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EM-100 Precision Irrigators Network
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2007-08)Identifying best management practices (BMPs) promoting greater water use efficiency while maintaining crop yields is essential to the future of Texas cropping systems. Available water for irrigated crops is vital for ... -
EM-101 Irrigation Training Program (North Texas edition)
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2008-08)The Irrigation Training Program is a collaborative effort between the Texas Water Resources Institute, a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife; the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board; and the United States Department of ... -
EM-102 Texas Legislative and Irrigation Districts of the Rio Grande River Basin: A Map Series
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2008-07)The title of this map series is Texas Legislative and Irrigation Districts of the Rio Grande River Basin. The series consists of nine (9) maps showing the boundaries of legislative districts and 32 water districts that ... -
EM-103 Irrigation Training Program (South Texas Edition)
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2008-10)The Irrigation Training Program is a collaborative effort between the Texas Water Resources Institute, a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife; the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board; and the United States Department of ... -
EM-105 Expansion of Urban Area in Irrigation Districts of the Rio Grande River Basin, 1996 - 2006: A Map Series
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2009-03)The border region of Texas is experiencing rapid urban growth which is expected to have a continuing and increasing impact on the irrigation districts of the region. This report presents an analysis of the expansion of ... -
EM-106 Rainwater Harvesting at the Marfa Activity Center
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2009-05)The Marfa Activity Center rainwater collection system is designed to provide water for drip irrigation and small wildlife and birds. It includes two collection tanks and irrigation systems. -
EM-107 Guide to Good Horsekeeping
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2010-12)A wealth of knowledge exists regarding management of agricultural livestock, a category that includes horses in Texas. However, horses for the most part, are in a category that is neither livestock nor companion animal. ... -
EM-108 Soybean Production in the Rio Grande Valley
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EM-109 The Pond Destroyers: Common and Giant Salvinia
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-01-02)Learn how you can help stop the spread of salvinias -
EM-110 Bacterial Source Tracking: An introduction for laboratories and public agencies to the foremost tool for identifying sources of fecal pollution
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-02-24)According to the 2010 Texas Integrated Report, there are 303 bacterially impaired waterbodies in Texas. Nonpoint sources (NPS) of pollution greatly affect water quality. Identifying and assessing sources of fecal pollution ... -
EM-111 Bacterial Source Tracking: Learn why Bacterial Source Tracking is the foremost tool for identifying sources of fecal pollution
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-02-24)There are 273 bacterially impaired water bodies in Texas. Identifying and assessing sources of these bacteria — E. coli, Enterococcus, fecal coliforms — is critical to properly determining risk to water recreation, developing ... -
EM-111, Revised 2015, Bacterial Source Tracking: Learn why Bacterial Source Tracking is the foremost tool for identifying sources of fecal pollution
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-04)There are 273 bacterially impaired water bodies in Texas. Identifying and assessing sources of these bacteria — E. coli, Enterococcus, fecal coliforms — is critical to properly determining risk to water recreation, developing ... -
EM-112 Approaches to Watershed Planning in Texas
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-06-12)Water is used for various purposes, whether it is for drinking, swimming, fishing, irrigating or any other reason. To meet the needs of all these uses, the state is required by Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act to set ... -
EM-113 Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Water Quality Parameters of Selected Farms located in the Arroyo Colorado Watershed
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-06-05)Excess water from various landscape activities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley are drained through the Arroyo Colorado eventually emptying into the lower Laguna Madre. The Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge and several ... -
EM-114 Bacteria and Surface Water Quality Standards
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-06)Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires that each state set water quality standards to ensure all uses of a water body have the appropriate water quality. Some of those uses include aquatic life, drinking water, ... -
EM-115 Status and Trends of Irrigated Agriculture in Texas
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2012-09-12)Irrigation is critical to our food production and food security and is a vital component of Texas’ productive agricultural economy. Texas ranks third in the United States in both agricultural acres irrigated and ... -
EM-116 Urban Landscape Water Use in Texas
(2013)Urban-municipal use is the second largest category of water use in Texas. Within this use category, lawn and landscape water use is a significant, but largely unmeasured, component. Landscapes are important components of ... -
EM-117 Best Management Practices for Water Quality: Agriculture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014)The Arroyo Colorado Watershed is 706 square miles and runs from McAllen to the Lower Laguna Madre. The water body is impaired for dissolved oxygen, bacteria and legacy pollutants. In 2007, local stakeholders developed and ... -
EM-118 Texas Well Owner Network brochure
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014)Public drinking water supplies are monitored through requirements of the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act, but private well owners are responsible for monitoring the quality of their wells and are frequently at greater risk ... -
EM-119 Considerations for adopting AMI and AMR: A comprehensive guide for water utilities
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015)When considering using Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)/ Automated Meter Reading (AMR) systems, every utility has different needs and will have varied experiences in making decisions about changes to its system and ...