October

A winding career in chemistry has inspired a Texas A&M professor to tackle environmental problems using a single compound.

The Arroyo Colorado Watershed Partnership has updated its website with a modern, easy-to-navigate layout. The new site has much of the same information as the old one and includes a story map with a tour of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

TWRI’s new irrigation specialist, Ali Ajaz, Ph.D., sees an innovation opportunity at the nexus of irrigation management and drought monitoring.

The Texas Water Journal invited The Honorable Jayne Harkins, P.E., U.S. Commissioner for the International Boundary and Water Commission, to share her thoughts on water deliveries from Mexico to the Rio Grande in a commentary titled, “Commentary: Fact vs. Fiction on Rio Grande Deliveries.”

Virender Sharma, Ph.D., a professor in the Texas A&M School of Public Health, uses a simple, abundant and environmentally friendly element — iron — to clean water. In the txH₂O article, Working wonders with ferrate, Sharma explains the process he has been researching for years.

Texas Water Resources Institute partner group, the Hill Country Headwaters Conservation Initiative, is offering a stewardship funding opportunity for ranchers, farmers and wildlife managers. Pre-applications are being accepted through Oct. 30.

Researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas-El Paso have won a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The researchers want to close the current knowledge gap about CO₂ emissions from chemical reactions in irrigated soils.

The Texas A&M-Kingsville Citrus Center has released a new video that details a novel way to irrigate citrus trees that could benefit plant health, yield, economic, and water conservation for the producer.