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Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Potential for Improved Fertilizer Recommendations and Decreased Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1995-09)
In order to prevent overfertilization, which could lead to groundwater contamination, rapid and accurate soil testing procedures are needed to evaluate agricultural surface soils for their potential to mineralize C and N. ...
Reservoir Operation in Texas
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1985-06)
Effective management of its surface water resources is essential to the continued growth and prosperity of the state of Texas. Rapid population and economic growth combined with depleting ground water reserves are resulting ...
DOE-2 Simulations for Cuero and Karnes County Prison Sites: Draft Progress Report
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-12)
The intent of this project was to model each of the large buildings at the Karnes County 2,250 bed and Cuero 1,000 bed prison sites with the DOE-2 building energy simulation program and to deliver a working model to the ...
Institutional Arrangements for Effective Groundwater Management to Halt Land Subsidence
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1978)
In the Upper Galveston Bay region of the Texas coastal zone, water from naturally replenished underground aquifers provides much of the freshwater supply for municipal, industrial and agricultural needs. The availability ...
Flow, Salts, and Trace Elements in the Rio Grande: A Review
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1995)
There are increasing concerns that water quality of the Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo) may be deteriorating mainly due to the recent expansion of the maquilas program and associated population relocation into the Border area. ...
The Use of Remotely Sensed Bioelectric Action Potentials to Evaluate Episodic Toxicity Events and Ambient Toxicity
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1996-01)
The exposure of an organism to a toxicant is defined by the magnitude, duration, and frequency with which the organism(s) interact with the toxicant(s). Predicting the exposure of organisms to toxicants during episodic ...
Determining the Transpiration Rate of Peach Trees Under Two Trickle Irrigation Regimes
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1980-12)
The scientific design and management of a modern irrigation system requires that the designer or manager have knowledge of site and plant criteria such as infiltration, drainage, soil fertility, plant water needs, and plant ...
Survey and Control of Synthetic Organics in Texas Water Supplies
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1981-01)
Four Texas water supplies (Lake Somerville, Lake Livingston, Neches River, and Sabine River) were surveyed to determine their tendency to form trihalomethanes when chlorinated. The ability of conventional and innovative ...
Irrigation Water Management for the Texas High Plains: A Research Summary
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1987-08)
The four main crops produced in the Texas High Plains have been the subject of water management research for several decades by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA/Agricultural Research Service. As ...
Environmental Issues of the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: A Workshop Summary
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1994-10)
A July, 1994 workshop was held in College Station to examine information available on environmental issues facing the Rio Grande River basin along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. The objectives of the workshop were:
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