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Three new faces and one returning have joined the Texas Water Resources Institute's staff: Marisa Collura, Samantha Murray, Ward Ling and Tina Hendon.

The institute looks back on a productive year of providing science-based, community-supported solutions for Texas’ pressing water quantity and quality challenges through internal expertise and external collaborations.

Meet the new and returning staff joining the institute: Matt Stellbauer, Christine Fernandez and Dean Minchillo.

A first-of-its-kind public awareness study by Texas Water Resources Institute scientists shows that knowledge of PFAS chemicals is low.

TWRI's Duncan Kikoyo, Ph.D., developed a framework that harmonizes the characterization of drainage units on the continent of Africa in recent research published in the journal, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth.

Catch up on recent peer-reviewed research by TWRI scientists and water researchers around the state.

Sept. 26-27 in San Antonio water professionals and practitioners are invited to attend the 2023 American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) Annual Conference and Expo, co-hosted by TWRI.

The Texas Water Resources Institute's water team is growing, and two new staff members recently joined the team: Adriana Williams and Amanda Tague.

Catch up on recent peer-reviewed research by TWRI scientists and water researchers around the state.

The Texas Water Resources Institute will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program May 31 in Wallisville for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the Double Bayou Watershed.

The free training will cover the processes and benefits of riparian areas.

Texas A&M University graduate student Sayantan Samanta has produced new data showing reduced or no-tillage management practices' positive impacts on runoff and soil erosion reduction in a Texas agricultural watershed.

The Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education (JCWRE) editors recently selected the paper “Total Maximum Daily Loads and Escherichia coli Trends in Texas Freshwater Streams,” by Michael Schramm and co-authors Lucas Gregory, Ph.D., and Anna Gitter, for the JCWRE Paper of the Year Award.

Catch up on recent peer-reviewed research by TWRI scientists and water researchers around the state.

The Texas Water Resources Institute has published its latest Annual Report, sharing accomplishments and project highlights from 2022.

Catch up on recent peer-reviewed research by TWRI scientists and water researchers around the state.

New research from TWRI research specialist Ed Rhodes and co-authors suggests that rangeland management strategies could help slow the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer, a key freshwater resource.

Read new technical reports and watershed protection plans recently published by the Texas Water Resources Institute's water team.

Catch up on recent peer-reviewed research by TWRI scientists and water researchers around the state.

The Texas Water Resources Institute team continues to expand, and new staff members have joined the TWRI communications team and water team since the fall of 2022.  

The Texas Water Resources Institute team has grown a lot in the past year, and it’s still growing. TWRI’s Luna Yang transitioned from being a graduate research assistant to being a full-time research specialist earlier this year. More recently, Audrey McCrary joined the TWRI team as a program specialist.

The Texas Water Resources Institute is continuing to grow. Three new faces have joined the team in recent months: Alexander Neal as a program specialist, Jason Nitsch as a grant administrator and Jason Gerlich as a research specialist.

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

Summer 2020 has seen the TWRI team grow, adding Wendy Jepson, Ph.D., in leadership, Ward Ling as a watershed specialist and Lexus Castro in communications.