Water Daze Lectures and Poster Competition
Wednesday, March 27
Poster Competition
9 a.m.-noon
12th Man Hall, Memorial Student Center
Lectures: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Rudder Tower, Room 401
Planning for Flood Prevention, Protection, and Mitigation in Texas: Current and Proposed State Plans and Programs Kathleen Jackson, Board Member, Texas Water Development Board
Jackson was originally appointed to the board in 2014 by Gov. Rick Perry and reappointed in 2017 by Gov. Greg Abbott. As a board member, Jackson travels the state working with agricultural, environmental, municipal and industrial interests on water conservation, development projects and conveying these interests to the Board. She has served in a leadership role on a number of local water organizations including the Lower Neches Valley river authority, the Texas Water Conservation Association and participated on the Sabine and Neches River Environmental Flows Committee.
Texas/Mexico Shared Aquifers: Moving Beyond Delineation to Management
Dr. Rosario Sanchez, Senior Research Scientist, Texas Water Resources Institute
Sanchez is the leader of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP) for the State of Texas. Sanchez published the first map of transboundary aquifers between Mexico and the United States that has been recognized by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the United States Congress. She is currently leading research and cooperation efforts on binational networking of transboundary groundwater resources between Mexico and Texas.
Sponsors: Water Management & Hydrological Science Program, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University School of Law