are the top 10 TWRI articles from 2025:
- Stakeholders receive EPA acceptance of Medina River Watershed Protection Plan
The Medina River WPP outlines a strategy to implement management measures that will help improve and protect water quality in the watershed. - Bridging the gap between green stormwater infrastructure research and implementation
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) offers numerous benefits, including improved habitats, decreased stormwater runoff and greener public spaces. - Stay prepared: Expert tips for disaster preparedness
Here in Texas A&M AgriLife, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Disaster, Assessment and Recovery (DAR) Program works statewide to help residents prepare for floods, as well as wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters. - 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. - 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. - Five facts about Texas water quality
From the water we drink, to the food we eat, to the clothes we wear, water and its quality impact Texans’ daily lives. - 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. - Looking for Green Stormwater Infrastructure? Visit these Texas A&M AgriLife spots
Common examples of GSI are bioretention cells, rain gardens, green roofs, rainwater harvesting systems, permeable pavements and constructed wetlands. - How to manage feral hogs and help protect the Matagorda Basin
TWRI is working with communities within Matagorda Basin watersheds to address water quality concerns, and feral hog management is a common strategy to help protect regional waterways. - AgriLife Water Experts Serve Texas
For more than 100 years, AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension have improved lives in communities across Texas by delivering innovative science-based solutions and education at the intersection of health, agriculture and the environment.
And read more of TWRI’s all-time popular publications from previous years:
- Texas’ MOST INFAMOUS Groundwater Lawsuits (2024)
- Understanding Groundwater Law (2024)
- Do you live in Flash Flood Alley? (2016)
- Getting to Know the Rio Grande (2021)
- The Physics of a Water Main Break (2020)
- How the Rio Grande Came to Be (2021)
- 10 Challenges of Water Utilities (2019)
- Rangeland management is key to sustaining the Ogallala Aquifer (2023)
- Playas: Refilling the Ogallala Aquifer? (2019)
- Different States, Different Management Strategies (2024)
