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Measured Water Losses of Lateral A in Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2011-04)
Seepage and loss rate tests were conducted in Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2 (HCID2) on four segments of Lateral A during September 2002 and January 2003. Table 1 summarizes the results of this study. Also given ...
Farm Turnout Flow Recommendations for New Outlets in Cameron County Irrigation District No. 2
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2011-04)
The Bureau of Reclamation requested
recommendations on flow rates and capacity
requirements of new farm turnouts in Cameron
County Irrigation District No. 2.
These outlets are being designed as part of a
rehabilitation ...
Measured Seepage Losses of Canal 6.0 La Feria Irrigation District – Cameron County No. 3
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2011-04)
This report summarizes the results of seepage loss rate tests conducted in La Feria Irrigation District Cameron County Irrigation District No. 3 (La Feria). These tests were conducted during April 9 - 11, 2003 on Canal 6.0.
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, ...
Desalination of Produced Water Using Reverse Osmosis
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)
Many oil and gas wells, particularly those in mature fields, produce large amounts of brine along with the hydrocarbons. Disposing of the brine can be costly, due to its composition and large volume. For example, in the ...
Site Specific Management of Row and Vegetable Crops with Center Pivot Irrigation Under Traditional and Conservation Tillage
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)
In March of 2002, Nyland Falkenberg was awarded a $5,000 grant from TWRI to work with researcher Giovanni Piccinni at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Uvalde. The focus of this project, which is ...
Effect of Row Pattern and Spacing on Water Use Efficiency for Subsurface Drip Irrigated Cotton
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)
Cotton production is an important economic base for Far West Texas; however, the region has erratic and limited rainfall and is dependent on limited groundwater supplies. Maximizing water use efficiency (WUE) for cotton ...
Conditional Reliability Modeling To Support Short Term River Basin Management Decisions
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)
The objective of this research was to develop a conditional reliability model that would support short-term river basin management activities in which consideration of current reservoir storage levels is important. The ...
Texas Watershed Planning Training Project Final Report 2013
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2013)
Watershed planning remains a high priority to address the more than 568 impaired water body segments in Texas. To ensure that watershed protection efforts are adequately planned, coordinated and implemented, proper training ...
Arsenic Concentrations in Water Resources of the Choke Canyon/Lake Corpus Christi Reservoir System: Surface and Ground Waters
(Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)
During the last several decades, human-related activities and populations have increased markedly along the Texas Gulf Coast, intensifying pressures on the water resources and ecosystems of this area. The Lake Corpus ...