August

The Urban Riparian and Stream Restoration Program has been approved to continue its research at a demonstration site along Geronimo Creek for another three years. The team's goal is to reduce sedimentation rates and erosion along the stream banks.

Depending on where you turn on the tap, water can taste different. That doesn’t necessarily mean there is anything to be concerned about.

Kathleen O’Reilly, Ph.D., is a professor in the Geography Department at Texas A&M University where she focuses on how people’s location and gender affect their relationship with water and sanitation. But her road to these unique focuses was a long and unusual journey.

The Soil Science Society of America in June announced Ali Fares, Ph.D., endowed professor of water security and Water Food Energy Nexus at Prairie View A&M University, as one of its 2021 SSSA Fellows. The award will be presented during the society’s annual meeting in November.

The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 12, titled Pricing Options on Water in Texas, by Quinn McColly, Ph.D., Robert Mace, Ph.D., Philippe Tissot, Ph.D. and David Yoskowitz, Ph.D .

Experts have learned that urban landscapes can lose about one-third of irrigation water to runoff. Urban landscape irrigation runoff can be a big problem, according to the article Off and running in the spring 2016 issue of txH2O magazine.

Take care of Texas is a new campaign from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It provides helpful information about environmental protection, encouraging all Texans to help keep the air and water clean by conserving water and energy and reducing waste.

Lucas Gregory, Ph.D., assistant director of TWRI, spoke to KTRE 9 News of Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas. He spoke to reporters during the Aug. 11 La Nana Bayou stakeholder meeting about the impact of E. coli in the creek and what stakeholders can do.