Browsing Technical and Special Reports by Title
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2004-01)The Paso del Norte Watershed Council (PDNWC) is a quasi-governmental organization that serves in an advisory capacity to the New Mexico-Texas Water Commission regarding the selection, planning, and implementation of ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-07)Public and private wells that use alluvial aquifers as a drinking water source have an increased risk of contamination from pathogens. This reconnaissance study, conducted by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2004)The Pecos River Ecosystem Project is attempting to minimize the negative impacts of saltcedar on the river ecosystem, and improve the efficiency of water delivery and stream flow. The project is designed to decrease the ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)The banks of the Pecos River in Far West Texas are currently covered with dense stands of Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.), not uncommon to an increasing number of rivers in Texas. Saltcedar is known for its heavy consumption of ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2004-01)Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) is an introduced phreatophyte in western North America. The plant was estimated to occupy well over 600,000 ha of riparian acres in 1965 (Robinson 1965). In the early 1900's, government agencies ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2013)Implementation of the Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) began in November 2009 upon acceptance of the WPP by EPA. The primary goals of implementing the plan are to improve the health of the Pecos River watershed ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2011-03)The Arroyo Colorado is an ancient channel of the Rio Grande River that extends eastward for about 90 miles from near the city of Mission, Texas through southern Hidalgo County to the city of Harlingen in Cameron County, ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2007-11)The Coordinated Water Resources Database and GIS Project (Project) was developed to provide improved access to regional water resources data in the Paso del Norte region for regional water stakeholders to make timely ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)Whole Effluent Toxicity tests predict individual responses, but do not measure natural population or community responses. Because southwestern U.S. rivers are often dominated by municipal effluents, more direct evaluations ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1982-08)Past irrigation research has shown that peach (prunus persica) trees vary in their field response to water stress, and the degree of stress is a function of the plants' environment. Water deficits reduce plant growth and ...
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Ponding Test Results Seepage and Total Losses Main Canal B Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 16 (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2008-10)
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-06)There is much ado about the potential for applications of UAVs to take precision agriculture to the next level. The economic value of UAVs to agriculture has been broadly touted with little basis for the estimates. This ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 1976-08)This study was conducted for the Office of Water Resources Research and Technology in the U.S. Department of the Interior by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M University. The project was concerned with ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2008-05)Winter returnflow has not been fully utilized for crop irrigation in the El Paso Valley. There are, however, emerging interests in utilizing it for urban water supply through desalting. This study examined the potential ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2001-08-01)This report was completed for the Senate Bill 1 Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Project (Region M) by the District Management System (DMS) team under the direction of Dr. Guy Fipps. Funding was provided through the Texas ...
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(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2013)Federal law requires all animal feeding operations to manage manures and wastewater by-products in a manner that is protective of waters of the U.S. As a result, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) ...