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    • Texas A&M AgriLife Research; USDA Agricultural Research Service (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2013)
      The following Conference Proceedings contains papers covering a variety of topics including but limited to large scale applications; climate change applications; model development; database and GIS application and development; ...
    • Texas A&M AgriLife Research; USDA Agricultural Research Service (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014-12)
      The following Conference Proceedings contains papers covering a variety of topics including but limited to large scale applications; climate change applications; model development; database and GIS application and development; ...
    • Di Luzio, M.; Srinivasan, R.; Arnold, J.G.; Neitsch, S.L. (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2002)
      AVSWAT-2000 (version 1.0) (Di Luzio et al., 2002) is an ArcView extension and a graphical user interface for the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model (Arnold et al., 1998). SWAT is a river basin, or watershed, scale ...
    • Jonescu, Brian; Gregory, Lucas; Berthold, Allen; Wagner, Kevin (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-10)
      This project was initiated to provide updated water quality data for Arenosa Creek in order to determine the persistence of the bacterial impairment of the watershed, while also informing decision makers on potential ...
    • Gregory, Lucas; Boitnott, Neil; Castilaw, Anthony (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014-07)
      The Attoyac Bayou is a rural East Texas water body that drains a watershed that encompasses many East Texas mainstays: agricultural, natural resource production in the form of forest products, oil and gas, abundant wildlife ...
    • Gregory, Lucas; Karthikeyan, R.; Gentry, Terry; Harmel, Daren; Wagner, Kevin; Lopez, Roel (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-11)
      Bacteria water quality impairments are the most common water quality issue in Texas and are a considerable source of impairments nationally. Fecal indicator bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and enterococci derived ...
    • Gregory, Lucas; Gitter, Anna; Lazar, Katelyn (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-05)
      The 2012 Texas Integrated Report – Texas 303(d) List identifies 11 impaired waterbody segments along the Navasota River due to Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria (Figure 1). The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires water bodies ...
    • Conner, J. Richard; Bach, Joel; Dugas, Bill; Muttiah, Ranjan; Rosenthal, Wesley; Bednarz, Steven; Dybals, Timothy (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2000-11)
      The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was used to simulate the effects ofbrush removal on water yield in 8 watersheds in Texas for 1960 through 1998. Landsat? satellite imagery was used to classify land use, and ...
    • Cathey, James; Alldredge, Blake; Kalisek, Danielle; Wagner, Kevin; Lopez, Roel (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014-09)
      Through the Building Partnerships for Cooperative Conservation in the Trinity River Basin project, funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with Clean Water Act (CWA) §319(h) funds through the Texas State ...
    • Gregory, Lucas; Jonescu, Brian; Murray, Jason; Schulz, Cassian; Gitter, Anna; Wagner, Kevin (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2016-02)
      The “Carters Creek Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation” project was developed to provide additional information to watershed stakeholders regarding the spatial and temporal distribution of E. coli concentrations in ...
    • Gregory, Lucas; Schulz, Cassian (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2016-01)
      Communication is the cornerstone of all effective efforts, and water quality projects are no exception. Open and effective lines of communication were established through this project with the purpose of conveying project ...
    • Gregory, Lucas; Murray, Jason; Schulz, Cassian (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2016-01)
      Developing a clearer understanding of the spatial and temporal variability in E. coli concentrations monitored throughout the watershed and establishing a clear baseline of current E. coli loads at a sub-watershed scale ...
    • Jonescu, Brian; Gregory, Lucas; Gitter, Anna; Wagner, Kevin (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2016-01)
      The Carters Creek watershed is a tributary of the Navasota River and covers an area of about 56.9 square miles in Brazos County. Approximately 57% of this area is urbanized (Figure 1), primarily by the cities of Bryan and ...
    • Gregory, Lucas; Murray, Jason; Schulz, Cassian (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2016-01)
      The Carters Creek watershed is a tributary of the Navasota River and covers approximately 56.9 square miles in Brazos County. Of this area, 57% is urbanized (Figure 1) through development associated with the cities of Bryan ...
    • Gutierrez, Victor; Wagner, Kevin; Berthold, Allen (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2016-07)
      The focus of Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) Project 15-53, “Delivering Education Programs Focused on Stakeholder Needs to Address Agricultural NPS in the Arroyo Colorado Watershed,” was to continue ...
    • Jensen, Ricard W. (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2001)
      EPA priority issues addressed in this project included 1) providing public school teachers and students with hands-on exposure to the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) and increasing their capability to use these ...
    • Rajsekhar, Deepthi; Singh, Vijay P. (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2015-05)
      Natural disasters like droughts have a huge socio-economic impact on society. Despite being an important component of mitigation, the concept of vulnerabil- ity in association with extreme events has not been explored ...
    • Bonaiti, Gabriele; Fipps, Guy (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014-09)
      Since 1999, nine (9) irrigation districts in the Hidalgo, Cameron, Willacy and Maverick Counties have installed ten (10) different types of synthetic canal lining materials, totaling approximately 25 miles. In 2005, we ...
    • Swanson, Charles; Fipps, Guy (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2014-11)
      A smart controller testing facility was established at Texas A&M University in College Station in 2008 in order to evaluate their performance from an “end-user” point of view. The “end-user” is considered to be the landscape ...
    • Falkner, Brock; Fipps, Guy (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 ...